Cervical Cancer And Joint Committee On Vaccination And Immunisation
EDM number 1313 in 2006-07, proposed by Paul Burstow on 19/04/2007.
That this House notes the outstanding support the cervical cancer charity Jo's Trust provides for women and their friends and family suffering from pre-cancer and cancer of the cervix; further notes the alarming drop in the number of women attending for cervical screening and joins with the charity in calling for a renewed programme to encourage women to attend for screening and a roll out of liquid based cytology across England; further notes that over 1,000 women die from cervical cancer each year and that a new human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine is now available that can prevent the majority of cases of cervical cancer and pre-cancerous changes to the cervix; and urges the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation to bring forward their next meeting to ensure that the Government can make a prompt decision to introduce a national HPV immunisation programme during the academic year 2007-08.
This motion has been signed by a total of 58 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
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