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HANSARDOverseas Chinese Police Stations in UK: Legal StatusI also welcome the Minister and his statement. I have a good working relationship with the Chinese community in Swansea, who enjoy the peace and harmony afforded to them by the…01 Nov 2022HANSARD UkraineAt the Council of Europe, of which I am a member, President Zelensky suggested that Ukraine had only about 10% of the air defences that it needed to respond to the current…31 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Food Strategy and Food SecurityIn 2010, when the Labour Government left office, there were 26,000 people getting food from food banks. By 2021, that had increased a hundredfold to 2.6 million, and that was…27 Oct 2022HANSARD Business of the HouseI know that the Leader of the House is a great supporter of green growth. She may know of the innovative work at Swansea University to create hydrogen from off-peak renewables and…27 Oct 2022HANSARDNational Food Strategy and Food SecurityI sit on that Committee and we observed that the average size of a sheep farm in Australia is 100 times the size of one in Wales, and they practise mulesing—shearing the back-…27 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsWill the Secretary of State meet me and Swansea University to talk about using off-peak renewables to convert plastics into hydrogen and blending that in the gas grid, as his…25 Oct 2022HANSARDFreeportsI have just returned from the World Trade Organisation in Geneva as a rapporteur for the Council of Europe. There is some concern there about how freeports might undermine…19 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Responsibility and a Plan for GrowthThe mini Budget has obviously been a complete disaster and catastrophe, and that is what the motion is about. There was the unfunded tax cuts for the rich—whether the 45p rate,…19 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Responsibility and a Plan for GrowthWill the Minister give way?19 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Responsibility and a Plan for GrowthWill the Minister give way?19 Oct 2022HANSARD Ban on Fracking for Shale Gas BillThe hon. Gentleman is kind to give way; others would not. He may know that satellite data on fugitive emissions of methane in the United States shows that 5% of methane from…19 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic Responsibility and a Plan for GrowthOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Is it in order for a Member to say that he is against fracking but will vote in the opposite direction?19 Oct 2022HANSARD Ban on Fracking for Shale Gas BillWill the Secretary of State give way on that point?19 Oct 2022HANSARD Ban on Fracking for Shale Gas BillWe are here because the previous Chancellor lifted the moratorium on fracking, and his previous boss, Crispin Odey of the hedge fund Odey Asset Management, has put millions of…19 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateBefore the Chancellor goes on a spending cut spree of public services, will he look at the analysis in today’s Financial Times that says that every £1 invested in the NHS…17 Oct 2022HANSARDReplacement of the Chancellor of the ExchequerAs the new Chancellor has reversed all the economic promises made by the Prime Minister in her election campaign to become Prime Minister and as that very Chancellor had the…17 Oct 2022HANSARDTributes to Her Late Majesty the QueenThere is nothing more important to a child than their mother. She provides comfort, security and stability amid the worries of the world. She is the person assumed by all of us to…10 Sept 2022HANSARD UK Energy CostsWhen people talk about famines, they think of food shortages, but in fact famines are a combination of higher prices and lower wages. We are approaching famine conditions in…08 Sept 2022HANSARDCost of Living IncreasesNorthern Ireland is poorer, it is less well, it is more dependent on public sector pay and it is going to be hit much harder by the cost of living crisis, so why do the UK…07 Sept 2022HANSARDCost of Living Increases14. What steps the Government are taking to help tackle increases in the cost of living in Northern Ireland.07 Sept 2022