Bob
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According to Action for ME, an adjournment debate has been granted to Ian Swales, the Liberal Democrat MP for Redcar, in the UK's Parliament.
The debate will take place in the Westminster Hall (not the main chamber) in the House of Commons at 4pm (4pm-4.30pm) on Wednesday, 2nd February.
Adjournment debates are usually low-key discussions which take place at the end of the parliament day. The chamber is often totally empty, but I think that a minister has to be present to respond.
I don't know how Adjournment Debates compare to Early Day Motions, in terms of usefulness.
Here's the schedule for Westminster Hall, on the Parliament website (The debate starts at 4pm):
http://services.parliament.uk/calendar/#/calendar/Commons/WestminsterHall/2011/2/2/events.html
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Ian Swales tabled an Early Day Motion on M.E. last October. I haven't seen it before today, but it seems quite well informed:
The debate will take place in the Westminster Hall (not the main chamber) in the House of Commons at 4pm (4pm-4.30pm) on Wednesday, 2nd February.
Adjournment debates are usually low-key discussions which take place at the end of the parliament day. The chamber is often totally empty, but I think that a minister has to be present to respond.
I don't know how Adjournment Debates compare to Early Day Motions, in terms of usefulness.
Here's the schedule for Westminster Hall, on the Parliament website (The debate starts at 4pm):
http://services.parliament.uk/calendar/#/calendar/Commons/WestminsterHall/2011/2/2/events.html
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Ian Swales tabled an Early Day Motion on M.E. last October. I haven't seen it before today, but it seems quite well informed:
Early Day Motion
EDM 778
MYALGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS
11.10.2010
Swales, Ian
That this House notes that despite the fact that the Department of Health now accepts myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) as a genuine medical condition, diagnosis can still pose a problem because ME symptoms are similar to those present in a number of other medical conditions; recognises that one of the main obstacles to the adequate treatment of ME is the lack of knowledge and consensus about the disease; believes that funding and research must be focused on the bio-medical factors involved and not just simply managing the psychological symptoms; requests that the Government establishes an independent scientific committee to oversee ME research; and calls on the Government and the Medical Research Council to work with ME sufferers and bio-medical researchers in order to achieve a proper understanding of the condition's challenges and unjust perceptions of the condition.
http://edmi.parliament.uk/edmi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=41744&SESSION=905&dm_i=1HO,CPZZ,31ES1,105G2,1