Steff Aquarone: All Documents

Written Question

Rare Cancers: Research

Thursday 6th November 2025

Asked by: Steff Aquarone (Liberal Democrat - North Norfolk)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the availability of research into less survivable cancers; and what steps his Department is taking to incentivise people to undertake research into this area.

Answered by Zubir Ahmed - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Department invests £1.6 billion each year on research through its research delivery arm, the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).

The Government is investing in new lifesaving and life-improving research to support those diagnosed with less survivable cancers. An example of this is the announcement of the NIHR’s new national Brain Tumour Research Consortium, which will bring together researchers from a range of different disciplines and institutions with the aim of making scientific advances in how we prevent, detect, manage and treat rarer but less-survivable cancers in adults and children.

The NIHR continue to welcome further high-quality proposals from researchers to inform approaches to prevention, treatment and care in relation to less survivable cancers.

Furthermore, the Department is committed to ensuring that all patients, including those with rare cancers, have access to cutting-edge clinical trials and innovative, lifesaving treatments. The forthcoming National Cancer Plan will include further details on how the National Health Service will improve diagnosis and outcomes for all cancer patients in England, including for rare and less common cancers.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 05 Nov 2025
Financial Transparency: Overseas Territories

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 05 Nov 2025
Financial Transparency: Overseas Territories

"Yes, I am frighteningly aware, because I have tried to access these registers myself, and I have relied upon reports by other organisations to tell me what is really going on. When a country’s wealth in savings is a multi-hundred-times multiple of its GDP, that brings all this into sharp …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 05 Nov 2025
Financial Transparency: Overseas Territories

"Does my hon. Friend agree that the documentation often exists to prove ultimate beneficial ownership, where it suits the individuals concerned? In some cases, we have a perverse situation where respectable UK financial institutions obtain that information in confidence when carrying out their required “know your customer” due diligence, without …..."
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Division Vote (Commons)
5 Nov 2025 - Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Bill - View Vote Context
Steff Aquarone (LD) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 61 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 268 Noes - 80

Division Vote (Commons)
5 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Steff Aquarone (LD) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 62 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 311 Noes - 152

Division Vote (Commons)
5 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Steff Aquarone (LD) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 61 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 310 Noes - 150

Division Vote (Commons)
5 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Steff Aquarone (LD) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 63 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 308 Noes - 153

Division Vote (Commons)
5 Nov 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context
Steff Aquarone (LD) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 63 Liberal Democrat No votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 310 Noes - 155