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HANSARDTopical QuestionsIn England, 4.4 million children have not seen a dentist for at least a year. Meanwhile, in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin integrated health board, £1 million of dental funding…15 Oct 2024HANSARDEngagementsQ9. The A483 runs through my constituency from Llanymynech to Oswestry. It is one of the busiest and most dangerous roads in the constituency, and National Highways says the…09 Oct 2024HANSARDMaternity Services: GloucestershireIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Sir Christopher. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Cheltenham (Max Wilkinson) on securing this important debate.…09 Oct 2024HANSARD NHS Performance: Darzi InvestigationI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his intervention. There is a general problem with care in the community of all types not being there for people. We have people in places…07 Oct 2024HANSARD NHS Performance: Darzi InvestigationThe findings in Lord Darzi’s report are shocking, but Liberal Democrats—there are many of us here today—find that they echo the hundreds of thousands of conversations we had with…07 Oct 2024HANSARD NHS Performance: Darzi InvestigationMy hon. Friend is exactly right, and we put mental health and access to primary care and health prevention front and centre of our manifesto for that very reason. I encourage the…07 Oct 2024HANSARD Oswestry to Gobowen Railway LineBearing in mind that local councils are a hair’s breadth away from issuing section 114 notices and are only likely to deliver statutory services in their area, what kind of…11 Sept 2024HANSARD Oswestry to Gobowen Railway LineI beg to move, That this House has considered the Oswestry to Gobowen railway line. It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Ms Vaz. This is an important subject for my…11 Sept 2024HANSARD Oswestry to Gobowen Railway LineI thank my hon. Friend for his really good intervention. It is true that we tend to underestimate the passenger numbers on the newly reopened lines, and the benefits are probably…11 Sept 2024HANSARD Exempt Supported AccommodationIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Sir Mark. I congratulate the hon. Member for Birmingham Edgbaston (Preet Kaur Gill) on securing this debate and on her excellent…10 Sept 2024HANSARDSEND ProvisionMaria, in my constituency, has a son who was in a specialist placement, and in October last year that school said it could no longer meet his need. Since then, he has not been…09 Sept 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. Rural businesses in the agricultural, horticultural and equine sectors in North Shropshire are struggling to trade with Europe. Will the Secretary of State update us on…05 Sept 2024HANSARDPreventable Baby LossIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Dowd. I start by thanking the hon. Member for Ashfield (Lee Anderson) for securing this important debate. Sadly, we have…04 Sept 2024HANSARDPreventable Baby LossThe hon. Gentleman is making a powerful speech. It is good to hear the story of Agnes, and I hope that he will agree with me that sympathising with our constituents who have…04 Sept 2024HANSARDCost of Living: Support for Pensioners5. What fiscal steps she is taking to support pensioners with the cost of living.03 Sept 2024HANSARDCost of Living: Support for PensionersI thank the Chancellor for her answer, but nearly 22,000 pensioners in North Shropshire are forecast to lose their winter fuel payments very soon, just as energy prices for the…03 Sept 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsResidents in rural areas such as my constituency are seeing drastic cuts to local services despite their council tax having gone up this year. That is because councils are…02 Sept 2024HANSARDSocial Housing SupplyRecent freedom of information requests by the Liberal Democrats found that four out of five councils that responded had someone on their social housing waiting list for more than…02 Sept 2024HANSARDCovid-19 InquiryI welcome the statement from the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and was particularly pleased to hear him talk about the role of local government. Local government was…19 Jul 2024HANSARDPlanning, the Green Belt and Rural AffairsThe hon. Gentleman is muttering from a sedentary position. He may wish to know that my grandparents lived in social housing, and I have no particular prejudices against it…19 Jul 2024