Lung Cancer Awareness Month

Early day motion 2238, tabled 11 November 2025 by Jim Shannon (DUP). Signed by 23 members.

That this House notes Lung Cancer Awareness Month taking place from 1 November to 30 November offering a month of activities and initiatives to promote lung health and cancer awareness; highlights that anyone with lungs can get lung cancer and notes that approximately 10% to 20% of people who develop lung cancer have never smoked; further notes that treatments for lung cancer are improving all the time and many people go on to live a normal life after treatment; and urges the general public to contact their GP should there be concern about coughing, breathlessness and unexplained weight loss understanding that finding it early can make all the difference.

Signatures by party: Liberal Democrat 7, Green 4, Plaid Cymru 4, Conservative 2, Independent 2, Labour 2, DUP 1, Labour/Co-operative 1.