Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps are being taken to reduce the time taken for promising brain tumour treatments to progress from laboratory research to clinical trials.

I refer the Hon Member to the press release issued on the GOV.UK website on 14 October 2026, available at the link below, which provides the latest update on the action the Government is taking in this area:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/brain-cancer-patients-to-see-faster-development-of-new-treatments