MSP Miles Briggs, Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport and co-convener of Parliamentary Cross Party group on cancer gave a keynote speech at the IFQCC18, Keble College, Oxford. Miles gave an overview of cancer management in Scotland and highlighted the challenges ahead. Miles participated in a panel discussion on the global cancer burden and put forward his Politician’s opinion on ….’Can policy drive real improvements’. The session was well received by the international audience.