Following the successful Parliamentary launch of the United Kingdom Lung Cancer Coalition (UKLCC) in November 2005, the UKLCC has been actively working to raise the profile of lung cancer and bring the UK’s biggest cancer killer from out of the political shadow.
As well as supporting the ban on smoking in public places (successfully achieved in February 2006 for implementation from Summer 2007), the UKLCC has been recruiting Members of Parliament from across the political spectrum to help to raise the profile of lung cancer in Parliament and ensure a better deal for lung cancer patients. |
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Lung Cancer Champions
To date the UKLCC has recruited the following Members of Parliament to act as Lung Cancer Champions:
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Rt Hon Frank Dobson MP |
(Labour, Holborn & St Pancras) |
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Anne Milton MP |
(Conservative, Guildford) |
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Robert Wilson MP |
(Conservative, Reading East) |
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Sir Peter Soulsby MP |
(Labour, Leicester South) |
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John Leech MP |
(Liberal Democrat, Manchester Withington) |
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John Battle MP |
(Leeds West) |
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Sharon Hodgson MP |
(Labour, Gateshead East & Washington West) |
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Jo Swinson MP |
(Liberal Democrat, East Dunbartonshire) |
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Madeleine Moon MP |
(Labour, Bridgend) |
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Mark Durkan MP |
(SDLP, Foyle) |
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Dr Alasdair McDonnell MP |
(SDLP, Belfast South) |
The UKLCC will be working with the Parliamentary Lung Cancer Champions to facilitate visits to leading lung cancer centres, meet with key lung cancer experts and lung cancer patients, and help generate Parliamentary debate and local media interest on lung cancer issues.
If you are a Member of Parliament and would like to become a Lung Cancer Champion, please email uklcc@blf-uk.org or contact Sarah Lee on 020 7340 6203.
UKLCC - Working with pharmacists and the Dept of Health for Lung Cancer Awareness - Toolkit
 How pharmacies can support
Lung Cancer Awareness Month
Briefing for Lung Cancer Awareness Month
November 2007
MP Invite
MP Thanks
Press invite
Press Release
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