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HANSARD Online HarmsThe Front-Bench speeches will begin at 3.28 pm and quite a number of people still wish to speak. I will not impose a formal limit, but if Members could keep to three to four…26 Oct 2022HANSARD Online HarmsPreferably.26 Oct 2022HANSARD Online HarmsMinister, can I just say that there may be votes very shortly? That means that we will be suspending the sitting and coming back, so if you can—26 Oct 2022HANSARDNHS DentistryI am glad that my hon. Friend raised that matter because it is something that I was going to raise. The health service, because of the reorganisation, is in an element of flux. It…20 Oct 2022HANSARDNHS DentistryI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman, who reinforces the point that I am trying to make. We are being contacted by constituents, as I have just set out. We are being…20 Oct 2022HANSARDNHS DentistryThat is a point well made. Another factor is that there are deep inequalities in access to dentistry. In my constituency, it is difficult to get to see an NHS dentist for love or…20 Oct 2022HANSARDNHS DentistryWhere are we to begin with this? We have been here before, time after time. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Bradford South (Judith Cummins) and the hon. Member for Waveney…20 Oct 2022HANSARDNHS DentistryIs my hon. Friend aware that not a single dental practice in either the current former Prime Minister’s constituency or the Health Secretary’s constituency is accepting new NHS…20 Oct 2022HANSARD Working Time Regulations (Amendment)I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the Working Time Regulations 1998 to reduce the maximum working week from 48 hours per week to 32 hours per week and…18 Oct 2022HANSARDInvestment ZonesThe National Audit Office, the Public Accounts Committee and the Centre for Cities have criticised the number of jobs created by enterprise zones compared with the initial…17 Oct 2022HANSARDLiverpool Port Access: Rimrose ValleyMy hon. Friend has hit the nail on the head. We want to ensure that air quality is as good as it can possibly and practically be, given the set of circumstances. It is the role of…07 Sept 2022HANSARDLiverpool Port Access: Rimrose ValleyI am pleased that my hon. Friend raises this issue. She has spoken many times on transport issues and, to be frank, she really does now what she is talking about. I may come to…07 Sept 2022HANSARDLiverpool Port Access: Rimrose ValleyI appreciate the response from the Minister. I thank my colleague on the Labour Front Bench, my hon. Friend the Member for Wythenshawe and Sale East (Mike Kane); my neighbour, my…07 Sept 2022HANSARDLiverpool Port Access: Rimrose ValleyI beg to move, That this House has considered Rimrose Valley and Liverpool Port Access. It is a real pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Twigg. I am pleased that I have managed…07 Sept 2022HANSARDLiverpool Port Access: Rimrose ValleyThat is a perfectly fair analysis and assessment of the current situation. The mid-range cost of the proposal would be about £250 million. That is for just less than a 5 mile…07 Sept 2022HANSARDLiverpool Port Access: Rimrose ValleyOn the point the Minister makes about National Highways, the concern we have is that no alternatives to this scheme are being significantly or substantially considered. It is not…07 Sept 2022HANSARDLiverpool Port Access: Rimrose ValleyI agree. It is really important that we ensure that as much of our local habitat—our local green spaces—is maintained as possible. I am sure the Government recognise that, and as…07 Sept 2022HANSARDGlobal Britain20. If she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Government’s policy on uprating UK state pensions overseas on delivering the Government’s global Britain agenda.06 Sept 2022HANSARDGlobal BritainThe job interviews have taken a long time today. I cannot believe I am actually having to ask this question, but over the summer thousands of UK pensioners living in Canada had…06 Sept 2022HANSARDDefence Business Services11. What plans he has to restructure Defence Business Services.18 Jul 2022