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HANSARD Under-age VapingI declare my interest as a vice-chair of the all-party parliamentary group on smoking and health. I thank the Labour Front Bench for choosing this topic as their second debate on…12 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsIs the Minister aware that the NHS North East and North Cumbria mental health and wellbeing hub is due to close this September? With mental health care in crisis in County Durham,…11 Jul 2023HANSARD Two-child Benefit Cap and Child PovertyI thank my hon. Friend for securing this important debate and for all her campaigning on the issue. I completely with her points about poverty and children suffering, but I have a…11 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. Mine water heating is an emerging technology that employs the heat stored in former mines to heat buildings. It is low-carbon and efficient, and it could be a boon for our…04 Jul 2023HANSARDViolence in the West BankI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Cynon Valley (Beth Winter) for securing this urgent question. It has been reported that medical teams have been prevented from entering…04 Jul 2023HANSARD Private Pension Schemes: RegulationConstituents have contacted me on this very issue, so I thank my right hon. Friend for securing this debate. Does he agree that this is an outrageous way to treat workers and…21 Jun 2023HANSARDSmokefree 2030 TargetIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Sharma, and to follow my co-sponsor of this debate, the hon. Member for Harrow East (Bob Blackman). He is also the chairman…20 Jun 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. Thank you, Mr Speaker. Baby Brida is an absolute bundle of joy. She is the new branch of our family tree.Policies cooked up by Tories in Whitehall are having a devastating…19 Jun 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (Third sitting)Q Thank you—I think that that evidence has been very useful to me as a parliamentarian. Richard, you raised some of the warning signs and some of the tactics that the big…15 Jun 2023HANSARDDigital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill (Third sitting)Q Tom, do you want to add anything? Tom Fish: You certainly cannot blame the companies for wanting to put their points across to politicians who are potentially radically…15 Jun 2023HANSARDCost of Living and BrexitI take any opportunity to raise the cost of living crisis in my constituency and beyond. The cost of living crisis started before the Ukraine war in 2022, before the 2019 pandemic…14 Jun 2023HANSARDHospice Services: SupportI thank the hon. Member for Eastleigh (Paul Holmes) for securing this important debate. I extend my condolences to him for the loss of his manager Sue. I start by giving my…14 Jun 2023HANSARDBus ServicesRecently, Arriva gave up its subsidised 57A route, which goes through my constituency. The council has struggled to find an alternative operator because the Government have banned…08 Jun 2023HANSARDBus Services20. What assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of trends in the number of bus services since 2019.08 Jun 2023HANSARDMental Health Treatment and SupportAs we have heard today, England is in the midst of a mental health crisis, and that is certainly true in the north-east. I join my hon. Friends the Members for Middlesbrough (Andy…07 Jun 2023HANSARDHigher Education Students: Statutory Duty of CareI thank the hon. Member for Don Valley (Nick Fletcher) for leading the debate. I thank the 25 families behind the petition, which has well over 100,000 signatures, and express my…05 Jun 2023HANSARD Dental Care: DurhamVast areas of our country are increasingly described as “dental deserts”, places where not a single dental practice is accepting new NHS patients, and County Durham is one such…24 May 2023HANSARD Dental Care: DurhamOf course, prevention is better than cure, and that is one of the reasons why so many children have to go to A&E. If problems were identified and prevented in young children,…24 May 2023HANSARD Dental Care: DurhamI could not agree more with my hon. Friend. The dentists that I have spoken to recently all want to help NHS patients, but the way the contracts are designed, it is not worth…24 May 2023HANSARD Dental Care: DurhamI thank my right hon. Friend for the intervention. We all know that there is huge demand and such a lack of NHS dentists out there that it is, I guess, a question of political…24 May 2023