HC Deb 01 May 2001 vol 367 c575W
Mr. Lepper

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on progress made to date by the CFS/ME working group and its sub-groups. [159560]

Yvette Cooper

The chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis working group, supported by a sub group looking at children's issues and a wider reference group is making good progress. The working group has completed its year long scoping exercise and work is currently under way on the drafting of the final report.