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HANSARDDefence Procurement7. What steps her Department is taking to encourage competition in defence procurement.20 May 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsT3. The transition from employment to retirement is a critical time for the health and wellbeing of a worker—I should know because I tried it myself in 2015. If not handled…20 May 2019HANSARDPension CreditSome 120,000 pensioners in Wales live in poverty. Today the Government have worsened their financial position with changes to pension credit for mixed-age couples, which will…15 May 2019HANSARDVoter Registration6. What recent assessment the commission has made of trends in the level of voter registration.09 May 2019HANSARDVoter RegistrationBefore every election, the Electoral Commission runs an advertising campaign to get people registered, and it judges the effectiveness by the number of downloads of registration…09 May 2019HANSARD Wales: Regional Development FundingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Graham. I, too, extend my gratitude to my hon. Friend the Member for Aberavon (Stephen Kinnock) for having secured the…07 May 2019HANSARD Wales: Regional Development FundingI agree entirely. I am not sure what the Government are hiding, or why they cannot be open and transparent with the people of Wales.07 May 2019HANSARD Wales: Regional Development FundingAs ever, my hon. Friend speaks immense sense. We are concerned not just with the level of funding, but with the issues of democracy and respect for devolution in this, the 20th…07 May 2019HANSARDChildren’s Funeral FundCould not the complexity be simplified if we just asked what they did in Scotland and Wales and replicated it? If it can be done speedily in Scotland and Wales, and in local…01 May 2019HANSARD Voter ID PilotsI have pursued the issue of electoral registration for 18 years in this place. The hundreds of questions that I have tabled show that there is no issue with voter fraud. These are…10 Apr 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) (No. 5) BillMy hon. Friend has pointed out that the Conservatives lost seats in the 2017 general election. Will he also give credit to the Labour party for taking seats, including my own,…08 Apr 2019HANSARDUK Shared Prosperity FundI welcome the hon. Member for North Swindon (Justin Tomlinson) to his new ministerial position. May I too wish our Labour candidate Ruth Jones well in the Newport West by-election…03 Apr 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseIf the hon. Gentleman were to conclude his speech, and if others were to resist having a debate at this point, we could get to the meat of the issue.01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)Marx! [ Laughter. ]01 Apr 2019HANSARD EU: Withdrawal and Future Relationship (Motions)As politicians, we practise the art of politics, and the art of politics is the art of compromise. I have sat here for four and a half hours, and during that time, “compromise” is…01 Apr 2019HANSARDUniversal Credit15. In 2015-16 in Wales, 22,000 households were eligible for homelessness assistance. In 2017, universal credit was introduced. By the time the roll-out finished in 2018, the…18 Mar 2019HANSARD Child Trust FundsMay I put to the Minister the same question that I put to my hon. Friend the Member for Bishop Auckland (Helen Goodman)? The Share Foundation was able to give her statistics on…13 Mar 2019HANSARD Child Trust FundsI agree with my hon. Friend the Member for Bishop Auckland that the system is not working. As a way out, would the Minister consider meeting people who have sufficient knowledge—I…13 Mar 2019HANSARD Child Trust FundsI congratulate my hon. Friend on securing the debate. Does she share my concern that, when I have tabled written parliamentary questions asking for the number of lost accounts by…13 Mar 2019HANSARD Child Trust FundsI thank my hon. Friend for being so generous. Why does she think that she can get that information from the Share Foundation, but I am unable to get the information from the…13 Mar 2019