HC Deb 22 March 1965 vol 709 c12W
Mr. Crawshaw

asked the Minister of Health what plans he has for a nationwide campaign, on the lines of the tuberculosis X-ray campaign, in order to reveal the early stages of cancerous growth.

Mr. Loughlin

Cancer takes many different forms, and I am advised that a nation-wide screening campaign on the lines of the X-ray campaign for tuberculosis of the chest would be inappropriate.