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HANSARD Voter IDSome 96% of people without ID still do not have any ID at all to show when they vote, so the Government’s implementation of their own policy has been completely abysmal. Let us…27 Apr 2023HANSARDReforms to NHS DentistryThe ever-growing despair has left York and North Yorkshire a dental desert. Thousands of my constituents cannot even get on a waiting list. If they are lucky as they phone around,…27 Apr 2023HANSARDNHS Dental Services10. What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of NHS dental services.25 Apr 2023HANSARD City Centre Security Measures and Access for Disabled PeopleI am grateful for the hon. Member’s intervention. We should not have to be having this debate here tonight, but we are, and we are determined to see the ban reversed. Nice and…25 Apr 2023HANSARDNHS Dental ServicesIn York alone, practices are closing, turning private and handing back contracts. Units of dental activity are down 126,130 compared with four years ago and it can take five years…25 Apr 2023HANSARD City Centre Security Measures and Access for Disabled PeopleI am really grateful to my hon. Friend for making that point so powerfully, because this is an infringement of somebody’s rights and it is discrimination. While the UN General…25 Apr 2023HANSARD City Centre Security Measures and Access for Disabled PeopleThe hon. Gentleman is right to say that disabled people are more likely to experience loneliness—13% more likely—and because York is both urban and rural, the people living in…25 Apr 2023HANSARD City Centre Security Measures and Access for Disabled PeopleI am grateful to my hon. Friend for her comments. Inclusion is about the co-production of outcomes. Chester is able, but the Liberal Democrat York administration has failed to…25 Apr 2023HANSARD City Centre Security Measures and Access for Disabled PeopleI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his intervention and, of course, this is a big issue for our city. It is imperative that people seriously consider where they put their…25 Apr 2023HANSARD City Centre Security Measures and Access for Disabled PeopleI am grateful to have been granted the opportunity to have this debate. The centre of York is a special place. It is one that my community really values, with its amenities and…25 Apr 2023HANSARDFuture of Social HousingIt is always a pleasure, Mr Paisley. Here is a scandal: in York over the past four years, just 94 social housing units were developed, in addition to some resettlement homes.…19 Apr 2023HANSARDTeaching real life skillsI rise to present this petition on teaching real life skills, which calls for the provision of the teaching of life skills in secondary schools in budgeting, loans management and…19 Apr 2023HANSARD Research and Development Funding and Horizon EuropeThank you, Mr Hosie; it is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield Central (Paul Blomfield) on opening the debate with…18 Apr 2023HANSARDNHS StrikesThe bigger dereliction of duty by the Secretary of State is not addressing the retention crisis among junior doctors, who have the choice of going to New Zealand or Australia, to…17 Apr 2023HANSARD Antisocial Behaviour Action PlanOnly after my right hon. Friend the Member for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford (Yvette Cooper) published her comprehensive strategy on antisocial behaviour has the Home…27 Mar 2023HANSARDIllegal Migration BillI am grateful to my hon. Friend for the points he is making. I want to return to the point about detaining children, however, because we know that under this Government, hundreds…27 Mar 2023HANSARDOil Spill: Poole HarbourPoole harbour, from the Arne bird sanctuary through to Brownsea island, is nature-rich. Bearing that in mind, and in light of the age of the infrastructure, can the Minister say…27 Mar 2023HANSARD Food Price InflationMy concern is here and now: the food banks in York are running out of food because demand is going through the roof and people cannot afford to make the donations that they were.…23 Mar 2023HANSARDSpecial Educational Needs and Disabilities: Specialist WorkforceIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Sharma. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Swansea West (Geraint Davies) on leading today’s debate and concur with…22 Mar 2023HANSARDSocial and Affordable Housing14. If he will take fiscal steps to increase funding for social and affordable housing.21 Mar 2023