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HANSARDEngagementsThe NHS recently reformed dentistry contracts, which will improve access for patients. Dentistry receives about £3 billion a year, and there were around 500 more dentists…19 Apr 2023HANSARDEngagementsWe are committed to improving the resilience of this iconic stretch of railway, which provides a vital link for people in the south-west. That is why, to date, we have invested…19 Apr 2023HANSARDEngagementsI am pleased to say that we are supporting the communities of Dundee, which received £14 million from the levelling-up fund to support a green transport hub in the city centre.…19 Apr 2023HANSARDEngagementsI praise Alfie for his fantastic efforts. He is an inspiration not just for his community but for many others, and I wish him the best of luck for Saturday. Our autism strategy…19 Apr 2023HANSARDEngagementsI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. I am very sorry to hear about the case that he raises. My thoughts are with Anne and her husband, as I am sure everyone’s will be, at…19 Apr 2023HANSARDEngagementsMy hon. Friend is of course right. Right across the country, those who live in Conservative council areas pay lower council tax than those in Labour council areas. The choice at…19 Apr 2023HANSARDEngagementsI pay tribute to Lorna and Shirley for all their fantastic work. Allotments can do wonders not just for, as my hon. Friend said, providing food, but for wellbeing and providing a…19 Apr 2023HANSARDEngagementsFirst, may I say that I was deeply shocked and appalled, like the hon. Lady, to hear about the cases of sexual assault and abuse in the NHS. I pay tribute to her for her…19 Apr 2023HANSARDEngagementsI pay tribute to my hon. Friend for all his campaigning on this. I am delighted that the levelling-up fund has delivered for Corwen station. It is a huge boost to local ambitions…19 Apr 2023HANSARDEngagementsEveryone deserves to be safe in their workplace, which is why we are making sure that, through our sentencing Act, we have appropriate sentencing in place and, more generally,…19 Apr 2023HANSARDEngagementsI share in my hon. Friend’s congratulations for all those in Bolton, but also offer my commiserations to those in Plymouth, especially to our party chairman who is an avid…19 Apr 2023HANSARDEngagementsI am not sure that I recognise the right hon. Gentleman’s characterisation. We are proud champions of the UK’s fishing industry, not least with our £100 million investment in…19 Apr 2023HANSARDExtreme Right-Wing Terrorism: Intelligence and Security Committee ResponseOn 13 July 2022, the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament published their report entitled “Extreme Right-Wing Terrorism” (ERWT). The threat from ERWT is an important…30 Mar 2023HANSARDMachinery of GovernmentI am making this statement to bring to the House’s attention the following machinery of government changes. The Government Debt Management Function will move from the Cabinet…30 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsActually, this Government are a strong supporter of Scotland’s North sea oil and gas industry. It is the economically illiterate policy of, I think, almost all Opposition parties…22 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsWhat Louise Casey also says is that primary public accountability of the Met sits with the Mayor of London. She described that relationship between the Mayor and the Met as…22 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsThere is no need to back that plan, because we are already taking action to tackle the issues raised in the Casey report. Two months ago, I met Dame Louise Casey and the…22 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsFirst of all, let me say that North Yorkshire is a lot further away than north London. [ Interruption . ]22 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsI thank my hon. Friend and join him in thanking all the staff at Arnold jobcentre for their hard work. I shall keep his kind invitation to visit in mind. He mentioned the…22 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsThe UK steel industry can have no greater champion than my hon. Friend. I know this must be a concerning time for British Steel employees, and we stand ready to work with her to…22 Mar 2023