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HANSARDStrengthening the Union as it Relates to Wales (Second sitting)I think the majority of local authorities would agree that they work very well with the Welsh Government and that this is a taking away of powers.18 Jan 2022HANSARDStrengthening the Union as it Relates to Wales (Second sitting)Okay: this seems to be yet another lie. Our businesses and communities right across Cardiff North and the whole of Wales are buckling under the pressure from the truly appalling—18 Jan 2022HANSARDStrengthening the Union as it Relates to Wales (Second sitting)I will withdraw that for now from the record, but I think the record will show that this will have been a lie.18 Jan 2022HANSARDStrengthening the Union as it Relates to Wales (Second sitting)Thank you, Mr Davies. This Tory Government are punishing Wales and our communities, and it is the people of Wales who pay the price. Thankfully, we have a radical Labour…18 Jan 2022HANSARDStrengthening the Union as it Relates to Wales (Second sitting)Indeed, that does not surprise me at all; that is symptomatic of a Tory Government that only seem interested in themselves. We were assured that Wales would not lose a single…18 Jan 2022HANSARDStrengthening the Union as it Relates to Wales (Second sitting)I thank the hon. Member for his point, but we are undermined at every opportunity in making those decisions. That has been evidenced throughout the pandemic. We face a huge…18 Jan 2022HANSARDStrengthening the Union as it Relates to Wales (Second sitting)No.18 Jan 2022HANSARDStrengthening the Union as it Relates to Wales (Second sitting)Our businesses and communities—18 Jan 2022HANSARDStrengthening the Union as it Relates to Wales (Second sitting)I do not really have time. Seven years later, the UK Government have still not followed suit and there is still not a legislative commitment to ending violence against women and…18 Jan 2022HANSARD Afghanistan: Humanitarian CrisisThe World Health Organisation predicts that 1 million Afghan children under five will die of starvation this winter alone; another 2.2 million will suffer acute malnutrition. The…12 Jan 2022HANSARDReoffending RatesThe Sentencing Council says that most domestic abuse perpetrators will receive a sentence unlikely to reduce reoffending. Coercive and domestic abuse is a hidden pandemic, getting…14 Dec 2021HANSARDLimiting Global HeatingCOP26 agreed that the Paris climate agreement must now be implemented to keep global warming below 1.5°, but it has been revealed that the UK has emitted around 50 million tonnes…01 Dec 2021HANSARDLimiting Global Heating9. What recent assessment he has made of progress towards the globally agreed aim of limiting global heating to well below 2° C and pursuing efforts to limit heating to 1.5° C…01 Dec 2021HANSARDLevelling-up Fund: Project DeliveryOn climate action, the UK must step up to provide the funding that is needed across the whole of Wales. Despite the lack of the funding that we would have seen from the EU, the…17 Nov 2021HANSARDNazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Hampstead and Kilburn (Tulip Siddiq) on securing this important debate and on her hard work so far. Unjustly convicted, denied basic…16 Nov 2021HANSARDCOP26I have been at many COPs and each one agrees on more ambition, but we are yet to see the action that is needed. The world is currently on track for 2.4°—a death sentence for…15 Nov 2021HANSARDRape and Violence against Women and Girls: Prosecutions and ConvictionsWhether they are victims of sinister spiking, rape or sexual assault, women and girls are being retraumatised by the system. They are cross-examined, disbelieved and made to feel…09 Nov 2021HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)Will the hon. and learned Lady give way?28 Oct 2021HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)Despite the protestations of Government Members, this really was an alternative reality Budget, with a Chancellor living in a dream world, ignoring what is actually happening in…28 Oct 2021HANSARDIncome Tax (Charge)Will the Chancellor say in his speech at COP next week that, in his Budget, he made high-carbon domestic flights cheaper?28 Oct 2021