Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether organisations such as charities and the Advisory Committee for Breast Cancer Screening will have an opportunity to respond officially to the independent review of the breast screening incident.

Charities and other organisations with an interest in this area were briefed on the Independent Breast Screening Review and its recommendations when it was published on 13 December, and will come to their own decisions about how they wish to respond to the Review.

The Department will consider the report of the Independent Breast Screening Review and its recommendations in detail and will be publishing a full response on behalf of the Government shortly.