Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with representatives of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) on including brain tumour (a) experts and (b) patient advocates on the NIHR panel that considers brain tumour research proposals.

The Department has discussed the role of brain tumour experts with the National Institute for Health Research. There have been no discussions on patient advocates as all committees include public members who bring the patient and public perspective to discussions.