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HANSARD Levelling-up Agenda: Tees ValleyI ask Back Benchers to keep within five minutes to start with. I am planning to call Front Benchers at around 5.15 pm. Simon Clarke.25 Nov 2020HANSARD Parole Board: Maintaining Public SafetyTo allow for the safe exit of Members participating in this debate, and for the safe entry of Members arriving to take part in the next, I am suspending the sitting for two…25 Nov 2020HANSARD NHS Dentistry and Oral Health InequalitiesI absolutely agree that prevention work is key to solving much of our dental crisis, particularly for children. I am also concerned about the effect of the pandemic on the oral…25 Nov 2020HANSARD NHS Dentistry and Oral Health InequalitiesI certainly agree with my hon. Friend about access to PPE and the fact that dentistry is very much seen as the Cinderella service of the NHS. Clearing the backlog will be a…25 Nov 2020HANSARD NHS Dentistry and Oral Health InequalitiesThe single most important thing that the Government can do is reform the dental health contract with a view to more prevention. During the initial period of lockdown, between…25 Nov 2020HANSARDDementia: Covid-19It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Graham. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Oldham East and Saddleworth (Debbie Abrahams) and the hon. Member for…12 Nov 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseThe Equality and Human Rights Commission has said that there is evidence that human rights standards may not have been upheld in the way that people in care homes, particularly…12 Nov 2020HANSARDNorth of England: Economic SupportIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Efford. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Barnsley Central (Dan Jarvis) for securing this extremely timely and important…11 Nov 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsForty-one per cent. of hair and beauty salon owners say that they do not know whether their businesses will be able to survive until Christmas, putting tens of thousands of jobs…10 Nov 2020HANSARDPublic HealthGiven the near crisis point in the capacity and the ability of the NHS to cope with rising cases and hospital admissions across the country, I believe that action is necessary. I…04 Nov 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseYesterday, the Government took out a full-page advert in my local paper to inform people of the new covid alert level across Bradford, but the advert got the tier wrong. It said…15 Oct 2020HANSARDEquality Act 2010: Children from Disadvantaged BackgroundsIn order to allow the safe exit of hon. Members participating in this item of business and the safe arrival of those who are coming in for the next debate, I am suspending the…13 Oct 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateIn areas such as Bradford, which have had local restrictions since July, people living in care homes have gone months without face-to-face contact with loved ones. For people with…12 Oct 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseWill the Leader of the House join me in supporting World Osteoporosis Day on 20 October and encourage colleagues to join the soon-to-be newly relaunched all-party group on the…08 Oct 2020HANSARD Public HealthI am pleased that we now have the opportunity to debate these regulations, but it is extremely disappointing that we have not had the opportunity to debate on the Floor of this…07 Oct 2020HANSARDLocal Restrictions: Reducing Covid-19 TransmissionWhat assessment he has made of the effectiveness of local restrictions on reducing the transmission of covid-19.06 Oct 2020HANSARDAreas with Additional Public Health Restrictions: Economic SupportWith the Health Secretary reportedly considering further restrictions on hospitality in areas of local restrictions and with 19,000 people in Bradford still on the furlough scheme…06 Oct 2020HANSARDLocal Restrictions: Reducing Covid-19 TransmissionCan the Secretary of State answer a very simple question: what rate of infection means that a local authority needs to go into local restrictions and what rate means that it can…06 Oct 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseI welcome the sentencing White Paper that the Justice Secretary introduced yesterday, as it restates the Government’s commitment to increase the maximum sentence for causing death…17 Sept 2020HANSARDBusiness of the HouseA constituent contacted me yesterday to say that she had been trying to get a test for her eight-year-old asthmatic son who had been showing covid symptoms since 7.30 that…10 Sept 2020