NHS Dentistry and Oral Health Inequalities Debate
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James Gray
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NHS Dentistry and Oral Health Inequalities
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Barry Gardiner (Brent North) (Lab)
My hon. Friend is a student of the Old Testament, and she will know Proverbs 25, verse 19:
“Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth”.
We are certainly in a time of trouble. It is not for me to call the Prime Minister an unfaithful man—
Barry Gardiner
But the lack of support for dentistry and dental technicians has certainly resulted in a few broken teeth. What does my hon. Friend believe is the single most important thing that the Government can do to support dentistry and the oral health of the nation?