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HANSARDNHS: Dentistry ProvisionMy noble friend makes, as ever, very important points, and I am grateful for the opportunity to clarify that it is not a matter of just rocking up to the General Dental Council.…25 Nov 2024HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]That the Bill be committed to a Committee of the Whole House, and that it be an instruction to the Committee that they consider the Bill in the following order: Clauses 1 to 3,…25 Nov 2024HANSARDNHS: Dentistry ProvisionMy Lords, the Government are investing around £3 billion in dentistry each year. As the noble Lord will be aware, I cannot yet confirm 2025-26 dentistry budgets, but they will be…25 Nov 2024HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]That the Bill be now read a second time. Relevant document: Report of the Joint Committee on the Draft Mental Health Bill, Session 2022 - 23 . Welsh legislative consent sought .25 Nov 2024HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]I look forward to coming to that point in Committee. The marrying up of legislation will be important, as is making progress on the Bill. That applies to the point of the noble…25 Nov 2024HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, I put on record my gratitude to all Members of your Lordships’ House for contributing to what was widely agreed, I am sure, to have been an excellent debate—excellent…25 Nov 2024HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]My Lords, it is an honour to move the Second Reading of the Mental Health Bill—a Bill which Members of both Houses have been waiting for and working on for some considerable time.…25 Nov 2024HANSARDNHS: Dentistry ProvisionAs the noble Lord will know, we are very keen to see that the areas that are most underserved—as I know from my own experience in Lincolnshire—are targeted. One of the reasons is…25 Nov 2024HANSARDNHS: Dentistry ProvisionThe right reverend Prelate makes a very good point. The fact is that the overall state of our children’s oral health is very poor, including in the north-east, as she rightly…25 Nov 2024HANSARDNHS: Treatment of Children from Other CountriesThe agreements that the UK has in place which contain referral arrangements whereby the funding is discussed and agreed as part of the process of the referral are with the member…21 Nov 2024HANSARDNHS: Treatment of Children from Other CountriesThe noble Lord is right to make reference to the UK rare diseases framework. The intention of that is to improve the lives of those with rare diseases—for example, by helping to…21 Nov 2024HANSARDNHS: Treatment of Children from Other CountriesI will be glad to take back to the department the comments of the noble Baroness and the noble Lord, but I reiterate that it is individual expert centres that are responsible for…21 Nov 2024HANSARDNHS: Treatment of Children from Other CountriesThe noble Lord shines a light on the rarity of this condition as well as its importance. I would of course be happy to meet the professor. The noble Lord will know from our own…21 Nov 2024HANSARDNHS: Treatment of Children from Other CountriesMy Lords, no specific government policy exists for treating children from other countries with life-threatening or rare diseases and it is generally preferable to treat patients…21 Nov 2024HANSARDNHS: Treatment of Children from Other CountriesI understand the point that the noble Lord makes and am sympathetic to it. He will also understand the need to ensure not only that we have the expertise here and use it…21 Nov 2024HANSARDNHS: Treatment of Children from Other CountriesI will certainly ensure that officials take up the suggestion of the noble Baroness to explore possibilities.21 Nov 2024HANSARDCarers and Poverty: Carers UK ReportI, of course, join all noble Lords in paying tribute to care workers, whether paid or unpaid. On paid care workers, that is one of the reasons why, as we move towards a national…21 Nov 2024HANSARDCarers and Poverty: Carers UK ReportMy Lords, from these Benches I pay tribute to the memory of our dear and noble friend Lord Prescott. I thank Carers UK for its report, which, importantly, as my noble friend said,…21 Nov 2024HANSARDCarers and Poverty: Carers UK ReportI very much appreciate the point my noble friend makes, and the point made in this very important report. As well as the increase to the carer’s allowance earning limit, which I…21 Nov 2024HANSARDCarers and Poverty: Carers UK ReportI understand the point the noble Baroness is making. I was pleased that my ministerial colleagues Stephen Kinnock, the Minister for Care, and DWP Minister Stephen Timms recently…21 Nov 2024