MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

Early day motion 900, tabled 19 October 1999 by Lord Corbett of Castle Vale (Labour). Signed by 103 members.

That this House welcomes the Government's decision to ask the National Institute for Clinical Excellence to draw up guidance on the prescribing of beta interferon; recognises that this is the first treatment which has been shown to slow the progress of the most severe form of multiple sclerosis; and believes that the new guidance should allow neurologists to prescribe this drug to patients who could benefit from it.

Signatures by party: Labour 64, Liberal Democrat 19, Conservative 7, Labour/Co-operative 7, Plaid Cymru 2, Scottish National Party 2, UUP 2.