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HANSARDChildren’s Future Food InquiryIn the Netherlands, where the healthy food programme is called Jump-In, they allow only water in schools, they get parents on side, and they are very successful.08 May 2019HANSARDEngagementsOur GPs are a very special group of public servants, and it is good news that we have recruited them in record numbers over the last two years. Will the Prime Minister do…08 May 2019HANSARDChildren’s Future Food InquiryI congratulate the hon. Member for Bristol East (Kerry McCarthy) on her speech and on bringing this important subject before the House of Commons. She is absolutely right to do…08 May 2019HANSARDEnvironment and Climate ChangeMay I be the second to congratulate most warmly the hon. Member for Newport West (Ruth Jones) on an accomplished maiden speech? Her love of and passion for her constituency shone…01 May 2019HANSARDViolence in PrisonsWould there not be less violence in our prisons if there was a relentless focus from the first day in prison on getting prisoners work on release? We could do that by combining…23 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMay we have an urgent debate about the action that is needed to deal with the theft of tools? I hope that the Leader of the House shares my horror at this particularly pernicious…11 Apr 2019HANSARDFurther Education FundingI am very proud to have Central Bedfordshire College in my constituency. It is a multi-campus college, with sites in Leighton Buzzard, Dunstable and Houghton Regis, which are…02 Apr 2019HANSARDPolice Funding: Rural AreasWhile welcoming the increased officer numbers and police funding that were announced recently, does the Minister share my concern that towns such as Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard…01 Apr 2019HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister knows of the huge improvements to the quality of clinical care brought about by the Getting It Right First Time programme authored by Professor Tim Briggs, who…27 Mar 2019HANSARDModern Slavery and Victim SupportI reiterate the question I asked the Minister about the re-crediting of national insurance contributions to British citizens who have been victims of modern slavery so that they…27 Mar 2019HANSARDModern Slavery and Victim SupportI go to more car washes than nail bars, but my hon. Friend is absolutely right. Actually, I can think of one place that I go to and I feel guilty that I have not yet checked what…27 Mar 2019HANSARDModern Slavery and Victim SupportIt is a huge pleasure to follow my right hon. Friend the Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Mr Duncan Smith) and the hon. Member for Gedling (Vernon Coaker), who chairs the…27 Mar 2019HANSARDNHS WorkforceThe Government have done well to get more medical students into general practice, but we are not doing quite so well at retaining GPs later on. What more can we do to make sure…26 Mar 2019HANSARD Leasehold ReformThe scandal of new houses being sold on leases, often to first-time buyers, is present in my constituency in Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard, and involves builders such as…21 Mar 2019HANSARDServices for People with AutismLike my hon. Friend I pay huge tribute to our right hon. Friend the Member for Chesham and Amersham (Dame Cheryl Gillan) and all that she has done on the issue for so long. I am…21 Mar 2019HANSARDKnife CrimeWhen I asked the chief constable of Bedfordshire what was driving the increase in knife crime in my county, he mentioned the fact that there were too many homes where there was…04 Mar 2019HANSARDDental Health: Older PeopleThe Royal College of Surgeons obviously raised concerns about people who use domiciliary care agencies. While there is still time, will it be possible for the NHS long-term plan…27 Feb 2019HANSARDDental Health: Older PeopleI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for putting that on the record. Fourthly, in addition to health services, care home providers and dental professionals, regulators can play an…27 Feb 2019HANSARDDental Health: Older PeopleI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving us his personal family experience of this issue. There have been some welcome developments over the last few months, including the…27 Feb 2019HANSARDDental Health: Older PeopleThis Adjournment debate provides an opportunity to discuss a very important but often overlooked issue, which can have a major impact on the wellbeing of older people: their oral…27 Feb 2019