FIGHT TO ERADICATE POLIO

That this House applauds the efforts made to tackle polio globally, acknowledges that this effort has been 99.9 per cent effective and a concerted effort could eradicate this terrible disease; expresses concern that the World Health Assembly declared polio as an emergency for global public health and believes that the presence of polio anywhere is the threat of polio everywhere; notes the expiration of the pledge made by the previous Government in 2008 to commit £20 million per year to fighting polio; and calls on the Government to continue its support and funding to eradicate polio.