CHILDHOOD CANCERS IN THE UK

Early day motion 1018, tabled 9 March 2009 by Evan Harris (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 74 members.

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.

Signatures by party: Labour 36, Liberal Democrat 18, Conservative 10, DUP 3, Social Democratic and Labour Party 3, Independent 2, Plaid Cymru 1, UUP 1.