DIABETES RESEARCH (No. 2)

Early day motion 582, tabled 21 July 2010 by Keith Vaz (Labour). Signed by 23 members.

That this House welcomes recent research which has found that diabetes can be treated by rescuing insulin producing cells and transplanting them into the liver; believes that diabetes sufferers could benefit hugely from this new pioneering treatment; congratulates the work done by the University of Leicester, which is one of only 20 centres worldwide which are capable of harvesting the pancreatic islets; notes that diabetes and diabetes-related conditions cost the NHS 1 million per hour; and calls on the Government to increase research funding as this could prevent this huge expenditure in the future.

Signatures by party: Labour 15, Liberal Democrat 4, DUP 2, Conservative 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.