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	Party	Type
Edward O'Hara	26/02/1992	Knowsley South		Proposed
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
Jimmy Dunnachie	26/02/1992	Glasgow, Pollok		Signed
David Clelland	26/02/1992	Tyne Bridge		Signed
Robert Parry	26/02/1992	Liverpool, Riverside		Signed
Terry Rooney	26/02/1992	Bradford North		Signed
George Howarth	26/02/1992	Knowsley North		Signed
Martyn Jones	26/02/1992	Clwyd South West		Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	26/02/1992	Liverpool, Walton		Signed
Ian McCartney	26/02/1992	Makerfield		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
Alan Meale	27/02/1992	Mansfield		Signed
Seamus Mallon	27/02/1992	Newry & Armagh		Signed
Alice Mahon	27/02/1992	Halifax		Signed
Dawn Primarolo	27/02/1992	Bristol South		Signed
Willie Ross	27/02/1992	East Londonderry		Signed
Dennis Skinner	27/02/1992	Bolsover		Signed
Peter Hardy	27/02/1992	Wentworth		Signed
Sylvia Heal	27/02/1992	Staffordshire Mid		Signed
Kate Hoey	27/02/1992	Vauxhall		Signed
Roy Hughes	27/02/1992	Newport East		Signed
Eric Illsley	27/02/1992	Barnsley Central		Signed
David Lambie	27/02/1992	Cunninghame South		Signed
Eddie Loyden	27/02/1992	Liverpool, Garston		Signed
Matthew Taylor	02/03/1992	Truro		Signed
John Taylor	02/03/1992	Strangford		Signed
Gerry Steinberg	02/03/1992	Durham, City of		Signed
Roy Beggs	02/03/1992	East Antrim		Signed
Michael Foot	02/03/1992	Blaenau Gwent		Signed
Russell Johnston	02/03/1992	Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber		Signed
Audrey Wise	03/03/1992	Preston		Signed
Jim Wallace	03/03/1992	Orkney & Shetland		Signed
Norman Godman	03/03/1992	Greenock and Port Glasgow		Signed
Ronnie Fearn	03/03/1992	Southport		Signed
Menzies Campbell	03/03/1992	Fife North East		Signed
James Molyneaux	03/03/1992	Lagan Valley		Signed
Bill Michie	03/03/1992	Sheffield, Heeley		Signed
Eric Martlew	03/03/1992	Carlisle		Signed
Terry Lewis	03/03/1992	Worsley		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
John Home Robertson	04/03/1992	East Lothian		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
John McFall	05/03/1992	Dumbarton		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
Donald Anderson	09/03/1992	Swansea East		Signed
Denzil Davies	09/03/1992	Llanelli		Signed
Barry Sheerman	09/03/1992	Huddersfield		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
Frank Field	12/03/1992	Birkenhead		Signed
Frank Doran	12/03/1992	Aberdeen South		Signed
Terry Davis	12/03/1992	Birmingham, Hodge Hill		Signed
Harry Cohen	12/03/1992	Leyton		Signed
Dale Campbell-Savours	12/03/1992	Workington		Signed
Eddie McGrady	12/03/1992	South Down		Signed
Kim Howells	13/03/1992	Pontypridd		Signed

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