Breast Cancer Drugs

The answer to the right hon. Gentleman’s question is both. There are issues with how NICE assesse...

I congratulate the hon. Lady on securing this important debate. Does she share my concern at news...

Breast cancer knows no boundaries, whether class, social or geographic. Anything that reduces acc...

I will discuss off-patent drugs in my own speech, but on bisphosphonates, which are in the catego...

I completely agree with my hon. Friend and hope to say a little more about that later in my speec...

I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate. She certainly makes a powerful speech on b...

I completely agree with my hon. Friend. I appreciate that the equations and calculations are diff...

I am really grateful to the hon. Lady for giving way again. She will be aware that the Government...

I agree with the right hon. Gentleman. I am sure that he knows more about this process than I do....

My hon. Friend is making a very powerful speech. May I congratulate her on securing this debate, ...

I completely agree with my hon. Friend. I wish her constituent, David, all the best.

How ca...

Does my hon. Friend agree that the fact that that drug is routinely available in France, Germany,...

I agree with my hon. Friend. It is amazing to think that, for this particular drug, it will take ...

I congratulate the hon. Lady on securing the debate. I want to put on the record my support for t...

I thank the hon. Gentleman. He is very lucky to have a constituent as exceptional as Bonnie Fox, ...

I congratulate the hon. Member for Mitcham and Morden (Siobhain McDonagh) on securing this import...

This is essentially the same question I asked earlier. I think that we all accept that a mistake ...

I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for that question. My answer is pretty much the same as tha...

I agree, because it is not only about the drugs we are debating today; we have had problems befor...

The hon. Gentleman makes an important point. I do not pretend to be an expert on how NICE works, ...

The NICE framework works very well for mass drugs for the entire population or where a whole vacc...

I agree with the hon. Lady. I have not had any personal discussions with Roche; I can only refer ...

The hon. Gentleman is making a very valuable point. Does he agree that one way around this issue ...

That sounds an eminently sensible suggestion. As I say, I do not pretend to be an expert on the s...

I begin by thanking the Backbench Business Committee for selecting this very important topic for ...

I remember very well my hon. Friend’s Bill and the shameful way it was talked out by the professi...

I certainly agree that the pathway has to be comprehensive, and I will come back to it in a momen...

It is a pleasure to speak in the debate, and I congratulate the hon. Member for Mitcham and Morde...

I was profoundly moved by the case of my constituent, Rosalie Marshall, who sadly is suffering fr...

Yes, I also get emails on the same subject. We have to remember, though, that there are other con...

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Mitcham and Morden (Siobhain McDonagh) on securing t...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

I would be happy to give way, having got the names of those drugs right.

I understand that a new policy is being put together by those in charge of the “British National ...

I congratulate my hon. Friend on doing so much work in this area since he came to Parliament. We ...

I thank the hon. Member for Mitcham and Morden (Siobhain McDonagh) for securing this debate. It i...

I congratulate the hon. Member for Mitcham and Morden (Siobhain McDonagh) on securing the debate....

It is a pleasure to take part in today’s important debate and I thank the hon. Member for Mitcham...

Will my hon. Friend join me in hoping for a positive outcome in relation to Kadcyla for our const...

I thank my hon. Friend for that point and I join her in hoping for a positive outcome. We expect ...

I thank my hon. Friend for his words about the flexibility of approach and the need to continue t...

I do indeed join my hon. Friend in those comments.

A new and ambitious Scottish cancer stra...

I have listened carefully to the hon. Gentleman, and of course he raises a perfectly reasonable c...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, and I look forward to hearing the outcome.