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HANSARD Free Movement of EU NationalsMembers across the House should understand that simple messaging is often far more powerful to people than complex explanations and systems. If we vote to leave the European Union…02 Oct 2019HANSARD Social Care FundingI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for giving way. He rightly points out the importance of unpaid carers. Any new consensus, which must come, should make clear provision to…01 Oct 2019HANSARDNHS Hospital ProjectsYou are very kind, Mr Speaker. In his announcement this week, the Chancellor chose not to invest a single penny in the Westmorland General Hospital in Kendal, but will he at least…01 Oct 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseWill the Leader of the House make time for my now de-prorogued Bill on access to radiotherapy treatment? It is wrong surely that cancer sufferers should have to travel day after…26 Sept 2019HANSARD International Climate ActionIf we are serious about tackling climate change, we need to keep fossil fuels in the ground. To that end, does the right hon. Lady agree that the proposals for the west Cumbria…26 Sept 2019HANSARD Brexit Readiness: Operation YellowhammerThe chief executive of the Dale Farm dairy co-operative, who speaks for 1,300 dairy farmers across the United Kingdom, says that leaving the European Union without a deal would…25 Sept 2019HANSARD Building SafetyGiven that naming and shaming has been set out by the Secretary of State, could he be more explicit about what sanctions he will be using against the individuals and organisations…05 Sept 2019HANSARDRural Areas: Health Service FundingThe huge rural area covered by the Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust has and needs three hospitals, but it is funded as if it had only one. As a result, the trust has been fined…23 Jul 2019HANSARDCommunity Transport OperatorsIn places such as Sedbergh and Dent, community bus services have become a lifeline for people who would otherwise be isolated from the communities around them, and I am massively…18 Jul 2019HANSARDNon-invasive Precision Cancer TherapiesIt is a great pleasure to follow my hon. Friends the Members for Easington (Grahame Morris) and for Chichester (Gillian Keegan), who are vice-chairs of the all-party parliamentary…18 Jul 2019HANSARD Small and Village School FundingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir David, and I congratulate the hon. Member for Harborough (Neil O’Brien) on securing this important debate. My constituency…17 Jul 2019HANSARD NHS Workforce: EnglandYes, the hon. Gentleman makes an extremely important point. I am certain it is felt across the country. If it is made too difficult to get to the nearest NHS dental surgery—if…17 Jul 2019HANSARD NHS Workforce: EnglandIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Moon. I congratulate the hon. Members for Wolverhampton South West (Eleanor Smith), for Lincoln (Karen Lee) and for St Ives…17 Jul 2019HANSARDTourism Sector Deal20. Given that 20,000 non-UK staff work in tourism in the Lake District, there is a desperate need for home-grown talent, whether we leave the EU or not. However, the Government…16 Jul 2019HANSARD No Deal: Agriculture TariffsI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for being so generous. The added threat of tariffs, as he suggests, is that British supermarkets will think they have farmers over a barrel…16 Jul 2019HANSARD No Deal: Agriculture TariffsThe export tariffs for UK farmers, including Cumbrian hill farmers, into the single market worry me the most. Would the Minister consider the potential for increasing the powers…16 Jul 2019HANSARDUniversal Health CoverageSomething like 5 million refugees from the Syrian conflict are in camps in the countries around Syria. Will the right hon. Gentleman reflect on the impact on the physical and…10 Jul 2019HANSARDInnovative Technologies: Public ServicesWill the Secretary of State oversee the innovative technology in radiotherapy that will be needed to meet the NHS long-term plan to diagnose more patients earlier?10 Jul 2019HANSARD NHS Dentists: CumbriaI beg to move, That this House has considered the provision of NHS dentists in Cumbria. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir David. I am grateful for the…03 Jul 2019HANSARD NHS Dentists: CumbriaThe Minister made a very interesting point about people who under-deliver on their contract. It is important that we do not misunderstand what that means. A dental surgery can be…03 Jul 2019