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Cancer: Orphan Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the review of orphan medicines regulation required by the Rare Cancers Act 2026 will consider the full pathway from regulatory authorisation to NHS patient access, including evidence genera

awaiting answerDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
14 Jul 2026
Target answer date
16 Jul 2026
Answer
No published answer in this record

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the review of orphan medicines regulation required by the Rare Cancers Act 2026 will consider the full pathway from regulatory authorisation to NHS patient access, including evidence genera

  2. 16 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Possible follow-up questions

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Cancer: Charities

28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to support and champion the work of Maggie's, and similar charities, in providing practical, emotional and psychological support to people with cancer and their

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Breast Cancer: Screening

28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she plans to extend the criteria for screening women under 50 for breast cancer to other factors such as lifestyle.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Breast Cancer: Screening

28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she has made an assessment of the potential for using the (a) BOADICEA and (b) CanRisk models as the criteria for screening women under 50 for breast cancer.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Nutrition

3 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of updating the Nutrient Profiling Model on incentives for food and drink manufacturers to continue reformulating products to reduce levels of s

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Nutrition: Trading Standards

3 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of resources available to local authority Trading Standards services to enforce high fat, salt and sugar regulations.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Nutrition

3 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the practical challenges associated with calculating and independently validating free sugars content for the purposes of an updated Nutrient Profiling Model.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Sunscreens: VAT

8 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer regarding the potential health merits of removing VAT from sunscreen products.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Defibrillators: Databases

10 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of legislating for mandatory registration of newly installed public-access defibrillators on The Circuit database.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Heart Diseases: Screening

10 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing a national targeted cardiac screening programme for young people and those with a family history of heart disease.