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HANSARD 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: DurhamIt feels as if the Minister is coming to the end of his speech, but I would really like him to correct the record. In my point of order yesterday, I said that the Prime Minister…24 May 2023HANSARD Points of OrderFurther to that point of order, Mr Speaker. The Prime Minister may have made several inaccurate statements regarding the number of NHS dentists. Since January, he has said on…23 May 2023HANSARD Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI rise this evening as a proud trade unionist, proud to declare my interest as a member of two great unions—Unite and Unison—and proud to represent a constituency that is at the…22 May 2023HANSARD Council Tax and Stamp Duty AlternativesI thank the hon. Member for Barrow and Furness (Simon Fell) for securing this important debate. It is good to see cross-party consensus; I hope the Minister will note that it is…17 May 2023HANSARDBuses: FundingA cap on fares is not much use if a bus does not turn up. The Minister even stated on his social media this week that people in County Durham need access to a car or a van to get…17 May 2023HANSARD Food Price Inflation and Food BanksI thank my hon. Friend for securing this important debate. Yesterday it was reported that desperate parents are having to steal baby formula to feed their children. It is seen as…17 May 2023HANSARDCommercialisation of Research: North-east England4. What steps she is taking to support the commercialisation of science and technology research in the north-east.03 May 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ6. Unable to secure an NHS dental appointment, my constituent Ray was forced to go private. It was then discovered that he had a large, aggressive tumour in his face and jaw, and…03 May 2023HANSARDCommercialisation of Research: North-east EnglandLed by Durham University, the Northern Accelerator has invested more than £100 million in partner university spin-outs in the past five years, bringing skilled jobs and…03 May 2023HANSARDReforms to NHS DentistryAcross Durham and the whole country, dentistry is in crisis. It is a system in need of urgent reconstruction, not tinkering. To be clear, the problem has not been caused by NHS…27 Apr 2023HANSARDCost of Living: Cultural and Charitable Organisations7. What steps she is taking to support cultural and charitable organisations with increases in the cost of living.27 Apr 2023HANSARDCost of Living: Cultural and Charitable OrganisationsWhile the Government continue to fail the most vulnerable in our society, the charity sector is left to fill in the gap. In my constituency, we are very fortunate to have the…27 Apr 2023HANSARDVaping: Young PeopleIn 2021, the Government rejected my amendment to the Health and Care Bill to tackle smoking and youth vaping. England is now set to miss the Smokefree 2030 target by at least…25 Apr 2023HANSARDEarly Years Support for Families7. What steps she is taking to help ensure families have access to adequate early years support.17 Apr 2023HANSARDEarly Years Support for FamiliesI recently visited the outstanding Laurels Childcare Company in Durham to listen to its concerns about childcare funding. Such providers are crying out for clarity on the…17 Apr 2023HANSARDNHS StrikesThe BMA has made it crystal clear that it is willing to enter into negotiations, so will the Secretary of State commit right now to asking ACAS to negotiate and mediate? If not,…17 Apr 2023HANSARDPrison EducationWe spend more than £150 million a year on a prison education system that is unfit for purpose, and much of that is extracted as profit for failing outsourced companies. Does the…28 Mar 2023HANSARDPrison Education3. What assessment he has made of the potential merits of bringing the delivery of all prison education into the public sector.28 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillNo, I am not going to give way at this point; I have waited since 5.30 pm. Sorry, Bob. Anti-refugee MPs have been emboldened by the Home Secretary’s rhetoric of hate, as we can…27 Mar 2023