Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his written ministerial statement of 12 May 2022 on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, if he will take steps to ensure that representatives of the British Association of Clinicians in ME/CFS are consulted on policy proposals in the context of its expertise in assessing and managing patients; and if he will make a statement.

Officials are working with a range of stakeholders, including the British Association of Clinicians in ME/CFS, to develop a cross-Government delivery plan on myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome.