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Part of 3. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Well-being and Sport – in the Senedd at 3:06 pm on 19 July 2017.

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Photo of Vaughan Gething Vaughan Gething Labour 3:06, 19 July 2017

I thank the Member for raising the issue. Mesothelioma is something that I’m particularly interested in. Without wishing to go over my previous role, somebody else in the Chamber and I were lawyers before coming to this place and we actually dealt with and worked on a number of mesothelioma cases. Meeting members of the family and having to witness appeals was particularly striking at times—a very difficult experience to go through, because mesothelioma is, to date, always fatal. The path to the end is a quick and a distressing one. So, I’m particularly interested in research to potentially not just extend life, but save life as well. I’d be grateful, actually, if the Member would write to me. I’d be happy to discuss the matter with her in more detail—I understand you are the chair of the cross-party group—to understand where we are now and the approach that we’ll take with other parts of the UK in helping to improve outcomes in the future.