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Baroness Merron (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 15 June 2026

Debate

Rare Cancers: Diagnosis and Treatment

Contribution

It is key that we continue our commitment to speeding up research and clinical trials. We have already cut unnecessary bureaucracy, standardised processes and freed up workforce capacity, and we are—as I said earlier—seeking to use the NHS app as a way forward. That is just the beginning of an ambition to accelerate start-up times. We need to strengthen our position as a global force in respect of clinical trials, and the hub and spoke model—which my noble friend and the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, both spoke to—is a possible way to take that forward.

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