Nick Boles: MP with cancer leaves hospital for Brexit bill vote
Nick Boles will be in Parliament to back the Government's bill, despite having recently received his third round of chemotherapy.
Tuesday 7 February 2017 15:32, UK
A former minister who is battling cancer is coming out of hospital to vote in favour of the Government's Brexit bill.
Former business minister Nick Boles has been off sick since October when he revealed doctors had found a cancerous tumour in his head.
But the MP for Grantham and Stamford will be in Parliament to vote on the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) bill on Tuesday, despite having spent the last week receiving his third round of chemotherapy.
Mr Boles posted the news on Twitter, along with a picture of himself wearing a blue medical face mask and sat in a wheelchair.
The Tory MP posted a statement on Facebook explaining his decision.
He said: "Today, on my own initiative, I am coming out of hospital to support the Government on the Article 50 bill.
"I have spent the last week receiving my third round of chemotherapy for the cancer that was discovered last October.
"I feel pretty grim and will have to go back to hospital after I have voted.
"But I want to come to Parliament to represent my constituents on this important bill and do my bit to ensure that it is passed without amendment."