GLOBAL DIABETES PREVALENCE

Early day motion 892, tabled 18 March 2015 by Keith Vaz (Labour). Signed by 29 members.

That this House is deeply alarmed by a recent study by the University of East Anglia, which found that diabetes affects around 382 million people worldwide, a figure expected to rise to 592 million by 2035; is concerned that the consistently increasing economic impact of this disease on low, middle and high income countries is having extremely negative consequences for public health services; notes that two-thirds of type 2 diabetes cases are now diagnosed in low-income and middle-income nations, with particularly high levels of prevalence in Mexico, India, China and Egypt; and calls on the Government to include diabetes-related public health measures in relevant international development programmes.

Signatures by party: Labour 15, Liberal Democrat 4, DUP 3, Social Democratic and Labour Party 3, Conservative 2, Independent 1, Respect 1.