CERVICAL CANCER PREVENTION WEEK

Early day motion 1326, tabled 24 January 2011 by Andrew Love (Labour). Signed by 49 members.

That this House notes that the UK is fortunate to have cervical screening and HPV vaccination programmes yet last year, despite cervical cancer being a preventable disease, 20 per cent. of invited women did not attend cervical screening whilst less than 40 per cent. of 16 to 18 year old girls offered the HPV vaccine in the catch-up programme elected to have this potentially life saving vaccination; congratulates the work of Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust; and supports its call during Cervical Cancer Prevention Week 2011 that everything possible should be done to ensure that women attend for screening and vaccination when offered the opportunity to do so, including investment in targeted education and awareness campaigns, encouraging companies to allow employees to attend screening during working hours and for GP surgeries to provide flexible and innovative opportunities for women to be screened.

Signatures by party: Labour 24, Liberal Democrat 8, Conservative 6, DUP 5, Social Democratic and Labour Party 3, Alliance 1, Green 1, Independent 1.