To ask His Majesty's Government what initiatives they are pursuing to increase the number of NHS dentists.
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To ask His Majesty's Government what are the Barnett consequentials for each of the devolved parts of the UK of the Prime Minister's announcement of additional NHS funding for workforce planning.
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the additional costs to UK businesses of the requirement to provide additional labelling on goods to ensure that they are confined to the internal UK market.
To ask His Majesty's Government what specific strategies or initiatives are being targeted at supporting teenagers with eating disorders.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they intend to implement new strategies or projects to combat the problem of eating disorders.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to apply additional resources to combat the increasing problem of eating disorders.
To ask His Majesty's Government what progress they have made on the (1) construction, and (2) implementation, of infrastructure at Northern Ireland ports to comply with the provisions of the Windsor Framework.
To ask His Majesty's Government why they have decided not to proceed with the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to their decision not to proceed with the Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill, what plans they have to separately proceed with legislation of any individual parts of the proposed Bill.
To ask His Majesty's Government what (1) was the budget for this financial year, and (2) are the proposed costs for next financial year, in the proposed implementation of the Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Act 2022.
To ask His Majesty's Government what has been the expenditure to date of implementing the Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Act 2022.
To ask His Majesty's Government what additional pieces of animal welfare legislation they are planning to introduce, other than those pieces of legislation whose passage has already commenced.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have considered labelling goods for export to Northern Ireland as an alternative to the requirement to label goods for internal trade within the UK under the Windsor Framework.
To ask His Majesty's Government what is the additional cost of labelling goods for internal UK trade as a result of the Windsor Framework.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Windsor Framework, what percentage of consignments for the red lane entering Northern Ireland will receive physical checks.
To ask His Majesty's Government what progress has been made under the Windsor Framework on arrangements to check mixed groupage consignments of red and green lane goods.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address instances of child hunger during school holidays in the light of high food price inflation.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address instances of child hunger during school holidays for those children who are entitled to free school meals.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to expand eligibility for the Sure Start programme.
To ask His Majesty's Government how many children in England are eligible to receive support from the Sure Start programme; and what percentage this represents of the relevant age cohort.