Beating Bowel Cancer's Be Loud Be Clear Week

The motion

That the Parliament supports Beating Bowel Cancer’s Be Loud Be Clear Week, which begins on 23 January 2012 to raise awareness of bowel cancer and its symptoms, dispelling the embarrassment so often associated with the disease; notes that bowel cancer is the third most common cancer in Scotland after lung and breast cancer and that every year, almost 4,000 people are diagnosed with the disease; welcomes the continuing roll-out of the national screening programme in Scotland to people aged 50 to 74; understands that, while the risk of bowel cancer increases with age, it also affects a significant number of younger people; supports further improvements in bowel cancer services in Scotland that build on increased patient involvement and public awareness delivered through managed clinical networks, and encourages MSPs to support the Be Loud Be Clear campaign between 23 January and 30 January 2012.

No recorded vote on this motion. Most motions are never debated, and many that are debated are agreed without a division. Vote records are published from 2011.

Lab 3 SNP 2 Con 1

Party shown is each supporter’s party when the motion was published.

No contribution in the Official Report cites S4M-01793 by reference.