Oral QuestionNorthern Ireland Office

What progress has been made on attracting inward investment to Northern Ireland.

Tabled: 1 May 2018Answered: 9 May 2018

Asked by

Sir James Cleverly

ConservativeBraintree

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland

Answer from Hansard

The Prime Minister

It is another shameful legacy of the Conservative party that one in four adults struggles with NHS care and that tooth decay is the most common reason for hospital admissions for children aged five to nine—that happened on their watch. We are fixing this, and I can set out what we are doing. We are rolling out 700,000 urgent and emergency appointments, reforming the dental contract, and recruiting more dentists and newly qualified dentists, who will practice in the NHS for a minimum period. All of that is made possible only by the investment we put in in the Budget, which the Conservatives all opposed.