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Division Vote (Commons)
23 May 2024 - Finance (No.2) Bill - View Vote Context
Tom Hunt (Con) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 210 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 215 Noes - 19
Written Question
Prostate Cancer: Diagnosis
Thursday 23rd May 2024

Asked by: Tom Hunt (Conservative - Ipswich)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what her steps her Department is taking to improve early diagnosis rates for prostate cancer prior to the TRANSFORM trial findings.

Answered by Andrew Stephenson

Improving early diagnosis of cancer, including prostate cancer, remains a priority for the Government and we are working towards the NHS Long Term Plan ambition of diagnosing 75% of stageable cancers at stage 1 and 2 by 2028. We know more people are surviving cancer in the United Kingdom than ever and that is partly down to early diagnosis.

Prior to the TRANSFORM trial, we are helping more people get diagnosed earlier by raising awareness, implementing the faster diagnosis standard and funding investment in research and diagnostics. NHS England takes steps to raise awareness of prostate cancer where there are opportunities to do so; for example NHS England partners with cancer alliances, charities and local representatives to reach people through projects in the heart of their communities. Cancer alliances have also been undertaking action to alert ‘at risk’ groups about prostate cancer, this is determined at a local level and so will vary depending on local needs and priorities.

To support faster diagnosis, NHS England is streamlining cancer pathways and in October 2022 introduced the best practice timed pathway for prostate cancer. This guidance recommends those with suspected prostate cancer undertake a multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) before biopsy, which ensures only those men most at risk of having cancer undergo an invasive biopsy.

In 2018, the Government announced £75 million of funding for clinical trials for prostate cancer, focusing on early diagnosis, survival rates and treatment options. Since April 2018, the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has awarded over £60 million to more than 28 research studies relevant to prostate cancer. These include randomised controlled trials of different treatments, a randomised controlled trial of different methods of biopsy and a survivors’ rehabilitation evaluation.

Alongside cutting-edge research, we are helping more people get diagnosed earlier for cancer and other conditions by rolling out additional tests, checks and scans at 160 locations across England through our Community Diagnostics Centres programme.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 22 May 2024
Political Violence and Disruption: Walney Report

"This is a welcome statement. I have previously discussed some of these issues with Lord Walney. He is an incredibly thoughtful individual, and this is an incredibly thoughtful report. Some of those ridiculous smears that we heard earlier were completely unnecessary.

As somebody who believes in freedom of protest, do …..."
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Division Vote (Commons)
22 May 2024 - Holocaust Memorial Bill - View Vote Context
Tom Hunt (Con) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 179 Conservative No votes vs 11 Conservative Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 11 Noes - 182
Division Vote (Commons)
22 May 2024 - Immigration and Asylum - View Vote Context
Tom Hunt (Con) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 72 Conservative Aye votes vs 0 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 74 Noes - 49
Written Question
Israel: Disinformation
Wednesday 22nd May 2024

Asked by: Tom Hunt (Conservative - Ipswich)

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what diplomatic steps he is taking to help Israel tackle online disinformation campaigns backed by Iran.

Answered by Andrew Mitchell

The FCDO is not working through partners in Israel, but is working with partners across government to directly identify information manipulation, hold hostile actors to account for malign activity and increase access to factual information.

Division Vote (Commons)
21 May 2024 - High Speed Rail (Crewe - Manchester) Bill (Instruction) (No. 3) - View Vote Context
Tom Hunt (Con) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 222 Conservative Aye votes vs 5 Conservative No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 323 Noes - 7
Division Vote (Commons)
21 May 2024 - Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill - View Vote Context
Tom Hunt (Con) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 259 Conservative No votes vs 0 Conservative Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 217 Noes - 268
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 May 2024
Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

"I welcome the statement today, just as I welcomed the Prime Minister’s statement yesterday. My constituent, Alan, has been campaigning for justice for 37 years. He himself was infected as part of this scandal. The more I find out about this, the more chilling it becomes. Frankly, sometimes it reads …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 20 May 2024
Israel and Gaza

"No organisation, international or otherwise, is beyond reproach and always gets things right, so of course we can question what the ICC has come out with. What I find disturbing is the ICC report talking about an almost exact equivalence between the leaders of Hamas, who carried out the most …..."
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