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HANSARDFood Security3. What steps he is taking to improve food security.14 Nov 2024HANSARDFood SecurityToday, the Chancellor is hailing the benefits of free trade in a plea to Donald Trump. However, any future trade deal with the United States will enable cheap food, such as…14 Nov 2024HANSARDTransport Infrastructure Projects: Elizabeth LineDiolch yn fawr, Mr Vickers. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. Today is an important opportunity to highlight how Wales is losing out when it comes to transport,…12 Nov 2024HANSARD Social Security Advisory Committee: Winter Fuel PaymentThe Social Security Advisory Committee’s letter calls for an urgent amendment to allow those in receipt of pensioner housing benefit to receive the winter fuel payment this year.…12 Nov 2024HANSARDRural AffairsAgriculture and farming play a very important part in Welsh society, not just economically but culturally and socially. Farming families are custodians of the landscape and…11 Nov 2024HANSARD Budget: Implications for Farming CommunitiesDiolch, Mr Llefarydd. As a tenant dairy farmer myself and chair of the Farmers’ Union of Wales Carmarthenshire, I perhaps understand this issue more than anybody else in the…04 Nov 2024HANSARD Independent Water CommissionDiolch, Mr Llefarydd. Water is devolved, but we in Wales do not have the full range of powers needed to address this scandal. For example, the Senedd cannot regulate the transfer…23 Oct 2024HANSARDLarge-scale Energy Projects and Food SecurityDiolch, Sir Mark. It is a pleasure to take part in this debate led by my hon. Friend the Member for Ynys Môn (Llinos Medi). Land use is so important to this discussion. We all…22 Oct 2024HANSARDEngagementsQ5. Diolch, Llefarydd. My constituent Janette Crawford suffers from ME and chronic pain. The cold, damp conditions of a Welsh winter are going to mean a lot more muscle soreness…16 Oct 2024HANSARD Renewable Energy Projects: Community BenefitsIn Caerfyrddin, we have the possibility of four lines of new electricity cables and pylons coming through. Does the hon. Member agree that the best community benefit for…15 Oct 2024HANSARD Farming and Food SecurityAs a dairy farmer and a tenant farmer, I perhaps have unique experience in this matter. Obviously I am Welsh as well, and I realise that agricultural policy is devolved to Wales.…08 Oct 2024HANSARD Farming and Food SecuritySorry—I am very new and I apologise. Can the Secretary of State guarantee that Wales will not miss out on any increases in the UK funding settlement for agriculture and rural…08 Oct 2024HANSARDEngagementsQ14. Diolch, Llefarydd. Denmark has been undergrounding its electricity cables since 2008, building infrastructure and maintaining responsible stewardship of the countryside. The…11 Sept 2024HANSARDWinter Fuel PaymentIt was only two months ago that Labour won a majority in the general election on a message of change. But in those two months the new Labour UK Government have refused to abolish…10 Sept 2024HANSARD Great British Energy BillDiolch yn fawr, Dirprwy Lefarydd—thank you very much, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Chesterfield (Mr Perkins), to hear so many maiden…05 Sept 2024HANSARD Sheep FarmingI am a tenant farmer, so I am very aware of the issues that the hon. Member is bringing to the table, and I am delighted to support him. I agree with the hon. Member for…04 Sept 2024HANSARD Sheep FarmingIt is really interesting to hear from you when we are talking about crofting and tenant farmers. As other speakers have noted, when we are talking about access to land there is…04 Sept 2024