"It is a pleasure to be here today under your chairmanship, Mr Gray. I am grateful to Mr Speaker for granting this debate on the work of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation. I requested this debate following the JCVI’s decision on the 2 October 2013 to undertake further …..." Mike Freer - View Speech
"The hon. Gentleman makes a good point that repeats some of the discussion we had in last year’s Adjournment debate. The success of the vaccination programme among girls has had a dramatic impact on HPV-related cancers among women. However, the flaw was that it assumed herd immunity for boys who …..." Mike Freer - View Speech
"The hon. Lady makes a good point and speaks, probably, with more knowledge than I have. If NICE is able to react more swiftly than the JCVI, I am sure that my hon. Friend the Minister will take that point away and consider whether the two organisations could share best …..." Mike Freer - View Speech
"Does the hon. Lady agree that until now the Department of Health has been weak on the matter? Instead of condoning it, it should ban the voodoo medicine and conversion therapy...." Mike Freer - View Speech
"I am grateful to Mr. Speaker for granting me this debate on vaccinations against the human papillomavirus, otherwise known as HPV. My main aim is to raise the issue of the inherent inequality of the vaccination programme, which excludes men.
Discussing this issue involves raising topics that people often do …..." Mike Freer - View Speech
"Yes, I will raise the cost-effectiveness of the vaccine as compared with the treatment costs of many cancers, including oral or pharyngeal cancer, which is throat cancer.
In 2009, just after the HPV vaccination programme started, there were over 6,500 cases of these cancers, with 47% of penile cancers and …..." Mike Freer - View Speech
"The hon. Gentleman makes a good point. On a small island such as ours it is important that men who are having sex with women, or men having sex with men, are having sex with partners who are vaccinated, and I believe that is a matter not just for England …..." Mike Freer - View Speech
"The hon. Lady makes a good point. Herd immunity is valuable only for those who are sleeping within the herd. Those who have sex outside the herd are at risk, and that inequality needs to be addressed.
The best way to protect all males against HPV-related cancers and warts would …..." Mike Freer - View Speech
"I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for intervening on me to ask the Minister a question and I am sure that she will answer it in due course. He makes a valuable point, however. I, too, have a constituent who had an adverse reaction to the vaccine and …..." Mike Freer - View Speech
"To be honest, I am not sure that I can answer the question. I suspect, however, that if my hon. Friend presented at a sexual health clinic, the staff might be able to advise on what screening or tests were available to identify whether he is a carrier of HPV. …..." Mike Freer - View Speech