Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Annette Brooke (Liberal Democrat), on Monday, 26 January 2015, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 37 members in total.

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EYE HEALTH RESEARCH

That this House expresses concern that funding for eye health research has hit crisis point; notes that already more than 40 people lose their sight every day in Britain, currently less than two per cent of combined national medical research funding is spent on the eye and that some three million over 65s, equating to one in six elderly people, will have a degree of sight loss by 2050 that will have a significant impact on their daily lives; further notes that sight loss currently costs the UK economy £22 billion annually and many of the 3.8 million people living with diabetes are at serious risk of poor eye health; and calls on the Government to make eye health a higher priority in the UK.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

731 

Session

2014-15

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

Gregory Campbell

Mark Durkan

Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

David Simpson

Subjects

Health Diseases Expenditure Innovation

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk