International Rare Disease Day

EDM number 978 in 2009-10, proposed by Evan Harris on 02/03/2010.
Categorised under the topics of Diseases, Health services and Research and innovation.

That this House welcomes the third International Rare Disease Day on 28 February 2010; notes that there are over 6,000 rare diseases, affecting approximately 3.5 million people in the UK; supports the focus of this year's Rare Disease Day on the importance of research into rare diseases for the millions of patients without a cure; believes that rare diseases should be seen as a public health priority; and joins Rare Disease UK in calling on the Government to act on its commitment to a strategy for rare diseases as demonstrated by the adoption of the European Council Recommendation on action for rare diseases in June 2009.

This motion has been signed by a total of 71 MPs.