National Cancer Plan

Fleur Anderson Excerpts

Thursday 5th February 2026 Commons Chamber

[Ashley Dalton]

I understand that the right hon. Lady has already met the Minister for health innovation, my hon. Friend the Member for Glasgow South West (Dr Ahmed), to discuss these issues, and that he will continue to work with her on them and to explore them further.

[Fleur Anderson (Putney) (Lab)]

I congratulate the Minister on this excellent plan and invite her to congratulate Young Lives vs Cancer, which has long campaigned for the travel fund for children and young people with cancer. I have joined the charity in its campaigning and am absolutely delighted to see the travel fund in place. Can she confirm that she will continue to work with Team Margot and Anthony Nolan to increase stem cell donation from people from ethnically diverse communities, where there is a shortage, in memory of Margot, who died from leukaemia aged two?

[Ashley Dalton]

Yes, I can confirm that we will continue to work with cancer charities. I am particularly delighted with the work we have done with Young Lives vs Cancer and other young people’s cancer charities, which have brought amazing insight and basically written the chapter on children and young people with cancer with the team. I would be delighted to continue that work.