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HANSARDNHS DentistryI thank my right hon. Friend, and indeed my friend, my Lincolnshire neighbour, who knows as well as I do the pressures that we face in ensuring that our constituents receive the…09 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS DentistryMy goodness me! My hon. Friend has identified a “cavity” in the shadow Minister’s so-called plans.09 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS DentistryI beg to move an amendment, to leave out from “House” to the end of the Question and add: “recognises the impact of a once-in-a-generation pandemic on NHS dental services, with 7…09 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS DentistryI am going to make some progress. I am very pleased that, subject to a public consultation which will be published shortly, we have secured funding to expand water fluoridation…09 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS DentistryI trust that the hon. Lady has been listening to the whole debate, because I set this out in some detail at the beginning of my speech. I will not repeat the impact of the…09 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS DentistryI thank my right hon. Friend for his intervention. I can imagine that the concerns he outlines are very pressing in his constituency, and one important priority behind the dental…09 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS DentistryI am conscious that Opposition Members will want time today, so I am going to bring my remarks to a close. It is my mission, as Health and Social Care Secretary, to build an NHS…09 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS DentistryI am extremely grateful to my hon. Friend. His intervention shows the level of detail that colleagues on the Conservative Benches have gone into in trying to address the…09 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS DentistryI am going to plough on, I am afraid. Earlier, Labour Front Benchers—perhaps not understanding that they were doing so—set out the philosophical difference between our two parties…09 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS DentistryI thank the hon. Lady, and particularly for the constructive tone of her intervention, because she is right. This is not simply about teeth health; it is also about the conditions…09 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS DentistryAgain, cutting through the froth, the hon. Gentleman called this debate and has not set out his plan. He knows full well that this is an Opposition day debate and I am responding…09 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS DentistryI think the hon. Member for Oldham East and Saddleworth (Debbie Abrahams) was raising her voice at me, but it was not me who heckled her. I recognise the passion she brings to her…09 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS DentistryI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising that point, because according to the latest statistics available to me, 18.1 million adults were seen by an NHS dentist in the 24…09 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS DentistryI cannot wait to reach the part of my speech that will deal with the hon. Gentleman’s suggestions, but first I will allow him to intervene, because I enjoy this back and forth.09 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS DentistryAs I have explained, in relation to dentistry but also in relation to wider healthcare, the long-term workforce plan, which was requested by NHS England and by clinicians, is the…09 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS DentistryI will resist, but only because I am going to ask the hon. Gentleman to intervene in a moment—he should be careful what he wishes for. I also notice that he talked about reform of…09 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS DentistryJust to cut through all the froth, the hon. Gentleman has not, in fact, answered my invitation. Does he wish to have a capitated list system, as they have in Wales, or does he…09 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS DentistryI thank my hon. Friend, who represents a Welsh constituency. The chair of the British Dental Association wrote to the Labour Welsh Government to complain about their plan and, I…09 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS Winter UpdateI most certainly can confirm that—those doctors have already received the rise. As I said, I wanted to continue discussions on more fair and reasonable settlements for junior…08 Jan 2024HANSARDNHS Winter UpdateI think the hon. Lady was claiming that there was no winter under Labour, but perhaps that is yet another thing that does not quite stack up. I fully endorse her call for an end…08 Jan 2024