Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (EDM759)

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis

EDM number 759 in 1991-92, proposed by Edward O'Hara on 26/02/1992.

That this House notes the statement of the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of Health that myalgic encephalomyelitis is 'a debilitating and distressing disease affecting many thousands of people'; regrets therefore the entry in the recently published Disability Living Allowance Handbook, which suggests that myalgic encephalomyelitis may be 'all in the mind' and that many, if not most, myalgic encephalomyelitis sufferers will have no new need of benefits; and calls upon the Secretary of State for Health to (i) arrange for the current Disability Living Allowance Handbook text to be corrected immediately to reflect the seriously disabling nature of myalgic encephalomyelitis and the latest scientific knowledge, (ii) send out to the medical profession authoritative information about myalgic encephalomyelitis and (iii) fund from the Department of Health budget research into the physical causes of myalgic encephalomyelitis and possible treatments.

This motion has been signed by a total of 88 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Type
Edward O'Hara	26/02/1992	Knowsley South	Proposed
Robert Parry	26/02/1992	Liverpool, Riverside	Signed
Dennis Turner	26/02/1992	Wolverhampton South East	Signed
Joe Benton	26/02/1992	Bootle	Signed
John Battle	26/02/1992	Leeds West	Signed
Harry Barnes	26/02/1992	North East Derbyshire	Signed
Peter Hain	26/02/1992	Neath	Signed
Maria Fyfe	26/02/1992	Glasgow, Maryhill	Signed
Derek Enright	26/02/1992	Hemsworth	Signed
David Clelland	26/02/1992	Tyne Bridge	Signed
Ian McCartney	26/02/1992	Makerfield	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	26/02/1992	Liverpool, Walton	Signed
Martyn Jones	26/02/1992	Clwyd South West	Signed
George Howarth	26/02/1992	Knowsley North	Signed
Terry Rooney	26/02/1992	Bradford North	Signed
Jimmy Dunnachie	26/02/1992	Glasgow, Pollok	Signed
Alan Meale	27/02/1992	Mansfield	Signed
Ray Michie	27/02/1992	Argyll & Bute	Signed
Keith Bradley	27/02/1992	Manchester, Withington	Signed
Frank Cook	27/02/1992	Stockton North	Signed
Alexander Eadie	27/02/1992	Midlothian	Signed
John Evans	27/02/1992	St Helens North	Signed
Tommy Graham	27/02/1992	Renfrew West and Inverclyde	Signed
Win Griffiths	27/02/1992	Bridgend	Signed
David Trimble	27/02/1992	Upper Bann	Signed
Mike Watson	27/02/1992	Glasgow Central	Signed
James Wray	27/02/1992	Glasgow Provan	Signed
Kate Hoey	27/02/1992	Vauxhall	Signed
Seamus Mallon	27/02/1992	Newry & Armagh	Signed
Alice Mahon	27/02/1992	Halifax	Signed
Eddie Loyden	27/02/1992	Liverpool, Garston	Signed
David Lambie	27/02/1992	Cunninghame South	Signed
Eric Illsley	27/02/1992	Barnsley Central	Signed
Roy Hughes	27/02/1992	Newport East	Signed
Sylvia Heal	27/02/1992	Staffordshire Mid	Signed
Peter Hardy	27/02/1992	Wentworth	Signed
Dennis Skinner	27/02/1992	Bolsover	Signed
Willie Ross	27/02/1992	East Londonderry	Signed
Dawn Primarolo	27/02/1992	Bristol South	Signed
Matthew Taylor	02/03/1992	Truro	Signed
John Taylor	02/03/1992	Strangford	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	02/03/1992	Durham, City of	Signed
Michael Foot	02/03/1992	Blaenau Gwent	Signed
Roy Beggs	02/03/1992	East Antrim	Signed
Russell Johnston	02/03/1992	Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber	Signed
Terry Lewis	03/03/1992	Worsley	Signed
Eric Martlew	03/03/1992	Carlisle	Signed
Bill Michie	03/03/1992	Sheffield, Heeley	Signed
James Molyneaux	03/03/1992	Lagan Valley	Signed
Menzies Campbell	03/03/1992	Fife North East	Signed
Ronnie Fearn	03/03/1992	Southport	Signed
Norman Godman	03/03/1992	Greenock and Port Glasgow	Signed
Jim Wallace	03/03/1992	Orkney & Shetland	Signed
Audrey Wise	03/03/1992	Preston	Signed
John Home Robertson	04/03/1992	East Lothian	Signed
Alan Williams	04/03/1992	Swansea West	Signed
Jack Thompson	04/03/1992	Wansbeck	Signed
Margaret Ewing	04/03/1992	Moray	Signed
Bob Cryer	04/03/1992	Bradford South	Signed
Michael Carr	04/03/1992	Ribble Valley	Signed
Max Madden	04/03/1992	Bradford West	Signed
Andrew Welsh	05/03/1992	Angus East	Signed
Clifford Forsythe	05/03/1992	South Antrim	Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	05/03/1992	Crewe & Nantwich	Signed
John Cummings	05/03/1992	Easington	Signed
James Kilfedder	05/03/1992	North Down	Signed
Doug Hoyle	05/03/1992	Warrington North	Signed
Clive Soley	05/03/1992	Hammersmith	Signed
Martin Smyth	05/03/1992	Belfast South	Signed
Tom Pendry	05/03/1992	Stalybridge & Hyde	Signed
John McFall	05/03/1992	Dumbarton	Signed
Barry Sheerman	09/03/1992	Huddersfield	Signed
Denzil Davies	09/03/1992	Llanelli	Signed
Donald Anderson	09/03/1992	Swansea East	Signed
William McKelvey	10/03/1992	Kilmarnock & Loudoun	Signed
John McAllion	10/03/1992	Dundee East	Signed
Ernie Ross	10/03/1992	Dundee West	Signed
Peter Pike	10/03/1992	Burnley	Signed
Tony Lloyd	11/03/1992	Stretford	Signed
Dave Nellist	11/03/1992	Coventry South East	Signed
Huw Edwards	11/03/1992	Monmouth	Signed
Eddie McGrady	12/03/1992	South Down	Signed
Dale Campbell-Savours	12/03/1992	Workington	Signed
Harry Cohen	12/03/1992	Leyton	Signed
Terry Davis	12/03/1992	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Signed
Frank Doran	12/03/1992	Aberdeen South	Signed
Frank Field	12/03/1992	Birkenhead	Signed
Kim Howells	13/03/1992	Pontypridd	Signed

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