Results 61–80 of 600 for (in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates') speaker:Derek Thomas

NHS Dentistry in England — [Graham Stringer in the Chair] (22 Jun 2022)

Derek Thomas: I beg to move, That this House has considered NHS dentistry in England. It is a privilege to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I am delighted to bring this debate to Parliament and to combine it with a petition that has been signed by more than 10,000 members of the public. The petition calls for “an independent review of the existing” NHS dental “contract and a radical...

NHS Dentistry in England — [Graham Stringer in the Chair] (22 Jun 2022)

Derek Thomas: I completely agree. My right hon. Friend will know that in Cornwall we are very competitive; we always want to win, but I do not want to win this competition. This tragedy for both Cornish residents and his constituents highlights the fact that something needs to be done urgently. I thank him for his intervention.

NHS Dentistry in England — [Graham Stringer in the Chair] (22 Jun 2022)

Derek Thomas: I appreciate that intervention. In my case, NHS England, and commissioners for the south-west have been fairly good and engaged with the challenge. However, it is a tale of woe, as my right hon. Friend says. Perhaps we can all commit to coming back to this place in a year or two to commend the Minister and celebrate the fact we have a new contract that addresses exactly the challenges that we...

NHS Dentistry in England — [Graham Stringer in the Chair] (22 Jun 2022)

Derek Thomas: I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. He is right to say that there are commissioned units of dental activity that are not being delivered. There are all sorts of reasons for that, which I hope to cover in my speech. Ultimately, however, we need to look at the contract itself and consider whether it actually works for patients. The contract was introduced by the Labour party in 2006....

NHS Dentistry in England — [Graham Stringer in the Chair] (22 Jun 2022)

Derek Thomas: I will make a little progress first and then I will give way to the hon. Gentleman. We have heard about other examples and concerns elsewhere, but in Cornwall we do not have the capacity to assess the patients in the backlog, let alone to treat them. This is not just about dental health. Dental examinations pick up the early warning signs of mouth cancer, or poor periodontal health associated...

NHS Dentistry in England — [Graham Stringer in the Chair] (22 Jun 2022)

Derek Thomas: I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. It is probably fair to say that although the responsibility lies with the Minister here today, it is not her responsibility, or even in her power, to ensure that every member of the British public can access NHS dentistry, simply because NHS England, or indeed any part of the NHS, does not commission enough dentistry to cover the whole...

Inshore Fishing Fleet — [Sir Charles Walker in the Chair] (14 Jun 2022)

Derek Thomas: I commend my hon. Friend the Member for Totnes (Anthony Mangnall) for securing this relevant and important debate. I welcome the Government food strategy, through which, in effect, they want to maximise the supply of homegrown nutritious food. The inshore fleet is absolutely the answer, or part of the answer, to that problem. We do not have long in this debate and we will never cover all the...

Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill ( 8 Jun 2022)

Derek Thomas: I am glad to speak to this Bill and also to follow my hon. Friends the Members for Don Valley (Nick Fletcher) and for North Devon (Selaine Saxby). My hon. Friend the Member for North Devon and I have worked extremely hard and we understand the challenges in our constituencies extremely well. I am going to talk about housing and Cornwall. We have already heard from MPs who do not represent my...

Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill ( 8 Jun 2022)

Derek Thomas: I am glad to answer that question, but just to finish what I was going to say earlier, I commend the Minister for the way in which he has engaged with all of us in trying to get this right. Cornwall has received enormous sums through European funding, but not all the systems are very easy to navigate; I have had personal experience of trying to navigate them just to claw down funds already...

Justice: Topical Questions (24 May 2022)

Derek Thomas: I had the great privilege of meeting A Band of Brothers, which is a voluntary organisation based around the UK, including in Cornwall. It works with and alongside men in the community who are in trouble with the law or at risk of getting in trouble with the law. Over 12 weeks, it helps those young men to get their lives back in order. The problem is that it works completely voluntarily. It...

