World Diabetes Day 2014

EDM number 511 in 2014-15, proposed by Keith Vaz on 11/11/2014.
Categorised under the topics of Diseases and Health education and preventive medicine.

That this House notes that 14 November 2014 is World Diabetes Day which engages millions of people globally in recognising the escalating health threat that diabetes poses; further notes that every four minutes someone in the UK is diagnosed with diabetes and consequently the NHS spends £1 million an hour on diabetes and its related complications; commends the 53 hon. Members who attended the Health Challenge and had a diabetes test on 15 October 2014 for Diwali at Westminster in support of diabetes awareness; and calls on hon. Members to show their support on 14 November 2014 by not eating sugar for 24 hours.

This motion has been signed by a total of 39 MPs.