Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Anne Campbell (Labour), on Wednesday, 3 June 1992, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 153 members in total.

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MYALGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS

That this House agrees with the honourable Member for Loughborough's statement, made in his former capacity as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health, that myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) is a debilitating and distressing disease affecting many thousands of people; considers that the disability living allowance handbook recently published by the Department of Social Security underestimates the physical and physically disabling nature of ME, ignores the growing body of scientific evidence showing brain cell abnormalities, damage to muscle tissue and persistent viral presence of sufferers and that this should be corrected; and urges the Department of Health to fund research into physical causes, possible treatment or cures of ME and send out authoritative information about ME to the medical profession.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

164 

Session

1992-93

Subjects

Disability living allowance ME/CFS

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk