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HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) BillToday I represent not only my constituents in Neath and Swansea East, but those of my hon. Friend the Member for Aberafan Maesteg (Stephen Kinnock). After years of…12 Apr 2025HANSARDPolitical DonationsI think I made myself clear: if you are going to mention a Member, you need to inform them before you mention them, not after, to give the Member the opportunity to turn up. I…31 Mar 2025HANSARDPolitical DonationsI remind Members who wish to speak that they should bob, and they need to have been here from the beginning of the debate. Interventions—should Members take them—are meant to be…31 Mar 2025HANSARDPolitical DonationsOrder. I do not think I should have allowed that first intervention, and I certainly should not have allowed the second. This is completely out of scope. Can we stick to the…31 Mar 2025HANSARDPolitical DonationsOrder. The debate is now suspended for Divisions. We will suspend for 15 minutes for the first vote and 10 minutes for every subsequent vote. Everyone who has spoken in today’s…31 Mar 2025HANSARDInternational Women’s DayIn my almost 10 years in this place, I have become somewhat vocal on women’s issues. Some would call me a “ferocious campaigner”, others a “challenging mouthpiece”, but I will…06 Mar 2025HANSARD St David’s Day and Welsh AffairsIt is always a great pleasure to speak in the annual St David’s Day and Welsh affairs debate, and it is a special honour this year to be speaking as the Member of Parliament for…27 Feb 2025HANSARDSexual Exploitation and Trafficking6. What steps her Department is taking to help reduce demand for sex trafficking and sexual exploitation.24 Feb 2025HANSARDSexual Exploitation and TraffickingI thank the Minister for her response. In 2023 the then Home Affairs Committee recommended that pimping websites be outlawed, but the previous Government took no action, allowing…24 Feb 2025HANSARDCoalfield Communitiesrose —06 Feb 2025HANSARDCoalfield CommunitiesVery wise. I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate. I am being contacted by a growing number of mineworker constituents who were enrolled in the British Coal staff…06 Feb 2025HANSARDGeneral ElectionThank you, Mr Coleman. I call the Liberal Democrat spokesperson.06 Jan 2025HANSARDGeneral ElectionOrder. Ben Coleman to resume his speech.06 Jan 2025HANSARDGeneral ElectionOrder. Mr Coleman, I remind you that I am the audience, not the Public Gallery.06 Jan 2025HANSARDGeneral ElectionThank you, Ms Qureshi. Your point has been made and noted.06 Jan 2025HANSARDGeneral ElectionOrder. Before we continue with the debate, can I bring to everyone’s attention that guests in the Gallery are not permitted to contribute in any way to it? Any Member who speaks…06 Jan 2025HANSARDIsrael and PalestineOrder. As Members can see, the debate is very oversubscribed. I will set a time limit of four minutes, but if interventions continue as they have, I anticipate that it will be…16 Dec 2024HANSARDIsrael and PalestineOrder. I remind the right hon. Member that the case is sub judice and we should not talk about it.16 Dec 2024HANSARDBudget 2024The Budget commitment of £80 million for the Tata transition board was indeed welcome, but Thrive, the domestic abuse organisation in Neath and Port Talbot, is concerned that…11 Dec 2024HANSARDPimping websites and paying for sexI rise on the 10th day of the UN’s 16 days of activism against gender-based violence to present a petition on commercial sexual exploitation on behalf of my constituents in Neath…04 Dec 2024