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One of the other points that was raised with me by, I think, the Teenage Cancer Trust was that it was recruiting younger people to take part in trials. Of course, there is always a concern that trials should involve consenting adults as much as possible, but there is also a concern—the Teenage Cancer Trust is concerned about this—that, sometimes, you need to involve more children or younger people in these trials. This immediately raises alarm bells because we should really be focusing on adults. What thought have the Government, the NHS and the research environment given to, where appropriate, involving more young people, children and teenagers in research that is specifically appropriate to them, while not affecting their safety and addressing concerns around recruiting children, who may not always be consenting adults, if that makes sense?