Tackling Short-term and Long-term Cost of Living Increases (17 May 2022)

Derek Thomas: I welcome the opportunity to speak in this debate. We have heard much this afternoon about the hike in energy prices. It is well-documented and concerning. However, I welcome the supercharging of the effort to boost homegrown clean energy, which will drive down costs, take the volatility out of the energy markets and cut our carbon footprint. That is all welcome, but more must be done now to...

Affordable Housing (Devon and Cornwall) — [Stewart Hosie in the Chair] (27 Apr 2022)

Derek Thomas: My hon. Friend raises an important point about the housing allowance. The average price in Cornwall of three-bedroom rental is £1,400 a month; does he agree that that is completely out of reach for most working families on an average Cornish income?

Affordable Housing (Devon and Cornwall) — [Stewart Hosie in the Chair] (27 Apr 2022)

Derek Thomas: I can only echo all that has been said so far about the challenging situation in Devon and Cornwall. This acute problem particularly affects Devon and Cornwall, and I commend my hon. Friend the Member for North Devon (Selaine Saxby) for securing an extremely timely debate. The lack of good-quality, affordable housing for local people is not new, but it is not helped by significant population...

Affordable Housing (Devon and Cornwall) — [Stewart Hosie in the Chair] (27 Apr 2022)

Derek Thomas: And stop the opportunities for fraud. At the end of the day, it is fraud for someone to say they have a business that they do not have. I would happily welcome that. Today, I want to explain why the pressure on housing has intensified in recent months and years. Regrettably, that is in part an unintended consequence of Government policies. I want to pick on two of them. Government policy is...

Affordable Housing (Devon and Cornwall) — [Stewart Hosie in the Chair] (27 Apr 2022)

Derek Thomas: I completely welcome and agree with that intervention. I do not believe the Treasury deliberately intended to force private landlords out of the market, but that is certainly what is happening. Energy performance certificates are a pet subject of mine and a debate on their own. Rental properties now require an E rating, which does not sound particularly ambitious until we try it on a property...

Backbench Business - Childhood Cancer OutcomesBackbench Business (26 Apr 2022)

Derek Thomas: I chair the all-party group on brain tumours, which has been referred to. We have heard today of many children who have lost their lives, and many families who have faced that—we hear of that all the time in our APPG—but I want to focus my comments on the children who survive, but who do so with a terrible acquired brain injury. This is how an acquired brain injury occurs. When a child...

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Topical Questions (26 Apr 2022)

Derek Thomas: The independent review of persecuted Christians that was carried out in 2019 by the Bishop of Truro has been mentioned this morning, and it has its formal review this summer. The FCDO has made progress in adopting the report’s recommendations, but will the Secretary of State assure the House of further progress in this area by the summer?

Health and Care Bill: Clause 35 - Report on assessing and meeting workforce needs (30 Mar 2022)

Derek Thomas: I rise to speak in support of Lords amendment 29, in the context of those who suffer brain tumours. I wish to take a moment to reflect on the fact that Tom Parker, a member of The Wanted who had done so much work to raise awareness of brain tumours and who worked with the all-party parliamentary group on brain tumours, which I chair, died today of his brain tumour. I wish to take a moment to...

Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Renewable Energy Sector (29 Mar 2022)

Derek Thomas: Getting on top of energy issues, particularly those relating to renewable energy, is the most difficult challenge in rural areas such as mine. How will the Secretary of State’s strategy—to be launched soon—enable the renewable energy sector to grow from the grassroots up, so that people in fuel-poor homes, who may not have the money to buy the necessary equipment at the outset, have an...

Treasury: Cost of Living Increase: Impact on Households (15 Mar 2022)

Derek Thomas: I represent an area in Cornwall where a large number of people are on the state pension. I know, from conversations that I have had with the Chancellor, that he is particularly concerned about that demographic. Given the critical rise in the cost of living, I wonder whether one of the easier routes to address it would be to reinstate the triple lock for next year.


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