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HANSARDRussian Oil Import BanI thank the Secretary of State for advance sight of his statement. He will know that many local authorities, NHS trusts and other public bodies are locked into gas supply…09 Mar 2022HANSARD NHS Dentistry: Bristol and the South-westIt is for clarification and for guidance, which I think is a point of order, if I may, Madam Deputy Speaker? My question to you is: the Minister suggested I had not been in touch…24 Jan 2022HANSARD NHS Dentistry: Bristol and the South-westI am grateful to have secured this evening’s Adjournment debate on access to NHS dentistry in Bristol and the south-west. Over the past few months, many of my constituents have…24 Jan 2022HANSARD NHS Dentistry: Bristol and the South-westI thank my hon. Friend for his intervention; as ever, he is a strong advocate for his constituents. He identifies that children are ending up having teeth extracted in emergency…24 Jan 2022HANSARD NHS Dentistry: Bristol and the South-westI absolutely agree, and I thank my hon. Friend for her contributions, not least as a leading voice on healthcare policy, knowing that prevention is more important than cure. A…24 Jan 2022HANSARD NHS Dentistry: Bristol and the South-westI do share that concern, because we know that children in particular are seeing the dentist on a fewer and fewer occasions, and I understand that the tooth extraction rate for…24 Jan 2022HANSARD NHS Dentistry: Bristol and the South-westOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker.24 Jan 2022HANSARD NHS Dentistry: Bristol and the South-westI thank the hon. Member, because it sounds as if his constituents are suffering the same problem as mine. Many have rung eight, nine or 10 NHS service providers, to be told that…24 Jan 2022HANSARD NHS Dentistry: Bristol and the South-westI agree, and I thank my right hon. Friend for raising the case in Exeter, which seems similar to the many other cases we are hearing about this evening. When I surveyed my…24 Jan 2022HANSARD NHS Dentistry: Bristol and the South-westI thank my hon. Friend for her contribution and I agree entirely. I know from my own experience of trying to get access to ministerial time following the closure of an NHS dental…24 Jan 2022HANSARD NHS Dentistry: Bristol and the South-westWill the Minister give way?24 Jan 2022HANSARD NHS Dentistry: Bristol and the South-westThat sounds very sensible, and no doubt it would be a great levelling-up opportunity for the Government to ensure that dentists trained and qualified in the south-west stay there.…24 Jan 2022HANSARD NHS Dentistry: Bristol and the South-westI am not sure that was the suggestion from my hon. Friend the Member for Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport (Luke Pollard); it was merely an opportunity for those who train in the…24 Jan 2022HANSARD NHS Dentistry: Bristol and the South-westIs the average acceptable or below where the Minister would like it to be?24 Jan 2022HANSARD NHS Dentistry: Bristol and the South-westDoes the Minister recognise that local commissioners can only commission dental services if the NHS dentists exist and are willing to provide NHS dental services? The core of my…24 Jan 2022HANSARD NHS Dentistry: Bristol and the South-westI thank the Minister for giving way one last time. Might I gently suggest that the advice the Minister has this evening given my constituents in Southmead and across Bristol and…24 Jan 2022HANSARD NHS Dentistry: Bristol and the South-westI thank the Minister for her answers. One specific question I asked was about the recognition of EU qualifications and the 22% of dentists in the UK who originate from the EU. Can…24 Jan 2022HANSARDParis Agreement Temperature GoalThe COP President has not set out which countries are his priority for enhanced nationally determined contributions in the run-up to COP27; will he do so?19 Jan 2022HANSARDLife SciencesIt has been reported that the Prime Minister is minded to split up the Secretary of State’s Department so that he can better deliver on the Department’s priorities. Does the…16 Nov 2021HANSARDCOP26Will the Prime Minister take this opportunity to show that Britain leads by her actions, not by her words, and reopen the UK-Australia trade deal, which notoriously relegated…15 Nov 2021