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HANSARD NHS Dentists: South-West EnglandIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Elliott. I thank the hon. Member for West Dorset (Chris Loder) for securing this really important debate and for the work…24 May 2023HANSARDMinisterial Code: Investigation of Potential BreachCan the Minister confirm that civil servants contacted the Cabinet Office’s propriety and ethics team about the Home Secretary’s request? If so, why does he think the Prime…23 May 2023HANSARD Cost of Living: Healthy Start SchemeAs ever, it is a pleasure, Mr Twigg, to serve under your chairmanship. I begin by thanking my hon. Friend the Member for Stretford and Urmston (Andrew Western) for securing this…23 May 2023HANSARD Safety of School BuildingsRussell Scott Primary School in Denton, Tameside has around 460 students. It opened in 1882 and moved to its current building in 1981. For full transparency, I attended both…23 May 2023HANSARDLeasehold ReformMy hon. Friend is setting out a compelling case for why leasehold needs to be consigned to the dustbin of history. It is not just the feudal system that needs to go but the sharp…23 May 2023HANSARD Cost of Living: Healthy Start SchemeI am grateful to the Minister for rattling off the sums. To go back to the point that the hon. Member for Glasgow Central (Alison Thewliss) made about the Healthy Start grant and…23 May 2023HANSARD Safety of School BuildingsThe right hon. Gentleman will know that I have raised the issue of Russell Scott Primary School in Denton on multiple occasions. He lays great weight on the survey that the DFE…23 May 2023HANSARDLeasehold ReformMy hon. Friend mentioned sharp practices, which I mentioned to those on the Labour Front Bench at this debate’s opening. I can give many examples from my constituency, but one of…23 May 2023HANSARD Safety of School BuildingsOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker, is it in order for Members in the No Lobby to be so noisy and disrespectful to the debate in this Chamber?23 May 2023HANSARDSmall Boat CrossingsLast December, the Prime Minister promised that the Home Office would recruit another 700 new staff to the small boats operational command. How many of those 700 staff are now in…22 May 2023HANSARDBuses: FundingThe reality, though, is that taxpayers today are paying much more than they have ever done for a smaller bus network. That is because bus operators have been allowed to play a…17 May 2023HANSARDUK Car IndustryIf levelling up is to be more than just a slogan, we desperately need an industrial strategy that matches historical skills to new job opportunities. I want to impress on the…17 May 2023HANSARD Dental Services: East of EnglandAs ever, it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Mark. I commend the hon. Member for South Norfolk (Mr Bacon) for securing this important debate and for setting out…16 May 2023HANSARDFood Labelling and AllergiesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Graham. I am grateful to be responding to the debate on behalf of the shadow Health and Social Care team this afternoon. I…15 May 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. It has been reported in the press today that, prior to any investment, BP and Equinor sought written guarantees that assets at the Teesworks site had not been acquired as a…09 May 2023HANSARDIran: Human Rights AbusesProfessor Javaid Rehman, the UN special rapporteur, recently published his report on the human rights abuses in Iran. There are no surprises in it. We know that what is happening…02 May 2023HANSARDVoter IDMay I raise the issue of the immunocompromised—people who are still shielding for fear of catching covid? If they turn up to a polling station next Thursday, they will be asked to…27 Apr 2023HANSARDReforms to NHS DentistryWe have had a full and thorough debate this afternoon on NHS dentistry—something that really matters not just to us as Members of Parliament, irrespective of the party we…27 Apr 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseThe Leader of the House may well be surprised to learn that her Cabinet colleague the Secretary of State for Transport is named as legally responsible in the Environmental…27 Apr 2023HANSARD Gambling Act Review White PaperI welcome a number of the measures that the Secretary of State has set out today, including the statutory levy, but also, importantly, for most if not all of us in this House, the…27 Apr 2023