Thank you for sharing this.
There were some interesting points mentioned.
And some obvious misunderstandings. Keith Vaz and his "bordering on type 1" being one (I assume he means his doctor has suggested he starts using insulin) and a heavy focus from one of the MPs on being diagnosed as children, the impact on parents and support from schools whilst not realising more than half of people with type 1 are diagnosed as adults.
I don't usually watch parliamentary debates. It's lovely to see the difference between the politeness of this debate with chaos in some of the meetings I attend (and some of the higher profile debates in parliament).
I concur with you, it was so refreshing to hear politeness and nicely spoken tones in The H of C and also Type 1 being talked about at length as it does tend to be put on the 'back bencher's bench'
So many people still believe Type 1 is related to children and adolescents ( even medical professional's
) which we know is incorrect, I was diagnosed at 31.
I guy I know said he had type 1, same as me and I thought, great we can talk about it........... but bless him, he thought he was type 1 because he pricked his finger's, but he is actually type 2 on Metformin and told me he had lost 3 stone in weight, so pleased for him