No. 70 Notices of Motions: 26th February 1992 2715 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 759 MYALGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS 26:2:92 Mr Edward O'Hara Mr Peter Kilfoyle Mr Martin Flannery Mr Harry Barnes Mr Ted Leadbitter Mr David Clelland * 19 Mr Jimmy Dunnachie Maria Fyfe Mr John Battle Mr Dennis Turner Mr Peter Hain Mr Derek Enright Mr George Howarth Mr Martyn Jones Mr Robert Parry Mr Joe Benton Mr Terry Rooney Mr Ian McCartney Mr Gordon McMaster 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 correct 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- * The figure following this symbol gives the total number of names of Members appended, including those names added in this edition of the Notices of Questions and Motions.