What kind of 19th century rules are we living under that MPs who are battling cancer have to cross the country to be physically present for a vote? I'm all for tradition, and the ritual of members standing in the House to vote, but if an MP has to risk his life to be there -- Cadman's immune system is weak from the chemo, and he's worried what effect flying might have on it -- surely to God there could be some sort of common-sense dispensation.