Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has commissioned research into the lightning process for people who have myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) or chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).

The Department funds research through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). The NIHR has not funded specific research into the lightening process for people with myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue syndrome.