Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (Hansard, 25 February 2002)

HL Deb 25 February 2002 vol 631 c187WA 187WA

§ The Countess of Mar
asked Her Majesty's Government:
Why the document Consideration of possible changes to the social security system as it affects claimants with CFS/ME, a working paper prepared on behalf of the Chief Medical Officer's Working Group on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis by N Wayne and A J Pinching, was not included among the documents released by the working group. [HL2644]

§ Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
The document was developed by the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis independent working group as one of its working papers. This paper was outside the working group's terms of reference and therefore was not commissioned by the Chief Medical Officer and has no formal status. It has however been passed to the Department of Works and Pensions.