Business of the House

Martin Vickers Excerpts

Thursday 12th November 2026 Commons Chamber

[Sir Alan Campbell]

My hon. Friend is right to champion Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and the valuable research it does. We will shortly be commissioning an independent review to provide advice on how specialist research providers should be recognised within the Research England funding framework in order to make sure those providers’ contributions are reflected in future funding decisions, but I will ask Ministers to write to my hon. Friend with further details about the issues she raises.

[Martin Vickers (Brigg and Immingham) (Con)]

Earlier this week, I attended a drop-in session organised by Cardiac Risk in the Young to show my support for the introduction of a screening programme that could save the lives of the 12 young people who die each week with undiagnosed heart issues. Whenever we go to these sessions, for whichever illness, we are told that early diagnosis and screening would not only save lives but save money for the NHS in the future. What assessments are carried out by the Department to determine whether those savings actually exist? It would be helpful if a Minister could come to the Chamber to explain.