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Baroness Merron (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 15 June 2026

Debate

Rare Cancers: Diagnosis and Treatment

Contribution

The noble Baroness is quite right to talk about acceleration of clinical trials; as she and your Lordships’ House will be aware, that is exactly what we are doing. Not least, our turbocharging of clinical trials has already meant that set-up now takes an average of 122 days, which is down from 169 days last year and indeed exceeds the Government’s wish, which was 150 days. I share her view on early diagnosis, which, again, is why that is covered in the cancer plan. On genomics, the national cancer plan sets out a major expansion in the use of genomics to do exactly as the noble Baroness says: support earlier diagnosis and more personalised treatment.

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