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[[File:MP Kelvin Hopkins.jpg |200px|thumb|right|Source:www.labour.org.uk]] '''Kelvin Peter Hopkins''' is a [[UK Independent policians|Independent]] Member of [[UK]] Parliament for Luton North since 1997.<ref>[http://kelvinhopkinsmp.com/ KelvinHopkinsMP.com]</ref> == Parliamentary debates and business == * Jan 24, 2019, ''Appropriate ME Treatment'' {{Quote frame | author=Kelvin Hopkins, MP|align =left |source =Appropriate ME Treatment | date = 24th January, 2019 |text=I spoke in a previous Westminster Hall debate and later put down written questions on ME on the basis suggested by Dr Ian Gibson, whom longer-standing Members may remember as the Labour Member for Norwich and a distinguished medical scientist in his own right. Ian was incensed by the use of graded exercise therapy. He said that it was less than useless and actually damaging to sufferers as well as causing them pain and raising false optimism that such therapies would work.<br > Given that ME causes extreme fatigue, suggesting more exercise seems to me about as sensible as asking frostbite sufferers to walk about in snow. The other suggested treatment, cognitive behavioural therapy, helped to underpin the myth that ME is a psychological problem, not a physical condition. Neither of those supposed therapies should have been given credence and efforts should have been focused long ago on discovering the real causes of ME and on undertaking proper and thorough research to develop effective treatments.<ref name="hansardjan19">{{Cite web | url = https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2019-01-24/debates/FA1BBC27-37A7-4BFD-A2C0-A58B57F41D4D/AppropriateMETreatment | title = Appropriate ME Treatment {{!}} 24 January 2019 Volume 653 | last = Hansard {{!}} UK Parliament | first = | authorlink = | date = Jan 24, 2019 | website = hansard.parliament.uk|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2019-01-25}}</ref>}} {{clear}} * Oct 30, 2018, ''Backbench Business Committee'' - EXTRACT [https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/0666480c-4fb5-443f-87bc-e295dabc0e58?in=14:42:55&out=14:53:00 (Video)]<ref>{{Cite web | url = https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/0666480c-4fb5-443f-87bc-e295dabc0e58?in=14:42:55&out=14:53:00 | title = Backbench Business Committee - EXTRACT | last = Monaghan | first = Carol | authorlink=Carol Monaghan | last2 = Morgan | first2 = Nicky | authorlink2 = Nicky Morgan | date = Oct 30, 2018 | website = parliamentlive.tv|archive-url=|archive-date=|url-status=|access-date=2018-10-30 | last3 = Hopkins | first3 = Kelvin | last4 = Pound | first4 = Steve | authorlink3 = Kelvin Hopkins | authorlink4 = Stephen Pound}}</ref> == Parliamentary Questions == *Nov 22, 2016: [http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers/?page=1&max=20&questiontype=AllQuestions&house=commons%2clords&member=2&keywords=Chronic%2cFatigue%2cSyndrome Written questions and answers - www.parliament.uk] :MP Hopkins asked 7 questions about [[ME/CFS]] research and treatment recommendations of the Secretary of State Health and Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. He is questioning as to whether there was fraudulent activity of the [[PACE trial]] and whether those involved should receive public funding into ME/CFS research in the future. He wants [[NICE guidelines |NICE guideline]] recommendations for the treatment of [[ME/CFS]] changed and [[GET]] and [[CBT]] recommendations removed. :These questions were recorded on November 22, 2016 with five answered on November 25, 2016. <ref>[https://www.change.org/p/opposing-mega-a-vote-of-no-confidence-in-mega-research-for-me-cfs/u/18598481 Parliamentary Questions asked by MP Kelvin Hopkins - Change.org] [[Opposing MEGA]]: A Vote of No Confidence in MEGA Research</ref> ==Contact == * Facebook * Twitter * YouTube * Website/Blog == See also == == Learn more == == References == {{Reflist}} [[Category:Advocates or allies]] [[Category:British advocates or allies]] [[Category:United Kingdom politicians]] [[Category:Politicians]] [[Category:United Kingdom Members of Parliament]] [[Category:UK Independent politicians]]
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