Motion text
That this House recognises World Cancer Day on 4 February 2020; welcomes a drive to improve cancer early detection rates; understands that radiotherapy is needed in 40% of cancer cures with one in four of the population needing radiotherapy at some point in their lives; notes the campaigning work of radiotherapy4life which has highlighted that the radiotherapy service is already in need of significant investment and more coherent commissioning; accepts that the need for such investment and improved commissioning will only increase as more cancers are detected earlier; and welcomes the updated Manifesto for Radiotherapy published by the all-party group on Radiotherapy which is calling for a proportion of the recently announced increased NHS funding to be invested in the radiotherapy service to provide a one-off £250 million investment in satellite centres to allow local access, a further £140 million to replace ageing radiotherapy machines and IT, and the additional increase of £100 million in the annual budget to ensure the support and workforce required to make access to advance radiotherapy the norm, as well as a fully funded central rolling machine replacement programme, all supported by a new Tsar-like figure to ensure coherent commissioning and organisation.
Signatures (30)
The first 6 Members who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. The date shown is when the Member signed the motion.
Morris, Grahame
Labour
Signed on
13 January 2020
Farron, Tim
Liberal Democrat
Signed on
13 January 2020
Osborne, Kate
Labour
Signed on
13 January 2020
Hill, Mike
Labour
Signed on
13 January 2020
Mearns, Ian
Labour
Signed on
13 January 2020
Hopkins, Rachel
Labour
Signed on
13 January 2020
In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.
Glindon, Mary
Labour
Signed on
13 January 2020
Penning, Sir Mike
Conservative
Signed on
14 January 2020
Antoniazzi, Tonia
Labour
Signed on
14 January 2020
Webbe, Claudia
Labour
Signed on
14 January 2020
Blackman, Bob
Conservative
Signed on
14 January 2020
Shannon, Jim
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on
14 January 2020
Hollern, Kate
Labour
Signed on
14 January 2020
Daby, Janet
Labour
Signed on
14 January 2020
Stephens, Chris
Scottish National Party
Signed on
15 January 2020
Lockhart, Carla
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on
15 January 2020
Sobel, Alex
Labour
Signed on
16 January 2020
Donaldson, Sir Jeffrey M
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on
16 January 2020
Jardine, Christine
Liberal Democrat
Signed on
17 January 2020
Dorans, Allan
Scottish National Party
Signed on
20 January 2020
Barker, Paula
Labour
Signed on
20 January 2020
Whitley, Mick
Labour
Signed on
20 January 2020
Sheerman, Mr Barry
Labour
Signed on
20 January 2020
Bottomley, Sir Peter
Conservative
Signed on
20 January 2020
Saville Roberts, Liz
Plaid Cymru
Signed on
20 January 2020
McDonald, Stewart Malcolm
Scottish National Party
Signed on
22 January 2020
Yasin, Mohammad
Labour
Signed on
3 February 2020
Hendrick, Sir Mark
Labour
Signed on
3 February 2020
Johnson, Kim
Labour
Signed on
11 February 2020
Gwynne, Andrew
Labour
Signed on
21 April 2020
There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.