PREVENTION OF DIABETES

Early day motion 121, tabled 27 May 2010 by Keith Vaz (Labour). Signed by 46 members.

That this House recognises that diabetes is one of the biggest health challenges currently facing the UK with 5.1 per cent. of the population suffering; acknowledges the rise in sufferers of the condition from 1.4 million in 1996 to 2.6 million last year, with estimations of a further increase to four million by 2025; notes with concern the tremendous cost of the condition to the NHS with it utilising 10 per cent. of the 2007-08 budget, equivalent to £173 million per week, £25 million per day or £286 per second; and calls on the Government to increase efforts to raise the public's awareness of diabetes, its complications and the ways in which it can be prevented.

Signatures by party: Labour 27, Liberal Democrat 8, DUP 4, Conservative 3, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Independent 1, Plaid Cymru 1.