Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Evan Harris (Liberal Democrat), on Tuesday, 2 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 71 members in total.

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INTERNATIONAL RARE DISEASE DAY

That this House welcomes the third International Rare Disease Day on 28 February 2010; notes that there are over 6,000 rare diseases, affecting approximately 3.5 million people in the UK; supports the focus of this year's Rare Disease Day on the importance of research into rare diseases for the millions of patients without a cure; believes that rare diseases should be seen as a public health priority; and joins Rare Disease UK in calling on the Government to act on its commitment to a strategy for rare diseases as demonstrated by the adoption of the European Council Recommendation on action for rare diseases in June 2009.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

978 

Session

2009-10

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

Lynne Jones

Gordon Prentice

Andrew Pelling

Bob Russell

Subjects

Health services Diseases Innovation

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk