Scientific Research Into Myalgic Encephalopathy/encephalomyelitis

EDM number 260 in 2005-06, proposed by David Taylor on 06/06/2005.

That this House notes that 2005 is the 50th anniversary of the first description in medical literature of the illness myalgic encephalopathy/encephalomyelitis (ME); is concerned by the subsequent lack of scientific research into the illness during that time, which has been a cause of distress to the quarter million ME sufferers in the UK; reminds the Government of the study, ME: Cost to the Nation, that put the annual economic cost of ME at £3.5 billion; is dismayed to learn that one of the few contemporary scientific studies into the causes of this illness, carried out at Glasgow University, is under threat from lack of funds; and calls on the Government to provide the necessary funds to secure and promote this and other studies into the cause and treatment of ME.

This motion has been signed by a total of 229 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
David Taylor	06/06/2005	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Proposed
Neil Gerrard	06/06/2005	Walthamstow	Labour	Seconded
Desmond Turner	06/06/2005	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Seconded
John Robertson	06/06/2005	Glasgow North West	Labour	Seconded
David Heath	06/06/2005	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Ann Cryer	06/06/2005	Keighley	Labour	Seconded
David Borrow	06/06/2005	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Bob Blizzard	06/06/2005	Waveney	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	06/06/2005	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	07/06/2005	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Gibson	07/06/2005	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	07/06/2005	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	07/06/2005	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Albert Owen	07/06/2005	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	07/06/2005	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	07/06/2005	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	07/06/2005	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	07/06/2005	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	07/06/2005	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Paul Holmes	07/06/2005	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	07/06/2005	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	07/06/2005	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	08/06/2005	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	08/06/2005	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
David Drew	08/06/2005	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	08/06/2005	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Edward Garnier	08/06/2005	Harborough	Conservative	Signed
Peter Bottomley	08/06/2005	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Rudi Vis	08/06/2005	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	08/06/2005	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Anthony D Wright	08/06/2005	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	08/06/2005	Islington North	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	08/06/2005	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	08/06/2005	Gower	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	08/06/2005	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	08/06/2005	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Iris Robinson	08/06/2005	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	08/06/2005	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	08/06/2005	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	08/06/2005	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Laura Moffatt	08/06/2005	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	08/06/2005	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annette Brooke	08/06/2005	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Francis	09/06/2005	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	09/06/2005	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	09/06/2005	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	09/06/2005	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	09/06/2005	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	09/06/2005	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	09/06/2005	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	09/06/2005	Burton	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	09/06/2005	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	09/06/2005	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	09/06/2005	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	09/06/2005	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	13/06/2005	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	13/06/2005	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
James Clappison	13/06/2005	Hertsmere	Conservative	Signed
Edward O'Hara	13/06/2005	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Peter Luff	13/06/2005	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	13/06/2005	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	14/06/2005	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	14/06/2005	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Keith Vaz	15/06/2005	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Steve Webb	15/06/2005	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Burrowes	15/06/2005	Enfield, Southgate	Conservative	Signed
Lorely Burt	15/06/2005	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Tami	15/06/2005	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	15/06/2005	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	15/06/2005	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julie Kirkbride	15/06/2005	Bromsgrove	Conservative	Signed
Paul Keetch	15/06/2005	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Henderson	15/06/2005	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Soames	15/06/2005	Mid Sussex	Conservative	Signed
Nadine Dorries	16/06/2005	Mid Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Crabb	16/06/2005	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Conservative	Signed
Michael Weir	16/06/2005	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
John Battle	16/06/2005	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	16/06/2005	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	16/06/2005	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	16/06/2005	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Mulholland	20/06/2005	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tim Farron	20/06/2005	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	20/06/2005	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Taylor	20/06/2005	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	20/06/2005	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	20/06/2005	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris Mole	20/06/2005	Ipswich	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	20/06/2005	Medway	Labour	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	20/06/2005	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
Robert Smith	20/06/2005	Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ben Wallace	21/06/2005	Lancaster & Wyre	Conservative	Signed
Linda Gilroy	21/06/2005	Plymouth, Sutton	Labour	Signed
Alison Seabeck	22/06/2005	Plymouth, Devonport	Labour	Signed
Madeleine Moon	22/06/2005	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	22/06/2005	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Tony Baldry	22/06/2005	Banbury	Conservative	Signed
Peter Ainsworth	22/06/2005	East Surrey	Conservative	Signed
Mark Durkan	22/06/2005	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Michael Mates	22/06/2005	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Lady Hermon	22/06/2005	North Down	UUP	Signed
Clare Short	23/06/2005	Birmingham, Ladywood	Labour	Signed
Andrew Pelling	27/06/2005	Croydon Central	Conservative	Signed
Paul Truswell	27/06/2005	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
John Greenway	27/06/2005	Ryedale	Conservative	Signed
John Pugh	27/06/2005	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Berry	28/06/2005	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Mark Todd	28/06/2005	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Daniel Kawczynski	29/06/2005	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Conservative	Signed
