INCIDENCE OF PRE-DIABETES

Early day motion 2129, tabled 21 October 2009 by Keith Vaz (Labour). Signed by 51 members.

That this House notes with concern that an estimated seven million people in the UK have pre-diabetes, a condition that leaves people with high blood glucose levels 15 times more likely to develop diabetes; further notes that a total of 2.6 million people in the UK have been diagnosed with diabetes; states that in the past year alone 145,000 new cases of diabetes have been recorded; congratulates Diabetes UK for its work in raising awareness of diabetes; and calls on the Government to increase its efforts to raise public awareness of diabetes and the ways in which it can be prevented.

Signatures by party: Labour 31, Liberal Democrat 7, Conservative 6, DUP 4, Independent 1, Plaid Cymru 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.