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HANSARDNHS Dentists: North Shropshire1. What progress his Department has made on improving access to NHS dentists in North Shropshire constituency.11 Jul 2023HANSARDLocal Authorities: Long-term FundingShropshire’s Conservative-run council is trying to save £1 million a week just to balance its budget this year and restore its reserves to a safe level. Part of its problem is…10 Jul 2023HANSARDNew Housing: Swift BricksIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Sir Edward, and to follow such a passionate speech from the hon. Member for Witney (Robert Courts). I, too, am a rural MP, and the…10 Jul 2023HANSARD NHS Long-term Workforce PlanThe Secretary of State will be aware that the recruitment and retention issues facing the NHS are particularly bad in rural areas. We felt the brunt of that in North Shropshire,…03 Jul 2023HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillI remind Members that I am a vice-president of the Local Government Association. First, I want to be very clear that the Liberal Democrats condemn antisemitism. Anti-Jewish hatred…03 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsOn 24 October 2021, the former Defence Minister, the right hon. Member for Horsham (Jeremy Quin), wrote to my predecessor and confirmed that a badly injured veteran in my…26 Jun 2023HANSARDMortgage CharterI have constituents whose mortgages were with Northern Rock when it collapsed back in 2008. They have been moved against their will to inactive lenders that have not allowed them…26 Jun 2023HANSARD Ukraine Recovery ConferenceI want to return to the environmental, humanitarian and agricultural disaster following the explosion at the Kakhovka dam. Mine is the only party calling for a reinstatement of…22 Jun 2023HANSARD Local Radio: BBC ProposalsThe right hon. Gentleman is being very generous with his time. I want to pick up on his point about what is important to local people. People who live in a rural area like North…22 Jun 2023HANSARD Business of the HouseDiabetes UK estimates that in 2022 there were 7,000 excess deaths because of diabetes, and there is huge regional variation in the care provided to diabetes patients depending on…22 Jun 2023HANSARD Service Family Accommodation: MaintenanceMy hon. Friend raises a good point. Community, support and family life are extremely important to servicemen and women, and I will come to that shortly. It is important to…19 Jun 2023HANSARD Service Family Accommodation: MaintenanceOn Thursday, I was delighted to attend an annual reception at RAF Shawbury in my constituency. That important base trains helicopter pilots for all the armed forces, and we are…19 Jun 2023HANSARD Service Family Accommodation: MaintenanceI thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. I broadly agree with her. We need to accept that our service families have the same right to decent housing as everyone else in this…19 Jun 2023HANSARD Service Family Accommodation: MaintenanceI agree with my hon. Friend wholeheartedly. My understanding is that the current maintenance contract allows just two weeks after a family leaves a house to carry out any required…19 Jun 2023HANSARD Service Family Accommodation: MaintenanceI agree with the hon. Gentleman’s points. Finally, a constituent wrote to me: “About to go my third night without heating or hot water…. After also having 26 days without running…19 Jun 2023HANSARDBroadband: Social Tariffs3. Whether she plans to encourage all broadband providers to offer social tariffs.14 Jun 2023HANSARDBroadband: Social TariffsMy North Shropshire constituents eagerly anticipate the roll-out of Project Gigabit, for which a contract has been awarded, but obviously not everybody in a rural area is well…14 Jun 2023HANSARDBus Services in North ShropshireI rise to present this petition to the House of Commons about access to bus services for my constituents across North Shropshire. Shropshire has some of the poorest services in…13 Jun 2023HANSARDSchool BuildingsI recently visited the Corbet School in my constituency, a small, rural, academy trust secondary school. It is very well run, but 25% of its teaching space is in old demountable…12 Jun 2023HANSARDSchool Buildings13. What steps her Department is taking to improve school buildings.12 Jun 2023