Motion · S5M-19471 · 17 Oct 2019
Dundee University Professor Receives Grant for Research
The motion
That the Parliament welcomes scientific development into bowel cancer conducted by the University of Dundee Professor, Robert Steele; understands that Professor Steele was awarded £110,000 by Bowel Cancer UK to improve testing for the disease, as part of a £1.3 million drive to invest in bowel cancer research, which is the second highest cause of death by cancer in Scotland; notes that the study will try to find ways to make the faecal immunochemical test (FIT) more effective, and looks forward to his findings.
Supporters (15)
- Miles Briggs Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 17 Oct 2019
- Jackson Carlaw 17 Oct 2019
- Finlay Carson Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 17 Oct 2019
- Kenneth Gibson No Party Affiliation 17 Oct 2019
- Bill Kidd 17 Oct 2019
- Gordon Lindhurst 17 Oct 2019
- Richard Lyle 17 Oct 2019
- Stuart McMillan Scottish National Party 17 Oct 2019
- Annie Wells 17 Oct 2019
- Jeremy Balfour 18 Oct 2019
- Peter Chapman 18 Oct 2019
- Rachael Hamilton Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party 21 Oct 2019
- Gil Paterson 21 Oct 2019
- Maureen Watt 22 Oct 2019
- Ruth Maguire 29 Oct 2019
Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.