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HANSARDTopical QuestionsDiolch, Mr Speaker. The demand for pet food banks is more than doubling in parts of the UK as owners have to make heartbreaking decisions thanks to the cost of living crisis. As…08 Sept 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseShamefully, unnecessary delays to the Online Safety Bill have allowed dangerous misogyny and right-wing extremism to perpetuate online for far too long. We know that young boys…08 Sept 2022HANSARDEngagementsQ6. The new Prime Minister is now finally in post, but make no mistake: she does not have the support of the British public. She cannot even rely on the backing of her own MPs,…07 Sept 2022HANSARDCost of Living Crisis: WalesCarmarthen West.19 Jul 2022HANSARDCost of Living Crisis: WalesIt is not for Wales to come cap in hand to a Government in Westminster for what is rightly ours. We pay tax in Wales too and we are meant to be part of this United Kingdom. This…19 Jul 2022HANSARDCost of Living Crisis: WalesIt is an honour to serve under your chairship, Ms Nokes. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Newport West (Ruth Jones) on securing the debate, and it is an honour to…19 Jul 2022HANSARD Online Safety BillI am grateful to the Minister for the offer to work on that further, but we have an opportunity now to make real and lasting change. We talk about how we tackle this issue going…12 Jul 2022HANSARD Online Safety BillIt is an honour to respond on the first group of amendments on behalf of the Opposition. For those of us who have been working on this Bill for some time now, it has been…12 Jul 2022HANSARD Online Safety BillI welcome the right hon. Lady’s comments. We did discuss this at great length in Committee, and I know she cares deeply and passionately about this issue, as do I. It is welcome…12 Jul 2022HANSARD Online Safety BillI thank the former Minister for his intervention, and I am grateful for that clarification. We debated at length in Committee the importance of the regulator’s independence and…12 Jul 2022HANSARD Online Safety BillI welcome the Minister’s commitment, which is something that the previous Minister, the hon. Member for Croydon South (Chris Philp) also committed to in Committee. However, it…12 Jul 2022HANSARD Online Safety BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, and has touched on elements that I will address later in my speech. I will look at cross-platform harm and breadcrumbing; the Government have…12 Jul 2022HANSARD Online Safety BillI thank the hon. Gentleman, who is absolutely right. In Committee, we debated at length the impact search engines have, and they should be included in the Bill’s categorisation of…12 Jul 2022HANSARDPassport Application ProcessingLike other Members, I have an inbox full of hundreds of constituents struggling to get their passports. Some are waiting 15 or 18 weeks, as my hon. Friend the Member for Rhondda…06 Jul 2022HANSARDPassport Application Processing5. What discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the impact of the time taken to process passport applications on people in Wales.06 Jul 2022HANSARDMiners Strike 1984-85: UK-wide InquiryIt is an honour to serve under your chairship, Ms McVey. I thank the hon. Member for Midlothian (Owen Thompson)—the vice chair of the all-party parliamentary group on coalfield…29 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Seventeenth sitting)I welcome the Minister’s comments and I am grateful for his reassurance on some of the concerns that were raised. At this stage we will not press the matter to a vote. I beg to…28 Jun 2022HANSARDRape: Criminal ProsecutionsI would like to thank the right hon. Member for Basingstoke (Dame Maria Miller) for bringing forward this vital urgent question today, and to thank the Minister for her comments…28 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Seventeenth sitting)I am content with the Minister’s assurance that the provisions of new clause 41 are covered in the Bill, and therefore do not wish to press it to a vote. I beg to ask leave to…28 Jun 2022HANSARDOnline Safety Bill (Seventeenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. The new clause would give Ofcom the power to co-operate with other regulators for the purposes of tackling harm from illegal…28 Jun 2022