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[email protected] 697 29 JUNE 2010 698 almost identical to the chances in the rest of Europe. House of Commons Does the Secretary of State therefore believe that a one-year survival indicator is a good idea both for Tuesday 29 June 2010 encouraging early diagnosis and for matching the survival rates of the best in Europe? The House met at half-past Two o’clock Mr Lansley: My hon. Friend makes an extremely good point. When we set out proposals for an outcomes PRAYERS framework, I hope that he and others will respond, because that is one of the ways in which we can best identify how late detection of cancer is leading to very [MR SPEAKER in the Chair] poor levels of survival to one year. I hope that we can think about that as one of the quality indicators that we shall establish. Oral Answers to Questions Diana R. Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North) (Lab): I welcome the Secretary of State to his new position and wish him well in his role. I understand that he is keeping HEALTH the two-week target for seeing a cancer specialist, but abandoning the work that the Labour Government did on the one-week target for access to diagnostic testing.