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HANSARD Covid-19Well, there was a bit of a sting in the tail there, Madam Deputy Speaker; I will take that up with you later. Incidentally, I can perfectly well disagree with the hon. Member for…28 Sept 2020HANSARD Covid-19I would argue that one of the most dangerous innovations has been the ability of Ministers to switch on and off regulations without any say-so from Parliament. Does the hon.…28 Sept 2020HANSARDThe EconomyI used to be a curate, so I recognise a curate’s egg when I see one. This is good, but only in parts. The truth is that lots of people’s jobs are only unviable because of the…24 Sept 2020HANSARDTopical QuestionsOne thing that makes the British countryside unique, special and loved by everybody around the world is that, since the 1940s, it has been illegal to put up great big advertising…17 Sept 2020HANSARDSupport for Self-employed: Covid-19If you will indulge me, Mr Speaker, I want to pass on my commiserations to everyone involved in the horrific car crash in Trebanog in the Rhondda earlier today. I thank the police…16 Sept 2020HANSARDSupport for Self-employed: Covid-19How many self-employed people in Wales have not received support from the Government’s covid-19 support schemes.16 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillThere is nothing like a dame, Dame Rosie. This debate today! I remember sitting in the theatre a few years ago—do you remember the theatre?—and there was a couple in front of me…16 Sept 2020HANSARDUK Internal MarketThere wasn’t one!16 Sept 2020HANSARDSentencing White PaperThere has been a terrible rise over the last 10 years in assaults on emergency workers, with ambulance workers being sexually assaulted, punched, spat at, stabbed—everything. That…16 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI agree with the hon. Member about nationalism and separatism and all that, but we are a bit cynical and sceptical about offers from the Government at the moment. I have been…16 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI completely agree that my constituents in the Rhondda, which is one of the poorer communities in Wales, in the UK and in the whole of the European Union, would not care less…16 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillWill the hon. Gentleman give way?16 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillThat is a fib.16 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillThe hon. Gentleman has just said that Storm Dennis should be recognised as a UK responsibility, yet we have not had a single penny in Wales from the Westminster Government in…16 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI think I am agreeing with the right hon. Gentleman in some small measure, which is obviously hurtful for me. He is of course right that flooding in Wales is the responsibility of…16 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI know that the hon. Member has spoken a bit. I would normally give way, but I am not going to on this occasion. There would be a better process available. We have been waiting…16 Sept 2020HANSARDCoronavirusI am enormously grateful to the Secretary of State and the Minister for the help he provided over the weekend with Vaughan Gething, trying to get the mobile testing centre in…15 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillHang on!14 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillThis law is a scoundrel’s charter. I was taught as a child that it was the quintessence of Britishness and the quintessence of honour that my word was my bond—that what I had…14 Sept 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillI am sorry, but I have been asking for money to make good the problems that we have had with flooding in the Rhondda all this year; I have not had a single penny out of the…14 Sept 2020