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HANSARDPalliative Care: North DerbyshireIt is a real pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Huq, and I really thank my hon. Friend the Member for Chesterfield (Mr Perkins) for raising this important issue. This…17 Dec 2025HANSARDPalliative Care: North DerbyshireWe have a plan for next steps and I look forward to discussing those with him further. Motion lapsed (Standing Order No. 10( 6 )).17 Dec 2025HANSARDGovernment Response to NHS Dentistry Consultation: Quality and Payment ReformsI wish to update the House following the Government’s recent public consultation on quality and payment reforms to the NHS dentistry contract. Restoring NHS dentistry is one of…16 Dec 2025HANSARD Mental Health Bill [Lords]Yes, I was just coming on to that, because the hon. Gentleman raised it in his speech. We are protecting the mental health investment standard in real terms, as it will rise in…08 Dec 2025HANSARD Mental Health Bill [Lords]With the leave of the House, I will make some brief concluding remarks. I am very grateful to Members of this House for their contributions both today and throughout the passage…08 Dec 2025HANSARD Mental Health Bill [Lords]Yes, we absolutely do agree. As the hon. Gentleman will hear as I proceed with my speech, we have three options in respect of what will happen in exactly the scenario that he has…08 Dec 2025HANSARD Mental Health Bill [Lords]I beg to move, That this House agrees with Lords amendments 19B and 19C. It is a privilege to return to the Mental Health Bill in this House for what I hope will be the final time…08 Dec 2025HANSARDPalliative Care StrategyI am very pleased that the measures we have taken have provided financial support. I absolutely recognise the challenging financial position, and I would of course be more than…25 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank my hon. Friend, who is a tireless campaigner on this issue. We want to see more dentists in Burton and Uttoxeter, and across the country, which is why we are offering…25 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend raises an important point, and I would be more than happy to meet her to discuss it, because I think the complexity of what she raises needs some detail.25 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe have the interim reforms, and our response on those will be published very soon. We are working on the long-term reform of the NHS dentistry contract with the British Dental…25 Nov 2025HANSARDNHS Dental Services: NorfolkNHS dentistry is out of reach for too many people, and that issue is felt particularly acutely in rural areas such as Norfolk. This Government are rolling out extra urgent dental…25 Nov 2025HANSARDPalliative Care StrategyI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. I notice he did not welcome the fact that we are supporting the hospice sector with a £100 million capital funding boost and £80…25 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes, I am happy to meet the hon. Lady.25 Nov 2025HANSARDNHS Dental Services: NorfolkI, too, am absolutely delighted that more patients can see a dentist in Norfolk but, as my hon. Friend says, there is a long way to go. We are certainly not complacent, but we are…25 Nov 2025HANSARDNHS Dental Services: NorfolkThe hon. Gentleman is right: it is the Government’s responsibility to give a steer to the Office for Students, and we are very close to being able to put that together. I am…25 Nov 2025HANSARDPalliative Care StrategyI am delighted to have announced in a written ministerial statement yesterday that the Government are developing a palliative care and end-of-life care modern service framework…25 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI thank the right hon. Gentleman for that question. I met the GDC recently. It has completed the procurement of the new management agent to run the overseas registration…25 Nov 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI pay tribute to my hon. Friend for saving the Ladies Walk health centre in her constituency, which the Conservatives were trying to shut. We are advancing modern service…25 Nov 2025HANSARDPalliative Care and End-of-life CareI am delighted to announce to the House today that the Government are developing a palliative care and end-of-life care modern service framework for England, with a planned…24 Nov 2025