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HANSARD Government PPE ContractsI am literally responding to the hon. Gentleman. He talked about only 3% not being reusable and implied that some of the other things were only fit for servicing a car. To be…06 Dec 2022HANSARD Government PPE ContractsThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I am keen to reply to them. The hon. Gentleman said that only 3%—06 Dec 2022HANSARD Government PPE ContractsI will give way, but I am trying to respond to everyone’s points first. If Members can hold on, we will get there. As I was saying, those two Members both made the point that we…06 Dec 2022HANSARD Government PPE ContractsI am just going to complete my tour of people’s contributions. The hon. Member for Brent Central (Dawn Butler) said that we should donate and reuse PPE, and I am pleased to tell…06 Dec 2022HANSARD Government PPE ContractsI am about to explain the due process that we went through and the incredibly forensic work that our civil servants did. Just to be clear—again, for the benefit of the…06 Dec 2022HANSARD Government PPE ContractsTo make sure that I get to them, I want to respond to some of the important points made by Back-Bench Members at the start of my remarks. The hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull…06 Dec 2022HANSARD Government PPE ContractsThe Minister of State did actually give the House some updated figures on that point. It is not the £750,000 figure the hon. Member just quoted. On this point, it is not the case…06 Dec 2022HANSARD Government PPE ContractsThe hon. Member claims that we bought five times too much PPE. This is not the case. We did have 20% excess capacity against a worst-case scenario that, thankfully, did not…06 Dec 2022HANSARD Government PPE ContractsWhat did the hon. Member for Brent Central say there? [Interruption.] No, she does not want to repeat it. Let me be clear, Madam Deputy Speaker: at every point in the procurement…06 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI have mentioned the fact that the number of NHS dentists was up 2% to 2.3% last year, as well as the extra £50 million and the reforms we have made to the contract, but we will…06 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe total activity done by GPs was about 7% up in October compared with the previous year. We are actively looking at the way that capital works and the contributions of section…06 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat is something that we are working on very actively. As well as financially supporting GPs to roll out new and better ways of managing their appointments, we are looking at…06 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsWhatever format our next steps forward are set out in, we will be pushing forward very quickly and aggressively on this. This year, we are putting £35 million into the NHS to…06 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is so right. I praise her work with the APPG and I know many colleagues will want to attend. Whistleblowers can save lives and improve healthcare, as I have seen in…06 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS DentistsOne problem has been that having large, remote regional commissioning for dentistry has meant that it is more unlikely that specific local problems will be picked up. That is why…06 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS DentistsOf course, I would be keen to meet to try to address those issues and to build on the work that we are doing nationally.06 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS DentistsAs well as making it more attractive to practise in the NHS, the number of dental school places is up from 810 in 2019 to 970 in 2021, making it easier for qualified dentists to…06 Dec 2022HANSARDHealth InequalitiesI have already talked about some of the things we are doing to crack on with improving public health and narrowing inequalities, but I will add some more. We are driving up blood…06 Dec 2022HANSARDHealth InequalitiesWe are rolling out community diagnostic centres to bring services closer to those who need them, and we are investing in 21,200 extra people working in general practice to make…06 Dec 2022HANSARDHealth InequalitiesI am always keen to work constructively with the Scottish Government. This sounds like a serious problem. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State set out how we are using our…06 Dec 2022