Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:38 pm on 28 September 2022.
One of the downsides of going later on in these debates is that a lot of people have already said a lot of what I wanted to raise. I'm not going to reiterate a lot of the comments that other people have made, but one thing I did want to say, and something about the key statistics that has really stood out for me, is that 1,200 people each year are diagnosed with gynaecological cancer, and out of that, 470 die. That's 470 sisters, grandmothers, wives and mothers. It's just not good enough that those people are dying. The Government must do more. The Minister has heard, across the Chamber today, ideas of how we can address this, from Members from across the political divide. These people suffered in pain and then they died, and I'm sure the Government want to get on top of this. That is what our motion is clear to do. This isn't political, this is about actually getting on top of an issue, to address gynaecological cancer so people don't have to die unnecessarily, because I'm sure, as I said earlier, those sisters, wives, mothers and grandmothers still want to be here, and if the Government can do more to put a cancer action plan in place, no-one will have to die unnecessarily to this absolutely hateful disease. Thank you, Deputy Llywydd.