BRAIN TUMOUR RESEARCH

Early day motion 1287, tabled 18 April 2013 by Aidan Burley (Conservative). Signed by 27 members.

That this House is aware that brain tumours have one of the lowest survival rates of all cancers, with deaths from the disease having risen by 16 per cent in the last 10 years; notes that research by New Philanthropy Capital reveals that just 18.8 per cent of individuals with brain tumours survive more than five years and that the average years of life lost for brain tumours stands at 20.1 years, compared to the average across all cancers of 12.5 years; further notes the charity Brain Tumour Research's campaign to increase funding for research into brain tumours by five times by 2020; and calls on the Government to include grades one and two and secondary brain tumours in official figures and to develop a national register of research being carried out from all funding sources and by all types of research.

Signatures by party: Conservative 6, Labour 6, Liberal Democrat 6, DUP 4, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Alliance 1, Independent 1, Plaid Cymru 1.