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HANSARDHospitalsI am glad you recognised me from the Chair, Mr Speaker. I have lost some hair since we last spoke. I beg to move an amendment, to leave out from “it” to end and insert: “also…23 Apr 2025HANSARDHospice FundingThe definition of where employer national insurance will be levied is based on the Office for National Statistics’ definition of where it should be, and it is the same definition…08 Apr 2025HANSARDHospice FundingMy hon. Friend speaks with tremendous and deep knowledge of the sector. I welcome the work that she is doing on the commission on palliative and end-of-life care, and we very much…08 Apr 2025HANSARDHospice FundingI would not dare to speak from this Dispatch Box on behalf of the Chancellor, but I am absolutely clear that when she did the autumn Budget, she knew that she had to dig us out of…08 Apr 2025HANSARDHospice FundingThe exemption was given to 100% full-time workers within the NHS; in essence, hospitals. As regards GPs, dentists and care providers, ENICs are being levied on those other parts…08 Apr 2025HANSARDHospice FundingI thank the hon. Member for Beaconsfield (Joy Morrissey) for securing this important debate. I wish to take this opportunity to thank all those who work or volunteer in the…08 Apr 2025HANSARDHospice FundingThe decisions on ENICs and where they are being levied have been made. I think it was made very clear that the line was drawn where it was drawn. Any attempt to try to reverse…08 Apr 2025HANSARDGeneral Practitioner RecruitmentGeneral practice sits at the heart of our NHS and is its front door, but it has been neglected for far too long. We are committed to getting primary care back on its feet and have…08 Apr 2025HANSARD Congenital HyperinsulinismI am happy to look into that. Healthcare in Scotland is devolved, but all the nations of the United Kingdom can learn a huge amount from each other—nobody has a monopoly on good…08 Apr 2025HANSARD Congenital HyperinsulinismIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Butler. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Warrington South (Sarah Hall) for securing this important debate, which really is…08 Apr 2025HANSARD Access to Dentistry: SomersetWe are very keen to ensure that targets are being met, and the ICB clearly needs to ensure that that is happening, so I would be happy to do that. Perhaps the hon. Lady could…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Access to Dentistry: SomersetI absolutely agree. Two big things need to happen. First, the General Dental Council needs to do more to get more exams in place for those very well-qualified dentists. Of course,…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Access to Dentistry: SomersetI take the hon. Gentleman’s point about the ringfence, but in a way, ringfencing addresses the symptoms, rather than the cause, of the problem. The fundamental cause of the…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Access to Dentistry: SomersetWe will absolutely ensure that integrated care boards are delivering to the target they have been set. If we see any evidence of slowing down or backsliding, we will certainly…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Access to Dentistry: SomersetI thank the hon. Member for that intervention. It is an excellent idea, and it is something that we have seen in other parts of the country. If he would care to write to me about…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Access to Dentistry: SomersetMy hon. Friend puts her finger on the fundamental problem, which is that the NHS dental contract simply does not incentivise dentists to do NHS work. That is the fundamental…01 Apr 2025HANSARDEating Disorder AwarenessNational funding has increased over the years, as the hon. Lady will know. The question is whether that funding channels through to ICBs. The Government’s view is that ICBs are…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Access to Dentistry: SomersetIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairship again this morning, Mr Stuart. I thank the hon. Member for Frome and East Somerset (Anna Sabine) for securing this important debate…01 Apr 2025HANSARD Access to Dentistry: SomersetI am pleased to confirm that I am meeting the BDA in the coming days. The negotiations are moving forward. There is no perfect payment system, and there is a need to get the…01 Apr 2025HANSARDEating Disorder AwarenessIt is a pleasure to serve under your maiden chairship today, Mr Stuart. I am extremely grateful to the hon. Member for Bath (Wera Hobhouse) for securing the debate and raising…01 Apr 2025