SCREENING FOR ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS

Early day motion 661, tabled 9 January 2008 by Howard Stoate (Labour). Signed by 53 members.

That this House welcomes the announcement of a national screening programme for abdominal aortic aneurysms; notes the Men's Health Forum's campaign on this issue, supported by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Men's Health and hon. Members of all parties; further notes both that in spring 2007 the National Screening Committee recommended screening for older men and that a successful screening programme has run for many years in Gloucestershire; and calls on the Government to announce a firm timetable for the programme's introduction without further delay.

Signatures by party: Labour 31, Liberal Democrat 9, Conservative 6, DUP 3, Social Democratic and Labour Party 3, Plaid Cymru 1.