Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the National Clinical Director for Cancer on the performance of the NHS against the waiting time targets for cancer treatment.

My Rt. Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health, has had a number of discussions with senior members of NHS England's executive team on the performance of the National Health Service against the waiting time targets for cancer treatment, but not with the National Clinical Director for Cancer.