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Melbourne Declaration On Diabetes

EDM number 18 in 2014-15, proposed by Adrian Sanders on 04/06/2014.
Categorised under the topics of Diseases, Health education and preventive medicine and Health services.

That this House notes that the first meeting of the Global Parliamentary Champions for Diabetes Forum was held in Melbourne from 30 November to 2 December 2013 and was attended by parliamentarians from over 50 countries; understands that there are an estimated 382 million people with diabetes and that this number is expected to rise to 592 million by 2035, that 80 per cent of people with diabetes live in low and middle-income countries, and that diabetes will have caused 5.1 million deaths in 2013, one every six seconds; further notes that the 66th World Health Assembly held in May 2013 has adopted nine global targets and 25 indicators to help address the non-communicable diseases (NCD) pandemic and that diabetes is the only one of the four major NCDs with its own global target, which is to halt the rise in diabetes and obesity by 2025; congratulates the 90 nations that have signed the Melbourne Declaration on Diabetes; and urges hon. Members to join those advocating for increased prevention, better diagnosis and treatment of diabetes in the UK.

This motion has been signed by a total of 29 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Adrian Sanders04/06/2014TorbayLiberal DemocratProposed
Peter Bottomley04/06/2014Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Mark Durkan04/06/2014FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Bob Russell04/06/2014ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
Jeremy Corbyn04/06/2014Islington NorthLabourSeconded
Kelvin Hopkins04/06/2014Luton NorthLabourSeconded
Jim Shannon05/06/2014StrangfordDUPSigned
John Leech09/06/2014Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Keith Vaz09/06/2014Leicester EastLabourSigned
John McDonnell09/06/2014Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Alan Meale09/06/2014MansfieldLabourSigned
Margaret Ritchie09/06/2014South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Andrew George09/06/2014St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Dobbin10/06/2014Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Martin Caton10/06/2014GowerLabourSigned
Paul Farrelly10/06/2014Newcastle-under-LymeLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd11/06/2014Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSigned
Ronnie Campbell11/06/2014Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Jimmy Hood11/06/2014Lanark and Hamilton EastLabourSigned
William McCrea11/06/2014South AntrimDUPSigned
Nigel Dodds11/06/2014Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Alasdair McDonnell11/06/2014Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
David Crausby12/06/2014Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Ian Lavery12/06/2014WansbeckLabourSigned
David Ward12/06/2014Bradford EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Williams16/06/2014CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Stunell16/06/2014Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Albert Owen16/06/2014Ynys MLabourSigned
Mike Hancock17/06/2014Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned

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