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HANSARDTransport Funding: Wales and HS2The hon. Gentleman is being generous in giving way. Does he agree that one has to differentiate, as I do not think the hon. Member for Montgomeryshire (Craig Williams) did,…26 Oct 2021HANSARDTransport Funding: Wales and HS2Does the hon. Gentleman accept that the Welsh Government are not abandoning all investment in roads? They are doing a roads review, looking at how they can balance transport…26 Oct 2021HANSARDTransport Funding: Wales and HS2My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. He may already know that between Cardiff and Swansea, where the electrification stops, the air quality deteriorates because of the…26 Oct 2021HANSARDTransport Funding: Wales and HS2The Minister will know that, having left the European Union, Wales will no longer benefit from convergence funding of the order of billions of pounds and that the UK shared…26 Oct 2021HANSARDTransport Funding: Wales and HS2This has been a very good debate. The Minister hit the nail on the head when he spoke of the structural difference in responsibility between Scotland and Wales. The Scottish…26 Oct 2021HANSARDEmployment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillWill the Minister give way?22 Oct 2021HANSARDEmployment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillThe problem is that the hon. Gentleman is conflating the extraordinary situation of the pandemic, when the Government, to their credit, intervened with furlough, loans and other…22 Oct 2021HANSARD Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillMy hon. Friend may know that in Germany workers are much better protected from being fired and that productivity in Germany grew between 2015 to 2020 at twice the level it has in…22 Oct 2021HANSARDEmployment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillThe hon. Member is making some very interesting points. Given that she agrees with the spirit of the Bill, does she agree that fire and rehire should be a last resort? She is…22 Oct 2021HANSARD Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillDoes my hon. Friend agree with the Productivity Institute report of March 2021 that “The widespread, one-sided flexibility of the UK labour market has locked in a low productivity…22 Oct 2021HANSARDEmployment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement) BillThe hon. Gentleman professes to speak for business. My background is in business. I mentioned earlier that the productivity rate in Germany had been twice that of here because…22 Oct 2021HANSARDAUKUS: Impact on Anglo-Chinese RelationsMr Hendry, could you begin to wind up your remarks?20 Oct 2021HANSARDAUKUS: Impact on Anglo-Chinese RelationsOrder. Please can we bring it back to AUKUS? Also, we will have to begin to time-limit the few people we have to speak.20 Oct 2021HANSARDAUKUS: Impact on Anglo-Chinese RelationsFinally.20 Oct 2021HANSARDAUKUS: Impact on Anglo-Chinese RelationsI think we have three Members who wish to speak, who by my reckoning each have about eight or nine minutes each to speak, before 10.28 am.20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment Billrose —20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillI rise briefly to support Lords amendment 3, which would put legally binding World Health Organisation limits of 10 micrograms per cubic metre into law now. The arguments that…20 Oct 2021HANSARD Artificial IntelligenceBefore we begin, I encourage Members to wear masks when they are not speaking, in line with current Government guidance and that of the House of Commons Commission. Please give…20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillWill the Minister give way?20 Oct 2021HANSARDEnvironment BillGiven that the World Health Organisation had a target of 10 micrograms per cubic metre, which we are asking for in this amendment, and it is now 5 micrograms, does that not show…20 Oct 2021