HEPATITIS B AND THE RISING CURVE REPORT

Early day motion 708, tabled 16 January 2008 by Sir David Amess (Conservative). Signed by 58 members.

That this House is alarmed by the figures exposed in the Rising Curve report published by the Hepatitis B Foundation UK, revealing that chronic hepatitis B in the UK has doubled since 2002, rising from 180,000 people to 325,000; calls on the Department of Health to revise figures on chronic hepatitis B to ensure trusts receive the full funding necessary for hepatitis B prevention and treatment; further calls upon the Government to implement urgently a hepatitis B strategy and preventative public health measures on hepatitis B, including a reappraisal of the current vaccination policy; and further calls upon Government to introduce an effective GP and public education plan on hepatitis B in the UK.

Signatures by party: Labour 30, Liberal Democrat 14, Conservative 7, DUP 2, Plaid Cymru 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Independent 1.