HPV Vaccination for Boys — [Sir Henry Bellingham in the Chair]

Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 9:30 am on 2 May 2018.

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Photo of Roger Gale Roger Gale Conservative, North Thanet 9:30, 2 May 2018

I beg to move,

That this House
has considered the case for HPV vaccination for boys.

I am delighted to find you in the Chair, Sir Henry. Before I start the substance of my speech, I want to place on the record my appreciation for the help I have received from a number of people, most notably Professor Christopher Nutting, one of the country’s most eminent oncologists specialising in throat and thyroid cancers, and Peter Baker, the campaign director for HPV Action. I am grateful to them both for educating me. I am also indebted to Stephen Bergman and Jamie Rae, two sufferers from the condition we are going to discuss—I shall say more about them later. Finally, I place on record my appreciation of the work done by my hon. Friend Mike Freer. The Minister will understand that he cannot be here this morning; he has Government duties and a vow of Trappist silence as a Government Whip.