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HANSARD Pubs Code: Guest BeersThe Society of Independent Brewers shows that 75% of beer drinkers believe it important that pubs offer a range of craft beers from small breweries, such as Glastonbury Ales and…12 Nov 2024HANSARD NHS Dentistry: South-westI thank my hon. Friend for securing this important debate. In Somerset, the percentage of adults who have seen a dentist has dropped by 20% over the past decade. Does my hon.…12 Nov 2024HANSARD School Transport: NorthumberlandI thank the hon. Member for securing this important debate. I recently spoke to a constituent, Sara, who lives just outside Bruton in my constituency. She told me of her…12 Nov 2024HANSARDRural AffairsYesterday, I spoke to Ian, who has a beef enterprise and grows cider apples on his farm in Glastonbury. Now 74, he has worked his entire life to buy back his family’s 100-acre…11 Nov 2024HANSARD Rail PerformanceImproved rail performance is of course welcome, but my constituents in Somerton and Langport are not served by the railway at all. A family in Curry Rivel recently wrote to me;…11 Nov 2024HANSARD Mental Health: Farming and Agricultural CommunitiesI thank the hon. Member for giving way and congratulate her on securing this important debate. The Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution’s big farming survey also found that…11 Nov 2024HANSARD Fuel PovertyI have recently received more than 200 emails from pensioners in Glastonbury and Somerton who do not know whether they can afford to turn on the heating this winter. Does my right…06 Nov 2024HANSARDHorticultural Peat (Prohibition of Sale)I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to provide for the prohibition of the sale in England of horticultural peat by the end of 2025; to provide for certain…06 Nov 2024HANSARD NHS Dentistry: Rural AreasMy constituent in Ilton is now in debt because they had to take their son, who is eligible for free NHS dentistry, to a private dentist, as they could not find an NHS dentist in…05 Nov 2024HANSARD Budget: Implications for Farming CommunitiesIt has now been more than 10 years since devastating floods wrecked the Somerset levels and moors, causing untold damage. At the time, affected communities were told that money…04 Nov 2024HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)This is a Budget of inequality. It seems that the Chancellor decided to deliver two Budgets: one for people in cities and another for rural communities such as Glastonbury and…04 Nov 2024HANSARD World Stroke DayThe hon. Member makes a very good point, and I also celebrate those people, who do such hard work within their communities. The UK knows how to deliver world-class stroke care,…29 Oct 2024HANSARD World Stroke DayI thank my hon. Friend for making such an important point. I think we have progressed in our understanding of stroke awareness, but there is so much more yet to do. Neither…29 Oct 2024HANSARD World Stroke DayI thank the hon. Member for her intervention and for all the work she has done in this area. I will come to the issue of ambulance response times a little later in my speech.…29 Oct 2024HANSARD World Stroke DayThe hon. Member makes a really important point. Although we often assume that it is older people who suffer with strokes, so many young people suffer in the same way. Unless there…29 Oct 2024HANSARD World Stroke DayI am grateful to have this opportunity to address the House on World Stroke Day. Stroke is the UK’s fourth biggest killer and the single largest cause of complex disability in the…29 Oct 2024HANSARD World Stroke DayI wholeheartedly agree, and that is exactly the point that I was making. Research from the Stroke Association shows that the NHS faces £1,300 of additional pressure for each…29 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy BillI rise to support amendment 5, tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for South Cambridgeshire (Pippa Heylings), to require a statement of strategic priorities on the facilitation of…29 Oct 2024HANSARD World Stroke DayI thank the hon. Member for the intervention. He makes a strong point. Our health and social care services are likely failing the 14,159 registered stroke survivors in Somerset at…29 Oct 2024HANSARD World Stroke DayI thank the hon. Lady, and it is so good to hear that her husband is making such a full and quick recovery. World Stroke Day is a pertinent reminder that stroke must be well…29 Oct 2024