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HANSARDNHS Dentistry: Recovery and ReformI welcome the plan. Recovery and reform is right, and the Select Committee will study the plan carefully. The dental Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for South…07 Feb 2024HANSARDNHS: Winter PressuresThe pressure on services is acute this winter, as it is every year. So far, we have heard very little mention in these 20 minutes of the biggest headache facing trusts, integrated…23 Jan 2024HANSARD Funded ChildcareI praise the Minister for being on top of his brief and for ironing out some of the misunderstandings flying around today. Is it not the case that, as others have said, the…22 Jan 2024HANSARDMeaslesIn April last year, the UK Health Security Agency told the Health and Social Care Committee that it was “expecting measles to come back”, while the Joint Committee on Vaccination…22 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS DentistryLast July, the Health and Social Care Committee, which I chair, published an important report on NHS dentistry, and I urge colleagues to read it if they have not already done…09 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS Winter UpdateHappy new year. The Secretary of State will know that it is far from all doctors in training who have taken part in this strike. In my trust, Hampshire Hospitals, it was just over…08 Jan 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsMinisters know that Sir John Moore barracks in my constituency is due for disposal in 2026 as part of the future soldier programme, which will bring phase 1 capability to the…08 Jan 2024HANSARD Infected Blood Inquiry: Government ResponseI thank the Minister for what is now our traditional end-of-term statement on this subject, but, to be clear, this is one festive tradition that we need to see the back of,…18 Dec 2023HANSARDDental ServicesThe Government previously committed to publishing a dental recovery plan, which the former dental Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Harborough (Neil O’Brien), said that the…05 Dec 2023HANSARDLegal MigrationThis year, vacancies in adult social care fell a little—the figure now stands at a “mere” 152,000—which was due to a large increase in the number of care workers coming to this…04 Dec 2023HANSARD Tattoo Artists, Body Piercers and Cosmetic Clinics: LicensingWe have enough debates in this House about some of the things that we teach in schools, and I can but imagine some of the responses we would get to this, but in my view education…28 Nov 2023HANSARD Tattoo Artists, Body Piercers and Cosmetic Clinics: LicensingEarlier this year it was announced that Wales was set to become the first UK nation to introduce mandatory national licensing for what we call special procedures: tattoo artists…28 Nov 2023HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillI understand why the Government are resisting Lords amendment 46, a cross-party amendment from Lord Crisp, Lord Young of Cookham and Lord Blunkett. I understand what the…17 Oct 2023HANSARD Levelling-up and Regeneration BillWill the Minister give way on healthy homes?17 Oct 2023HANSARD Community PharmaciesIt is nice to see you in the Chair, Sir Mark. Well done to my hon. Friend the Member for Waveney (Peter Aldous), my dear friend with whom I entered Parliament in 2010: as always,…14 Sept 2023HANSARDCountess of Chester Hospital InquiryI place on record my sympathy to the families, who have conducted themselves with the utmost dignity throughout this process and who remain in my thoughts and prayers as well. I…04 Sept 2023HANSARD Health and Social Care WorkforceI thank the Chair of the Education Committee for being a guest at yesterday’s session with the medical director of NHS England in our workforce special. He is right. The Prime…13 Jul 2023HANSARD Health and Social Care WorkforceYes. There is a part of the workforce plan, which the Select Committee discussed a little yesterday, which talks about how, every year, every member of staff should have a…13 Jul 2023HANSARD Health and Social Care WorkforceI will close by thanking the Minister, my right hon. Friend the Member for Wokingham (John Redwood), my hon. Friend the Member for Worcester (Mr Walker) and the hon. Member for…13 Jul 2023HANSARD Health and Social Care WorkforceWe very much do. I will come on to that, but I am happy to address the point straightaway. In getting the NHS workforce plan out, there were four people in that marriage: No. 10,…13 Jul 2023