Oral Answers to Questions

Vicky Foxcroft Excerpts

Tuesday 19th July 2022 Commons Chamber

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (James Morris)]

My hon. Friend makes an important point. As part of our public health messaging and so on, exercise as a preventive mechanism against cancer is extremely important. We have had a call for evidence; we will consider the evidence that has been provided when we look at the 10-year plan, of which exercise will be an important component.

[Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford) (Lab)]

T4. Despite repeated questions from me and other hon. Members, immunocompromised people still do not have access to the prophylactic drug Evusheld. It appears that some heads might need knocking together, so will the Secretary of State convene an urgent meeting with AstraZeneca and the UK Health Security Agency to ensure that test results can be released? If the results are positive, will he get on with ordering supplies and rolling them out, so that immunocompromised people can finally get on with living their lives?

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Maggie Throup)]

rose—

[Vicky Foxcroft]

It is a question for the Secretary of State.