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HANSARDDevolution of Justice: WalesThat is a challenge that we need to address sensibly, but simply saying that a Welsh prisoner needs to stay in Wales is not sensible. If a Welsh prisoner needs to stay in Wales,…29 Nov 2022HANSARDDevolution of Justice: WalesI am grateful to the right hon. Lady for making some points about racial injustice. Does she share my frustration that the Welsh Government chose not to be part of the race…29 Nov 2022HANSARDDevolution of Justice: WalesThank you for calling me to contribute, Mr Vickers. I congratulate the right hon. Member for Dwyfor Meirionnydd (Liz Saville Roberts) on securing the debate. It is unfortunate…29 Nov 2022HANSARDDevolution of Justice: WalesI am grateful to the right hon. Lady for the question, but I do not think they are mutually exclusive. We can address the injustices that the right hon. Lady has raised—those…29 Nov 2022HANSARDDevolution of Justice: WalesThe hon. Lady is making important points that obviously would need to be debated if there were time, but do the Labour Opposition in Westminster support the Welsh Government’s…29 Nov 2022HANSARDDevolution of Justice: WalesWill the hon. Lady give way?29 Nov 2022HANSARDDevolution of Justice: WalesWhat is Labour’s position?29 Nov 2022HANSARDDevolution of Justice: WalesThe Minister has provided a clear response, and we understand that the Government’s view is that we should not devolve justice. Does he understand Labour’s point of view on the…29 Nov 2022HANSARDCost of Living: Support for HouseholdsI welcome my right hon. Friend to his position. He just highlighted the range of generous support that has been made available to households facing the energy crisis, but park…23 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Referendum Legislation: Supreme Court DecisionI welcome the clarity of the judgment by the Supreme Court. Does my right hon. Friend share my concern that the constant political wrangling and doubts over Scotland’s…23 Nov 2022HANSARDFree Trade Agreements: FarmersVale of Glamorgan farmers rear some of the best lamb in the world, and Welsh lamb is recognised globally as some of the best sheepmeat. With a new market open in the United States…03 Nov 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseThe case for a train station at St Athan on the Vale of Glamorgan line is overwhelming, and the demand among the community is unprecedented, yet the Welsh Labour Government have…03 Nov 2022HANSARD Police Service: HMI ReportThe significance and seriousness of the report should not be understated, but does my right hon. Friend recognise that the vast majority of police officers are honourable,…03 Nov 2022HANSARDScottish Independence and the Scottish EconomyI welcome the right hon. Gentleman saying that he wants a serious debate about the status of Scotland in the Union and the benefits of Scotland being in it. In his arguments so…02 Nov 2022HANSARD Levelling Up Barry, Vale of GlamorganI am grateful to my hon. Friend for underlining the support that has been made available, but may I draw to her attention the point that I made about the capacity of local…26 Oct 2022HANSARD Levelling Up Barry, Vale of GlamorganI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for making those points, which allows me to underline some points that I touched on earlier. Economic development has generally been a devolved…26 Oct 2022HANSARD Levelling Up Barry, Vale of GlamorganI beg to move, That this House has considered levelling up Barry, Vale of Glamorgan. Thank you, Mr Pritchard, for calling me to propose this debate on levelling up in Barry. It is…26 Oct 2022HANSARD FIFA World Cup 2022My right hon. Friend makes some extremely important points and I wholeheartedly agree with him. It goes back to comments I made earlier. I touched on what Nelson Mandela said—that…20 Oct 2022HANSARD FIFA World Cup 2022I beg to move, That this House has considered the UK’s plans and preparation for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. It is a privilege to serve under your chairmanship, Mr…20 Oct 2022HANSARD FIFA World Cup 2022I pay tribute to the hon. Lady for raising those questions, which I know she has raised with the Qatari authorities, among others. It is also fair to say that the UK’s approach to…20 Oct 2022