<p>Cancer Screening</p>

Part of 3. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport – in the Senedd at 3:25 pm on 1 March 2017.

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Photo of Rebecca Evans Rebecca Evans Labour 3:25, 1 March 2017

I thank you for that question. This is an issue that we discussed at some length recently in the Petitions Committee. The Petitions Committee has produced a report based on the evidence that it took from the Government, but also from members of the public and from the leading cancer charities. The leading cancer charities actually were not in favour of introducing the screening. This is one of those cases where you do have to balance up the risks and the benefits, and the risks outweigh the benefits in this case at the moment on the evidence that we have. But, we have said that we will keep a close eye on emerging evidence from the UK and across the globe on this particular issue.