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HANSARDInnovation, Growth and Regulatory Reform16. What steps his Department is taking to promote growth and innovation following the UK’s departure from the EU.31 Mar 2022HANSARDInnovation, Growth and Regulatory ReformCoastal areas have their own unique set of challenges and opportunities. I would be grateful if my right hon. Friend outlined the Government’s cross-departmental strategy to…31 Mar 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillThe Government’s plans are regressive when compared with the proposals under the 2014 Act. They are less equitable to those with moderate assets, including those living with…30 Mar 2022HANSARD Health and Care BillI am aware that the Government have put in place their own plans for NHS workforce planning, but can my hon. Friend address the concerns that framework 15 has inadequacies in…30 Mar 2022HANSARDFinancial StatementI welcome the announcements that my right hon. Friend has made about national insurance thresholds, fuel duty and the increase in the household support fund. The past two years…23 Mar 2022HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillThe British Dental Association has highlighted specific concerns, on ethical, health and accuracy grounds, about using X-rays to assess the age of asylum applicants. I am grateful…22 Mar 2022HANSARDInstitutes of TechnologyIt is concerning that, after two waves of IOTs, a vacuum has emerged in East Anglia that places local learners at an unfair disadvantage compared with those elsewhere. I am…14 Mar 2022HANSARDInstitutes of Technology2. What progress he has made in rolling out institutes of technology.14 Mar 2022HANSARDBritish Sign Language BillIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mrs Miller. I congratulate the hon. Member for West Lancashire on sponsoring the Bill, and on defying gravity and conventional…23 Feb 2022HANSARDSkills and Post-16 Education Bill [Lords]I welcome the Bill because it provides the means to address problems that have hung over the UK for far too long and to meet future challenges. It has been closely scrutinised,…21 Feb 2022HANSARDGigabit Broadband5. What progress her Department has made on increasing the availability of gigabit broadband.10 Feb 2022HANSARDGigabit BroadbandI am most grateful to my hon. Friend for her reply. I recognise the challenges of achieving nationwide gigabit broadband coverage, but it is essential if the levelling-up agenda…10 Feb 2022HANSARDAccess to NHS DentistryIt has been a very interesting debate, and we have heard some great ideas. It has largely been consensual, although I welcomed the little bit of sparring, because it added to…10 Feb 2022HANSARDAccess to NHS DentistryI beg to move, That this House has considered access to NHS dentistry. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Efford. I thank the Backbench Business Committee for…10 Feb 2022HANSARDAccess to NHS DentistryWhile there are particular problems in rural, coastal and more peripheral locations, which it is difficult to get dentists to move to, it is clear from looking around the Chamber…10 Feb 2022HANSARDAccess to NHS DentistryI thank my hon. Friend for that intervention, and he is right. There has been a recent procurement process in East Anglia, but it has been only half successful. There are places…10 Feb 2022HANSARDAccess to NHS DentistryI am very grateful that the hon. Gentleman intervened on me, because Birmingham is the model of how to do this. As a Birmingham MP, it is right that he highlights that, and I…10 Feb 2022HANSARDAccess to NHS DentistryI am grateful to my hon. Friend for re-emphasising that.10 Feb 2022HANSARDAccess to NHS DentistryI thank my hon. Friend for re-emphasising that case.10 Feb 2022HANSARDAccess to NHS DentistryI am grateful because, with those four interventions, we have re-emphasised the importance of fluoridation. There is a need for greater accountability, and the Health and Care…10 Feb 2022