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Welsh Affairs

Perhaps the hon. Gentleman's constituency is the only one in Wales that has been immune from the near total decimation of NHS dentistry that Wales has seen under a Labour Government. This Labour Government have destroyed NHS dentistry in rural Wales. More than 4,500 people in Pembrokeshire are waiting for an NHS dentist, and some of them have been waiting for three or four years. The Labour Government have cut the rural post office network to ribbons in the past few years. Rural villages throughout west and north Wales have lost amenities and that has had a massive impact, particularly on the elderly who live in these communities. The near total decimation of the rural tax office network in Wales has happened under this Labour Government. We have lost Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs office in Haverfordwest and, indeed, most tax offices in rural west and north Wales.