Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Evan Harris (Liberal Democrat), on Monday, 9 March 2009, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 74 members in total.

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CHILDHOOD CANCERS IN THE UK

That this House, in recognition of International Childhood Cancer Day on 15 February 2009 and Brain Tumour Awareness Month in March 2009, notes that 200,000 people each year develop a malignant form of primary brain tumour for which a cure is unlikely; further notes that in developed countries such as the US, Canada and the UK, brain tumours have overtaken leukaemia as the most prominent cause of childhood cancer mortality; and calls on the Government to ensure that there are no unnecessary barriers to medical research or clinical trials on brain tumours amongst children.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1018 

Session

2008-09

Other sponsors

Ian Gibson

Bob Spink

Mike Hancock

Steve Webb

Lee Scott

Adrian Sanders

Subjects

Diseases

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk