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Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Diana Organ (Labour), on Wednesday, 20 December 2000, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 144 members in total.

NATIONAL CANCER REGISTER

That this House regrets that the General Medical Council has issued guidance to doctors that they should no longer pass on names to the National Cancer Register but supports the Science and Technology Select Committee's recommendation that the information relating to cancer sufferers be excluded for the requirements of the Data Protection Act and that names should be allowed to be passed on to the National Register, recognising that this information is vital for the national fight against cancer.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

NATIONAL CANCER REGISTER (138A1)
The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by Harry Cohen (primary, Labour) and tabled on Monday, 22 January 2001. It has been signed by 1 members in total.
leave out from "excluded" to the second and "be" in line 5 and insert "from the consent requirements of schedules 2 and 3 of the First Data Protection Principle of the Data Protection Act 1998; and calls for the Government to enact legislation which provides alternative safeguards which would limit the use of identifable medical information to the minimum necessary to maintain the confidence of cancer patients, so that names can".

Secondary information

Type
Early day motion
Reference
138 
138A1 
Session
2000-01
Subjects
Disclosure of information Cancer Disease control Registration Research
Link
View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk