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Written Answers — Transport: West Coast Railway Line: Speed Limits (4 Nov 2009)

Eric Martlew: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport whether there are plans to improve the signalling on the West Coast Main Line to enable 135 mph running speeds.

Written Answers — Transport: Rolling Stock (3 Nov 2009)

Eric Martlew: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport whether there are any plans to extend to 11 carriages all of the 52 Pendolino trains.

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Floods (Pitt Report) (29 Oct 2009) has video

Eric Martlew: The Pitt inquiry states that the public utilities should be protected—the fresh water, electricity and waste water plants. That was especially a problem when Carlisle flooded. Has satisfactory progress been made on that?

Written Answers — Transport: West Coast Railway Line: Speed Limits (29 Oct 2009)

Eric Martlew: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport whether there are plans for the improvement of the West Coast Main Line track north of Preston to increase running speeds.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Macedonia (20 Oct 2009)

Eric Martlew: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the Government are providing support to the Government of Macedonia in their application for membership of the European Union.

Opposition Day — [17th Allotted Day]: NHS Dentistry (14 Oct 2009) has video

Eric Martlew: Will my hon. Friend give way?

Opposition Day — [17th Allotted Day]: NHS Dentistry (14 Oct 2009) has video

Eric Martlew: I am sorry to interrupt my hon. Friend, but the Opposition would not give way to me. Does she know anything about the policy on making dentists work for five years? Will it apply to doctors as well? Would that not seem fair? Are the Conservatives going to make doctors work for five years for the NHS?

Opposition Day — [17th Allotted Day]: NHS Dentistry (14 Oct 2009) has video

Eric Martlew: Fluoride.

Opposition Day — [17th Allotted Day]: NHS Dentistry (14 Oct 2009) has video

Eric Martlew: Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Opposition Day — [17th Allotted Day]: NHS Dentistry (14 Oct 2009) has video

Eric Martlew: Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Opposition Day — [17th Allotted Day]: NHS Dentistry (14 Oct 2009) has video

Eric Martlew: Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Opposition Day — [17th Allotted Day]: NHS Dentistry (14 Oct 2009) has video

Eric Martlew: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. That is not true. I did not say that about the hon. Gentleman.

Opposition Day — [17th Allotted Day]: NHS Dentistry (14 Oct 2009) has video

Eric Martlew: Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Opposition Day — [17th Allotted Day]: NHS Dentistry (14 Oct 2009) has video

Eric Martlew: Thank you for calling me to speak, Mr. Deputy Speaker. If you think I am going on too long, you can remind me to sit down. The last time that I spoke on dentistry was in the spring of 2006, when my constituency had a major problem of dentists opting out. There was one disgraceful incident in which a dentist who had done so wrote to his patients and told them that they had to come and apply...

Opposition Day — [17th Allotted Day]: NHS Dentistry (14 Oct 2009) has video

Eric Martlew: I suspect that those who questioned whether the work needed to be done were those who could afford to go and see the hon. Gentleman. That is the point. I fear that a Conservative Government will take the view that this is an area in which they can put up the charges. We have already heard one Member say that he had experimented with NHS dentistry. My fear is that the Conservatives will raise...

Opposition Day — [17th Allotted Day]: NHS Dentistry (14 Oct 2009) has video

Eric Martlew: I hear what the hon. Gentleman says about rural areas, but if we take my constituency for example, people from rural areas go to the city to register. Is that not the case in many areas?

Opposition Day — [17th Allotted Day]: NHS Dentistry (14 Oct 2009) has video

Eric Martlew: I will check in Hansard, but I think that the hon. Gentleman just said that dentists will pull teeth out instead of filling them because they get more money for that. Is that really what he is saying about our dentists? I am sure that that is on the record.