Un Summit On Non-Communicable Diseases
EDM number 2193 in 2010-12, proposed by Keith Vaz on 15/09/2011.
Categorised under the topics of Diseases, Health education and preventive medicine, Obesity and United Nations.
That this House notes the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon's statement that non-communicable diseases (NCD) represent a `public health emergency in slow motion'; welcomes the decision by the Secretary of State for Health to attend the UN Summit on NCDs on 19 and 20 September 2011; further notes that obesity is now a global pandemic fuelling NCDs such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer; further notes that without action obesity-related diseases will cost the UK 45 billion a year; calls for the Secretary of State for Health to bring the obesity crisis to the top of the Summit agenda; and urges the Government to support the call for time-bound commitments and targets to tackle the NCD epidemic.
This motion has been signed by a total of 13 MPs.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Vaz | 15/09/2011 | Leicester East | Labour | Proposed |
| Peter Bottomley | 10/10/2011 | Worthing West | Conservative | Seconded |
| Mark Durkan | 10/10/2011 | Foyle | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Seconded |
| Kelvin Hopkins | 10/10/2011 | Luton North | Labour | Seconded |
| John Leech | 10/10/2011 | Manchester, Withington | Liberal Democrat | Seconded |
| Jim Dobbin | 10/10/2011 | Heywood and Middleton | Labour | Seconded |
| Jeremy Corbyn | 10/10/2011 | Islington North | Labour | Signed |
| Margaret Ritchie | 12/10/2011 | South Down | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Signed |
| John McDonnell | 13/10/2011 | Hayes and Harlington | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Flynn | 13/10/2011 | Newport West | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Meale | 17/10/2011 | Mansfield | Labour | Signed |
| Katy Clark | 17/10/2011 | North Ayrshire and Arran | Labour | Signed |
| David Crausby | 18/10/2011 | Bolton North East | Labour | Signed |
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