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Shine on Scotland visit Parliament
17.06.09
MS Society Scotland was delighted to support Ryan McLaughlin and his family on yesterday's Shine on Scotland Campaign march to the Scottish Parliament to hand over a petition calling for vitamin D supplementation to be provided to children and pregnant women in Scotland.
Over two hundred supporters of the campaign joined the march and were met by many MSPs outside Parliament. There was extensive media coverage of the event and thus it proved an excellent opportunity to raise awareness of MS in Scotland. Inside the Parliament, Ryan took part in a press conference organised by the Public Petitions Committee and then later in the day appeared before the Committee alongside his Dad, Dr Sreeram Ramagopalan who is a member of Professor Eber's team of researchers, and our new director David McNiven.
The MSPs on the Committee were very supportive of the campaign and pledged to take the case for supplementation to the Scottish Government. It is expected that they will be able to report back on progress in the next few months and Ryan will be invited to return to Parliament to hear of what we hope will be positive progress and action.
Speaking at the end of a very successful day, David McNiven commented: "Given the research evidence linking environmental factors with genes involved in MS, and other evidence about the benefits of vitamin D, we are happy to be supporting Ryan's campaign".
View the campaign's presentation to the Public Petitions Committee on the Scottish Parliament's website
www.shineonscotland.org.uk
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For more information:
Craig Wilkie
Policy Officer
MS Society Scotland
Tel: 0131 335 4050
email
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