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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 26 Nov 2025
Children of Alcoholics

"The hon. Lady makes another excellent point. As I know the Minister and his Department understand, not only is there no magic bullet but many of these issues circulate and form secondary complications that cost—which is the least of it—huge amounts to the health system later.

I will touch on …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 26 Nov 2025
Children of Alcoholics

"I beg to move,

That this House has considered the children of alcoholics.

It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Harris, particularly on this day, when there are other events going on in Parliament. I am grateful to colleagues from all parties who have come to …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 26 Nov 2025
Children of Alcoholics

"I agree with the hon. Gentleman. I want to reassure the Minister that I am not here to hit him with 20 demands—that will come in due course. Today is really a chance to raise the flag of the all-party parliamentary group. The hon. Gentleman has mentioned one of the …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 26 Nov 2025
Children of Alcoholics

"I am very grateful to the hon. Member for making a powerful, personal and political point. He is absolutely right.

For my part, people often ask me how on earth I ended up in this place. My mother, who went on to become an alcoholic—tragically, my father had been an …..."
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Written Question
Dental Services: Access
Tuesday 5th March 2024

Asked by: George Freeman (Conservative - Mid Norfolk)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress her Department has made on increasing access to dentists.

Answered by Victoria Atkins - Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

On 7 February, we published our Dentistry Recovery Plan to increase patients’ access to NHS dentistry across the country, including in Norfolk.

On 1 March, one element – the New Patient Premium went live, to increase the number of appointments available.

We will keep the House updated on this and the many other measures set out in the Plan, including our work to reform the dental contract in the longer term.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 11 Oct 2022
Dental Training College: East Anglia

"I commend my hon. Friend and constituency neighbour for raising this issue and highlighting the huge pressures that the dental service in his area and mine is experiencing on the ground. Many of our constituents are struggling and this proposal would not only make our region a leader in the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 11 Oct 2022
Dental Training College: East Anglia

"As a former Minister for life science and for science and research, I rise very briefly to highlight the point that my hon. Friend the Member for Broadland (Jerome Mayhew) made about the microbiome and the mouth—the buccal cavity—as a primary diagnostic for our understanding of the role of the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 07 May 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"7. What steps he is taking to improve the patient experience through the use of digital technology. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 07 May 2019
Oral Answers to Questions

"I thank the Secretary of State for that answer and for the energy that he brings to this brief. Does he agree that digital health not only improves healthcare systems but also provides a platform for place-based and population-based prevention, better diagnosis, patient empowerment, novel mental health therapies and accelerated …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 07 Jan 2019
NHS Long-term Plan

"As a former Health Minister, I congratulate the Secretary of State and the Government on this statement. I particularly pay tribute to his work on mental health—I am proud that under this Government it looks as though we are finally beginning to close the gap and stop mental health being …..."
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