Baroness Manzoor
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Baroness Merron (Lab)
I do not know if I dare comment about vested interest, but why not? I am not aware that there is a final limit. It is on request.
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms and Chief Whip (Lord Kennedy of Southwark) (Lab Co-op)
It is the turn of the Conservative Benches and then we will come to the Labour Benches.
Baroness Manzoor (Con)
My Lords, I welcome the Government’s strategy to have a dedicated cancer plan, but can the Minister say when this plan will be published, particularly in relation to breast screening? Will she give an indication of the uptake rate by women from disadvantaged backgrounds and women from ethnic minorities? The uptake rates are very low. Will these also be considered in this national plan?
Baroness Merron (Lab)
The answer to that latter question is yes, and the noble Baroness will not have to wait too long to see the national cancer plan.