ACCESS TO HIV TREATMENT

Early day motion 1173, tabled 24 March 2009 by Bob Spink (Independent). Signed by 52 members.

That this House notes with grave concern that almost 6,000 people die every day from AIDS-related illnesses; congratulates the Government on making progress on its promise of universal access to HIV treatment, prevention, care and support by 2010; and urges the Government to promote generic medicines by tackling trade barriers and by developing a patent pool for essential medicines, as promoted by the Stop AIDS campaign, and to address the health worker shortage and provide long-term financing to continue to strengthen services and infrastructure in developing nations.

Signatures by party: Labour 29, Liberal Democrat 16, Independent 3, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Conservative 1, UUP 1.