Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help increase the amount of research into motor neurone disease.

The Government has committed at least £50 million for research into motor neurone disease (MND) in the next five years. This includes a collaboration with charity funders to deliver a £4.25 million partnership with the MND research community to increase research and accelerate the delivery of new treatments. The National Institute for Health and Care Research welcomes research applications from researchers and has recently launched a highlight notice for MND to invite research proposals.