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HANSARDTopical QuestionsI support the Government’s policy of levelling up, but I think it is important that when the Government allocate money, it goes to those communities that have the highest level of…08 Mar 2021HANSARDBudget Resolutions and Economic SituationThis Chancellor has an extraordinary record: he has overseen the biggest decline in economic output of any major economy and the largest number of excess deaths in the world. Why…03 Mar 2021HANSARDBrain Injury: Specialist Education SupportHappy St David’s day, Mr Speaker. I really find that a disappointing answer. There will be children going back to school after several weeks who will have had brain injuries of…01 Mar 2021HANSARDBrain Injury: Specialist Education SupportWhat estimate he has made of the number of pupils under the age of 18 who are in receipt of specialist education support as a result of experiencing a brain injury in the last 12…01 Mar 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsI wonder whether the Health Secretary would agree with me that coronavirus has not only changed many of the ways that we have to do our lives, but it is fundamentally going to…23 Feb 2021HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI do not know whether you, Mr Speaker, or the Leader of the House have seen the really moving interview that the Welsh rugby player Alix Popham and his wife Mel gave about the…11 Feb 2021HANSARD Trade BillThis country should never trade with any country where genocide is being practised. We are as guilty as others when we seek to perpetuate that kind of trade. It is appalling that…09 Feb 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateThe roll-out of the vaccine programme has been absolutely commendable. Brilliant! Well done! Locally, it has been really encouraging to see the mass vaccination centres working…09 Feb 2021HANSARD MyanmarThe Burmese military is as financially corrupt as it is brutal and anti-democratic. It has managed to squirrel away stolen assets from the Burmese people, in the UK, in British…02 Feb 2021HANSARDDisused Coal Tips: SafetyWell, that was a depressing start, because the truth is that 40% of all the disused coal tips in the whole United Kingdom are in Wales, which is much higher than the Barnett…26 Jan 2021HANSARDDisused Coal Tips: SafetyWhat discussions he has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) the Coal Authority on funding for ensuring the safety and stability of disused coal tips.26 Jan 2021HANSARD Xinjiang: Forced LabourOf course I warmly welcome these measures, but they simply are not sufficient for the moment at hand. We need only listen to the Secretary of State’s own comments and read them…12 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19It has been great to see vaccination already starting in the Rhondda, but obviously we can only give the vaccine when it arrives. The Prime Minister quite rightly said earlier…06 Jan 2021HANSARDPersonal StatementMr Speaker, I am utterly mortified by the events of last week when my heckling interrupted proceedings during Prime Minister’s questions and when I challenged the authority of the…15 Dec 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateOne of my closest friends, Dan Lass, who I had known for more than 30 years, died of leukaemia last Thursday morning. He was in the United States of America, but I want to ask the…14 Dec 2020HANSARD EU Withdrawal AgreementThe mind boggles. I am all for pragmatism, because that is the best way to sort out a deal that works for Welsh lamb farmers and, for that matter, British car manufacturers and…09 Dec 2020HANSARDHong Kong: Sentencing of Pro-democracy ActivistsThis is so frustrating. We gather every fortnight and we all say all the same things from all the Back Benches, and the Minister says all the same things from the Front Bench…07 Dec 2020HANSARDUK-EU Future Relationship Negotiations and Transition PeriodI confess that I find all of this very depressing, partly because if I understand the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs correctly, the anticipation is…07 Dec 2020HANSARD Business of the HouseCan we have a debate on inequality? I know the Leader of the House uses the word as though it were a kind of foul slur, but I am proud to be a socialist. I believe that we were…03 Dec 2020HANSARD Courts and Tribunals: RecoveryI do not know whether the Justice Secretary has ever had a family member who has been diagnosed with dementia and has then had to go to the Court of Protection to be able to take…03 Dec 2020