During Prime Minister's question time in the Commons today,
MP (St Ives, Conservative)
said: “March is brain tumour awareness month, a month dedicated
to supporting people with brain tumours and to raising funds and
awareness. Brain tumours remain the biggest cancer killer of
children and adults under 40, a fact that has to change. There
has been great progress over the last month, with the government
turning its attention to this under-funded disease, but so much
more can be done. Will the Prime Minister join me in commending
all those helping to raise funds and awareness this month,
recognise the many thousand of people fighting this terrible
disease and make a statement about how the government is going to
see the job through until we have the research, care and the cure
many people need?
replied: “I would like to join
by honourable friend in commending all those who are raising
awareness of brain cancer and who are working hard and tireless
both in research and to raise funding. It is a devastating
disease. I was very pleased to meet with
to hear her experience with the NHS, with the Secretary of State
for Health, and she then held a round table of experts on brain
cancer. We have announced that an estimated £20 million will be
invested through the National Institute for Health Research over
the next five years helping to fund essential brain cancer
research and in addition to this Cancer Research UK will be
investing £25 million into research on brain tumours over the
same period, helping to support two new specialised centres.
