The Minister will know that I have been corresponding regularly with his Department about what has been described to me as a Crisis in Dentistry in west Cumbria.

We face a Crisis in Dentistry of successive Governments' making.

When will the Government take effective action to end the Crisis in Dentistry?

As hon. Members would expect, I have received many letters, e-mails and complaints about the Crisis in Dentistry in my constituency, but I shall quote only one, which illustrates what is, I am sure, a familiar story to colleagues from all parts of the country.

In view of the Crisis in Dentistry in Northamptonshire, I hope that the Government will look favourably on that bid.

The fact is that there is a Crisis in Dentistry.

of dentists consider that the new contract has not improved access to dental care and believe that there is a Crisis in Dentistry in this country.

I am sorry that my hon. Friendthe Member for Mole Valley (Sir Paul Beresford) is not here to supplement my points about that, but there is an increasing Crisis in Dentistry in this country, because of a lack of resources that are funded by the taxpayer.