In case further confirmation is needed, it is provided in Hansard for 6th March 2006 (HC: Column 1200W), where the Under Secretary of State for Health, Liam Byrne MP, stated categorically: "National Health Service organisations are expected to demonstrate that they are making progress towards achieving the level of service quality described in the National Service Framework (NSF) for long-term conditions. The NSF sets out a clear vision of how health and social care organisations can improve the quality, consistency and responsiveness of their services and help improve the lives of people with neurological conditions, including CFS/ME".

Nothing could be more unequivocal than Hansard, so for the avoidance of doubt,

members of the ME community may wish to draw this evidence of fact to the attention of their Member of Parliament, including those MPs who are members of the Gibson

Parliamentary Inquiry.