Greg has taken part in a debate in Westminster Hall in Parliament on research funding for childhood cancers.
During the speech Greg highlighted the heartbreaking case of the Paul family, who lost their four year old daughter Georgia, two years ago, to Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG), a brain tumour.
He also highlighted the wonderful work of another constituent - Sue Farrington Smith - who lost her beloved niece Alison Phelan to a brain stem glioma brain tumour in 2001, three weeks before her eighth birthday, 10 months after diagnosis. Sue went on to establish Brain Tumour Research: an umbrella group of 22 brain tumour charities that have campaigned to move the dial on funding for brain tumour research.
In the UK, 20.8% of childhood cancer research is funded by government. The rest of the funding comes from charities, fundraising for many of which have been hampered by Covid.
It is so important increased funding is given to research childhood cancers if we are to beat this horrible disease and save more young lives.
