Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Rebecca Harris and John Bercow

Thursday 13th October 2016 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

The excitement in the Secretary of State’s life knows no bounds.

[Rebecca Harris (Castle Point) (Con)]

3. What progress the Government are making on putting in place a blue belt to protect marine habitats.

Access To Medical Treatments (Innovation) Bill

Debate between Rebecca Harris and John Bercow

Friday 29th January 2016 Commons Chamber

[Rebecca Harris (Castle Point) (Con)]

rose—

[Mr Speaker]

Order. The hon. Lady had wished to contribute but toddled out of the Chamber at the appropriate moment. I would have called her but did not because she was not here. Does she still wish to speak?

[Rebecca Harris]

Very briefly, Mr Speaker.

I support the Bill and commend all those who have worked towards it in the many iterations it has been through in this House and the other place—I can see that Members of the other place are taking an interest in our proceedings today.

I am chairman of the all-party parliamentary group on brain tumours. Brain tumour research has desperately lagged behind other areas of cancer research, and we desperately need to find new sources of treatment. Sadly, brain tumour is still the biggest cancer killer of the under- 40s—children and young adults. The Bill could be a great step forward in the sharing of information.

I commend the Minister, as all hon. Members have. Without wishing to sound too toadying, we have a Minister who is committed to taking forward progress on research in a way that we have not seen previously.

It should be pointed out that the NHS is a superb innovative organisation that does huge amounts of research. We do not hear that said often enough of the NHS. From my point of view, the most important bit of the Bill is the database, which will mean we can take forward the research we do in the NHS so that people can have access to information—not just patients, but clinicians, who might not know as much as we or they would hope. I very much hope the Bill makes progress.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Rebecca Harris and John Bercow

Monday 24th June 2013 Commons Chamber

[Rebecca Harris (Castle Point) (Con)]

8. What plans he has to increase the diversity of secondary school places available in Essex.

[Mr Speaker]

A Minister to the Dispatch Box, please.