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HANSARDAccessibility to Dental ServicesThe hon. Lady is absolutely right to point that out. Emma has my absolute sympathy and apology for the fact that since the covid pandemic we have not seen the recovery of…23 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am pleased to tell my hon. Friend that our NHS long-term plan sets out a real-terms increase of at least £4.5 billion a year for primary and community care by 2023-24. We now…23 Jan 2024HANSARDCOP10: WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco ControlIt is a real pleasure to serve under your chairmanship today, Mr Vickers. I thank all colleagues who have taken part in this Backbench debate, especially my hon. Friend the Member…18 Jan 2024HANSARDCOP10: WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco ControlI will look into my hon. Friend’s concerns and respond to him in writing. That is probably the most helpful I can be, because that is not something that I have been briefed on. I…18 Jan 2024HANSARDCOP10: WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco ControlNo, to put it simply—and I do not know if that is the case. I am grateful to my right hon. Friend. As he knows, I always listen carefully to his usually very wise words, so I will…18 Jan 2024HANSARD Illegal VapesIt is a pleasure to speak under your chairmanship today, Sir Mark. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Darlington (Peter Gibson), and all my hon. Friends who are here today. It…16 Jan 2024HANSARD Illegal VapesI will not give way, I am sorry; there is no time left and I want to make my points. It is appalling and unacceptable when businesses knowingly and deliberately encourage children…16 Jan 2024HANSARDSmokefree FutureYes, I know. You can’t believe that, can you? Even to this day, talking about smoking all the time, I sometimes think, “Ooh a cigarette.” That is how addictive it is—40 years on…11 Jan 2024HANSARDSmokefree FutureI am very happy to write to the hon. Gentleman on that point to give him absolute clarity. I thank the hon. Member for Strangford for his contribution today. I very much enjoyed…11 Jan 2024HANSARDSmokefree FutureI absolutely agree. We should always keep an eye on what other nations are doing. I reiterate that our position remains unchanged. This will be world-leading, and we want to be a…11 Jan 2024HANSARDSmokefree FutureIt is a pleasure to speak under your chairmanship today, Mr Sharma. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Harrow East (Bob Blackman) on securing a debate on such an…11 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS DentistryI welcome the chance to come to the House to hear from colleagues about the challenges of dentistry and access to dentistry, as well as some of their constructive ideas for our…09 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe right hon. Gentleman raises a completely artificial barrier. Smoking is totally preventable; it is the cause of one in four cancers and 75,000 deaths. It is unbelievably…05 Dec 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am glad that my hon. Friend has raised this issue. He is absolutely right; in local authorities we need mayors and integrated care boards supporting primary care and not…05 Dec 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right: there is a lot more that we can do. We are working at pace to see what announcements we can make on the dental recovery plan as soon as…05 Dec 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend has already raised this issue with me several times in the almost two weeks I have been in this post, so he is doing a great job, and he is right to raise it.…05 Dec 2023HANSARDPrimary Care: Patient AccessMy hon. Friend is right; it is appalling that people book an appointment and then do not show up. In many GP surgeries now they post the numbers of patients who do not turn up for…05 Dec 2023HANSARDPrimary Care: Patient AccessI am incredibly sympathetic to the hon. Lady’s constituents. The issue of RAAC is one that the Government are determined to resolve. There has been a £698 million programme of new…05 Dec 2023HANSARDPrimary Care: Patient AccessI am of course always delighted to meet my hon. Friend to talk about issues in her constituency. I reiterate that 50 million more GP appointments is brilliant news. Our flagship…05 Dec 2023HANSARDPrimary Care: Patient AccessThe hon. Gentleman will appreciate that 50 million more appointments between 2019 and now is a fantastic increase. There are just under 4,000 new GPs since 2019, and the hon.…05 Dec 2023