Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Ian Swales (Liberal Democrat), on Monday, 11 October 2010, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 123 members in total.

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MYALGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS

That this House notes that despite the fact that the Department of Health now accepts myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) as a genuine medical condition, diagnosis can still pose a problem because ME symptoms are similar to those present in a number of other medical conditions; recognises that one of the main obstacles to the adequate treatment of ME is the lack of knowledge and consensus about the disease; believes that funding and research must be focused on the bio-medical factors involved and not just simply managing the psychological symptoms; requests that the Government establishes an independent scientific committee to oversee ME research; and calls on the Government and the Medical Research Council to work with ME sufferers and bio-medical researchers in order to achieve a proper understanding of the condition's challenges and unjust perceptions of the condition.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

778 

Session

2010-12

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

Kelvin Hopkins

Martin Caton

Adrian Sanders

David Simpson

Subjects

Health education

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk