Oral Question·Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 30 June 2021Answered: 6 July 2021
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Answer from Hansard
The Prime Minister
I wish my hon. Friend a speedy recovery from his recent treatment, and I thank the doctors and nurses who treated him. Under the previous Government, there was no progress made in diagnosing cancer at stage 1 and 2 between 2013 and 2021. That is an appalling inheritance. We are spending £1.5 billion on new surgical hubs and diagnostic scanners to ensure cancer patients get the care they need.