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HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (First sitting)Q Welcome to the participants. My question follows on beautifully from Shaun’s comments around community. How do we think that GB Energy can accelerate and drive investment in the…08 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (First sitting)Q It is good to see you both. You were not here for the earlier sessions, but there were a lot of questions about whether there is enough detail in the Bill. Before I was an MP, I…08 Oct 2024HANSARDGreat British Energy Bill (Second sitting)Q I welcome both witnesses to the Committee. Clause 5(5) states that the Secretary of State will consult Welsh, Scottish and Northern Ireland Ministers, so as a Welsh MP I am…08 Oct 2024HANSARDViolence against Women and Girls9. What steps she is taking to help increase prosecution rates for cases relating to violence against women and girls.12 Sept 2024HANSARDViolence against Women and GirlsMay I warmly welcome the Solicitor General to her place? I am sure she agrees that the dreadful legacy of the last Government’s record on rape convictions cannot be allowed to…12 Sept 2024HANSARDPort Talbot Transition ProjectI thank my right hon. Friend for today’s announcement and for reminding us of the role that steel plays in our green transition. He has done more in two months than the…11 Sept 2024HANSARD Sheep FarmingIn my constituency and Wales as a whole, we cannot underestimate the value that sheep farmers bring to our local economy and the importance of our local livestock marts, where…04 Sept 2024HANSARDEconomic GrowthThis year alone, two more high street bank branches have closed in Monmouthshire, bringing the total to eight in the past two years. My constituents now find themselves struggling…03 Sept 2024HANSARDEconomic Growth22. What progress she has made on increasing economic growth.03 Sept 2024HANSARDMiddle East UpdateI thank the Foreign Secretary for his statement. I absolutely share his pain, horror and dismay at the number of innocent civilians killed in Gaza. I recently received a letter…02 Sept 2024HANSARD Making Britain a Clean Energy SuperpowerMy hon. Friend has mentioned Scotland, but I would like to mention Wales again, as did my hon. Friend the Member for Mid and South Pembrokeshire (Henry Tufnell). Monmouthshire has…26 Jul 2024HANSARDInfected Blood InquiryI thank my right hon. Friend for his statement. I would like to talk about Linda, one of my constituents, who sadly lost her husband Bill Dumbelton because of the infected blood…26 Jul 2024HANSARD Education and OpportunityThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and llongyfarchiadau, as we say in Wales. It is wonderful to have you presiding over my maiden speech. I also thank the hon. Member for Strangford…24 Jul 2024