DIABETES RESEARCH (No. 2)

That this House welcomes recent research which has found that diabetes can be treated by rescuing insulin producing cells and transplanting them into the liver; believes that diabetes sufferers could benefit hugely from this new pioneering treatment; congratulates the work done by the University of Leicester, which is one of only 20 centres worldwide which are capable of harvesting the pancreatic islets; notes that diabetes and diabetes-related conditions cost the NHS 1 million per hour; and calls on the Government to increase research funding as this could prevent this huge expenditure in the future.