PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
MS awareness week (23 April 2023)

Motion Details

That this House supports MS awareness week, which takes place between 24 and 30 April; highlights that the MS Society, MS Trust, Overcoming MS, Shift.ms, MS-UK, MS National Therapy Centres and MS Together are working together to raise awareness of the realities of living with MS, a progressive neurological condition affecting over 130,000 people in the UK; understands that each day of MS Awareness Week provides a platform for people with MS or supporting a loved one who shares their experience of living with the condition; recognises the importance of early access to treatments, physiotherapy, social care services and financial support to enable people with MS to live well with the condition for longer; and pays tribute to family and friends of people living with MS for the care and support they provide.

Sponsored by:
Charlotte Nichols (Labour)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Labour
7
27%
 
 
Independent
5
19%
 
 
Scottish National Party
5
19%
 
 
Plaid Cymru
3
12%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
3
12%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
2
8%
 
 
Alba Party
1
4%
 
Sponsor List (26 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Ind
Apsana Begum
Poplar and Limehouse
Lab
Dan Carden
Liverpool Walton
LD
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Orkney and Shetland
LD
Wendy Chamberlain
North East Fife
SNP
Douglas Chapman
Ind
Jonathan Edwards
Ind
Margaret Ferrier
Lab
Mary Kelly Foy
City of Durham
SNP
Patricia Gibson
Alba
Neale Hanvey
SNP
Stewart Hosie
LD
Christine Jardine
Edinburgh West
PC
Ben Lake
Ceredigion Preseli
DUP
Carla Lockhart
Upper Bann
Lab
Rachael Maskell
York Central
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Charlotte Nichols (Sponsor)
Warrington North
Lab
Kate Osborne
Jarrow and Gateshead East
PC
Liz Saville Roberts
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
DUP
Jim Shannon
Strangford
SNP
Chris Stephens
Lab
Jon Trickett
Normanton and Hemsworth
Ind
Claudia Webbe
SNP
Dr Philippa Whitford
PC
Hywel Williams
Lab
Mohammad Yasin
Bedford

Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.