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Leukodystrophies

I am grateful to the Under-Secretary of State for Health, my hon. Friend the Member for Bury, South (Mr. Lewis), for joining us for this Adjournment debate. I must admit that until a few weeks ago I had not come across the word ““leukodystrophy””. Nor had I come across the Myelin Project, which is the British branch of an international network of parents and others who care about children suffering from a medical condition called leukodystrophy, even though its UK branch is based in Glossop in my constituency. Local campaigners have asked me to put on record their thanks to my hon. Friend the Member for Stockport (Ann Coffey) and the hon. Member for Cheadle (Mark Hunter) for their support for the campaign, which is new to the parliamentary scene. Perhaps my ignorance was not surprising because I discovered that it is not pleasant to have to think about the subject. There are 36 known hereditary and deadly diseases called leukodystrophies that are killing our children. It being Six o’clock, the motion for the Adjournment of the House lapsed, without Question put. Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Liz Blackman.]