Dai Havard	29/06/2005	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Michael Spicer	29/06/2005	West Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Hugh Robertson	29/06/2005	Faversham & Mid Kent	Conservative	Signed
Edward Vaizey	30/06/2005	Wantage	Conservative	Signed
John Hemming	30/06/2005	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	30/06/2005	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	30/06/2005	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	04/07/2005	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
James Gray	04/07/2005	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Hugh Bayley	04/07/2005	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Mark Lancaster	05/07/2005	North East Milton Keynes	Conservative	Signed
Greg Hands	05/07/2005	Hammersmith & Fulham	Conservative	Signed
Michael Gove	05/07/2005	Surrey Heath	Conservative	Signed
Theresa Villiers	05/07/2005	Chipping Barnet	Conservative	Signed
John Barrett	05/07/2005	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Baker	05/07/2005	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Grogan	05/07/2005	Selby	Labour	Signed
Ann McKechin	05/07/2005	Glasgow North	Labour	Signed
Kerry McCarthy	06/07/2005	Bristol East	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	06/07/2005	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	06/07/2005	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
David Davies	12/07/2005	Monmouth	Conservative	Signed
Simon Burns	12/07/2005	West Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Lembit	12/07/2005	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	12/07/2005	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	12/07/2005	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Keith Simpson	12/07/2005	Mid Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Geraldine Smith	13/07/2005	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	14/07/2005	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Paul Murphy	14/07/2005	Torfaen	Labour	Signed
Damian Green	14/07/2005	Ashford	Conservative	Signed
Sarah McCarthy-Fry	14/07/2005	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Jennifer Willott	20/07/2005	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gary Streeter	20/07/2005	South West Devon	Conservative	Signed
Joan Ruddock	21/07/2005	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	21/07/2005	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charlotte Atkins	21/07/2005	Staffordshire Moorlands	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Browne	21/07/2005	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Thurso	10/10/2005	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Pete Wishart	10/10/2005	Perth & Perthshire North	Scottish National Party	Signed
Meg Hillier	10/10/2005	Hackney South & Shoreditch	Labour	Signed
Roberta Blackman-Woods	10/10/2005	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Mary Creagh	10/10/2005	Wakefield	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hammond	10/10/2005	Wimbledon	Conservative	Signed
Jo Swinson	10/10/2005	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Penning	10/10/2005	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
Mark Williams	10/10/2005	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sarah Teather	10/10/2005	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Howard Stoate	10/10/2005	Dartford	Labour	Signed
John Bercow	10/10/2005	Buckingham	Conservative	Signed
John Stanley	10/10/2005	Tonbridge & Malling	Conservative	Signed
Jimmy Hood	10/10/2005	Lanark & Hamilton East	Labour	Signed
Gerald Howarth	10/10/2005	Aldershot	Conservative	Signed
Fraser Kemp	10/10/2005	Houghton & Washington East	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	10/10/2005	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Paul Burstow	10/10/2005	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Evennett	10/10/2005			Signed
Mark Francois	10/10/2005	Rayleigh	Conservative	Signed
Robert Goodwill	10/10/2005	Scarborough & Whitby	Conservative	Signed
Sadiq Khan	13/10/2005	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Celia Barlow	13/10/2005	Hove	Labour	Signed
Danny Alexander	13/10/2005	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	13/10/2005	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	13/10/2005	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Barry Sheerman	13/10/2005	Huddersfield	Labour	Signed
David Mundell	18/10/2005	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale	Conservative	Signed
Tony Wright	18/10/2005	Cannock Chase	Labour	Signed
Michael Ancram	19/10/2005	Devizes	Conservative	Signed
Robert Wilson	20/10/2005	Reading East	Conservative	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	20/10/2005	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus Robertson	25/10/2005	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Menzies Campbell	28/10/2005	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Caroline Spelman	02/11/2005	Meriden	Conservative	Signed
Julian Brazier	03/11/2005	Canterbury	Conservative	Signed
Oliver Heald	08/11/2005	North East Hertfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Patrick Mercer	08/11/2005	Newark	Conservative	Signed
David Laws	09/11/2005	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charles Hendry	10/11/2005	Wealden	Conservative	Signed
Russell Brown	10/11/2005	Dumfries & Galloway	Labour	Signed
Frank Doran	11/11/2005	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Susan Kramer	11/11/2005	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	14/11/2005	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Kevan Jones	15/11/2005	North Durham	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	16/11/2005	Livingston	Labour	Signed
James Arbuthnot	16/11/2005	North East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Martin Salter	16/11/2005	Reading West	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	21/11/2005	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	22/11/2005	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julian Lewis	30/11/2005	New Forest East	Conservative	Signed
Emily Thornberry	30/11/2005	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Bill Wiggin	05/12/2005	Leominster	Conservative	Signed
Paul Flynn	05/12/2005	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	05/12/2005	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	06/12/2005	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Henry Bellingham	07/12/2005	North West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Norman Lamb	08/12/2005	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jon Trickett	14/12/2005	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
Angela Watkinson	14/12/2005	Upminster	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Dorrell	19/12/2005	Charnwood	Conservative	Signed
Frank Cook	16/01/2006	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Dari Taylor	20/01/2006	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Sharon Hodgson	26/01/2006	Gateshead East & Washington West	Labour	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	02/02/2006	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Shahid Malik	02/02/2006	Dewsbury	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKay	07/02/2006	Bracknell	Conservative	Signed
Jim Cousins	08/02/2006	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Grant Shapps	13/02/2006	Welwyn Hatfield	Conservative	Signed
Peter Lilley	16/02/2006	Hitchin & Harpenden	Conservative	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	27/02/2006	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Moore	01/03/2006	Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	01/03/2006	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Wood	07/03/2006	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	09/03/2006	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	10/03/2006	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Clegg	29/03/2006	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Walter	29/03/2006	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Malcolm Moss	22/05/2006	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Linda Riordan	13/06/2006	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Louise Ellman	09/10/2006	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour	Signed
Justine Greening	09/10/2006	Putney	Conservative	Signed

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