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HANSARD Mole Valley Local PlanMy memory, having been in the Minister’s position, is that “exceptional circumstances” does not mean housing merely to fill the statistical numbers required or requested.15 Jul 2022HANSARD Mole Valley Local PlanI am delighted to see the Minister on the Front Bench, who is nearly a neighbour and knows the area that I am talking about, even though he cannot specifically mention it. I…15 Jul 2022HANSARDRestoration and RenewalThe thinking behind decanting is not just about the asbestos. There is a sewerage system that runs from one end of the building to the other. Stopping it halfway down—be it left…07 Jul 2022HANSARDRestoration and RenewalThe decision to do that would be so much easier if we were not occupying the building. Every time I cough, I think that a certain Committee Room has caused it. The thing that…07 Jul 2022HANSARDRestoration and RenewalI am delighted that you are guiding us through this, Mr Twigg. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for The Cotswolds (Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown) on securing this debate. It…07 Jul 2022HANSARD Professional Medical Indemnity InsuranceThe Minister is absolutely right that every medical practitioner has to have indemnity. If a case arises in which there is a challenge to the clinician, if the indemnity is…16 Jun 2022HANSARD Professional Medical Indemnity InsuranceI am delighted to see my hon. Friend the Minister on the Front Bench. She and I have vied in the Chamber a few times, but we are on the side. I hope that we will be on the same…16 Jun 2022HANSARDMaking Britain the Best Place to Grow Up and Grow OldI must congratulate the hon. Member for Birmingham, Erdington (Mrs Hamilton) on her speech, which she delivered with such feeling. I was sitting here waiting for clapping from the…16 May 2022HANSARDComputer Misuse Act 1990I apologise for not being here at the very beginning. My hon. Friend is absolutely correct about a statutory defence, but I understand that that could be achieved without changing…19 Apr 2022HANSARDAccess to NHS DentistryBirmingham is an interesting case. Not all of Birmingham is fluoridated, so when a child arrives, dentists can tell which part of Birmingham they have come from. No cavities, no…10 Feb 2022HANSARDAccess to NHS DentistryI am wrapping up right now. I know that the Minister cannot do anything overnight, but I wish her the best of luck with the struggle.10 Feb 2022HANSARDAccess to NHS DentistryI am delighted that we are being guided by you, Ms Ali. As a dentist—extremely part time—I am fascinated by the interest in this issue. I hope that some dentists read Hansard and…10 Feb 2022HANSARDCommittee on Standards: Members’ Code of Conduct ReviewI am not on the Committee. I have been on earlier renditions of it. It is interesting to watch developments and to read through the reports. I need to declare of course, in this…03 Feb 2022HANSARD NHS Dentistry: Bristol and the South-westI have an interest here, clearly, but why should dentists, or any profession, be forced to stay and practise in the area they trained? No other profession has that. It would be a…24 Jan 2022HANSARD NHS Dentistry: Bristol and the South-westI listened with interest to the hon. Member for Bristol North West (Darren Jones). He mentioned the word “prevention”, but did not go into the prevention the Government are doing…24 Jan 2022HANSARD Local Government (Disqualification) BillI have listened to my hon. Friend, so I would rather not. The measure, in my view, only undermines the primary aim of this Bill, which is to protect children. I was on the…14 Jan 2022HANSARD Local Government (Disqualification) BillI beg to move, That the Bill be read the Third time. I will be very succinct, because having looked at the rest of the day’s agenda, I am aware that there is a taxi behind me…14 Jan 2022HANSARD Local Government (Disqualification) BillMy apologies, Madam Deputy Speaker. After all this time, I should have remembered that. I ask the leave of the House to say a few words. I thank the Minister for her support, and…14 Jan 2022HANSARD Local Government (Disqualification) BillI will be very succinct. I have mentioned the taxi cab, and I can hear it behind me—14 Jan 2022HANSARD Local Government (Disqualification) BillI have known my hon. Friend the Member for Christchurch (Sir Christopher Chope), as he said, for some considerable time; we were both on a south London council. Although we are on…14 Jan 2022