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Written Question
Glioblastoma: Immunotherapy
Wednesday 19th November 2025

Asked by: Richard Quigley (Labour - Isle of Wight West)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency to publish its decision on the licensing of DCVax-L..

Answered by Zubir Ahmed - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) is an executive agency of the Department and regulates medicine, medical devices, and blood components for transfusion in the United Kingdom, with responsibility for ensuring that medicines meet appropriate standards of safety, quality, and efficacy.

Northwest Biotherapeutics has submitted a Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) to the MHRA for DCVax®-L, an immunotherapy for glioblastoma. The MHRA are unable to comment on applications during the process of review, but the MHRA can confirm that this application is not affected by any backlogs.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 19 Nov 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

"As an MP who represents an island that has a significant veteran community, with one in 10 homes in Isle of Wight West home to a veteran, I know how crucial and effective community relations funding is. Will the Minister commit to working with Cabinet colleagues to explore adapting successful …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 19 Nov 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

"1. What steps he is taking to improve collaboration between community groups in Northern Ireland and Great Britain. ..."
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Division Vote (Commons)
18 Nov 2025 - Northern Ireland Troubles Bill - View Vote Context
Richard Quigley (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 311 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 165 Noes - 327
Division Vote (Commons)
18 Nov 2025 - Northern Ireland Troubles Bill - View Vote Context
Richard Quigley (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 310 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 320 Noes - 105
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 18 Nov 2025
Oral Answers to Questions

"T3. As Members all know by now, the Isle of Wight is a great place to live, work and learn, but it is not just getting ourselves across the Solent that is a problem, but exporting our green energy under it. Of the three subsea cables connecting us to the …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 17 Nov 2025
Social Media Posts: Penalties for Offences

"I will come as no surprise to you, Sir Roger, to hear me say what a pleasure it is to serve under your chairship.

I want to be transparent: I do not believe that the law has always got it right in these cases—there have been failures, and there must …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 17 Nov 2025
Social Media Posts: Penalties for Offences

"No.

My point is this: it is completely wrong to call for the death of the hon. Member for Clacton, just as it is completely wrong to call for hotels housing refugees to be burned down. In both cases, the law rightly intervened, and justice was served. What is deeply …..."
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Division Vote (Commons)
17 Nov 2025 - Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill - View Vote Context
Richard Quigley (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 304 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 147 Noes - 318
Division Vote (Commons)
17 Nov 2025 - Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Bill - View Vote Context
Richard Quigley (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 305 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 143 Noes - 318