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HANSARDEngagementsQ15. The Prime Minister will be remembered as a man of his word: “Pile ’em high”—200,000 dead, the most in Europe; “F- business”— [Interruption.] This is the truth; they don’t…20 Jul 2022HANSARDEngagementsThere are 3.7 million people who face 7% interest rates from September, as well as the inflation on heating and eating and rent, when mortgages are at 2%. Will the Prime Minister…20 Jul 2022HANSARDCost of Living Crisis: WalesI am not talking about raising taxes; I am talking about taking back the money that has been stolen from the travelling public by oil companies. They did nothing to earn that…19 Jul 2022HANSARDCost of Living Crisis: WalesIt is permissible on a Wales-only basis, and that is what Swansea University suggests we do. Obviously, we would have to work in co-operation with the UK Government to do that,…19 Jul 2022HANSARDCost of Living Crisis: WalesI know that, yes. It is not the Welsh Government’s decision: we do not have the money to do that, and it is not devolved. The Exchequer runs UK plc; we all know that. We do not…19 Jul 2022HANSARDCost of Living Crisis: WalesI am talking about Wales.19 Jul 2022HANSARDCost of Living Crisis: WalesThe Minister’s basic proposition is that this cost of living crisis is some sort of global issue. Will he accept that the issue is about the level of underlying resilience before…19 Jul 2022HANSARDCost of Living Crisis: WalesIt is a great pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Cynon Valley (Beth Winter), who emphasised the depth of inequality, despair and impoverishment in her constituency…19 Jul 2022HANSARDCost of Living Crisis: WalesWill the Minister give way?19 Jul 2022HANSARDUkrainian Resistance to Russian AggressionWill the Secretary of State today give an undertaking that the level of defence support to Ukraine in the next six months, both in value and in volume, will be as much as it was…18 Jul 2022HANSARDConfidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentWill the hon. Gentleman give way?18 Jul 2022HANSARDConfidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentOn a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. Is it in order for the hon. Member to accuse Opposition Members who have no connection to the council that he is talking about? He is…18 Jul 2022HANSARDConfidence in Her Majesty’s GovernmentI have no confidence in this Government. I know that a few people say, “Oh, the zombie Prime Minister made a few errors because he didn’t know he was at the party, he didn’t know…18 Jul 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT5. On average, two children in every class have a developmental language disorder, which means that they have a two-to-three year language delay. As chair of the all-party group…14 Jul 2022HANSARDPublic Services: Civil ServantsAs a result of the Minister’s botched Brexit deal, more and more civil servants have been doing border checks for goods, doing trade deals that the EU would have done better and…14 Jul 2022HANSARDPublic Services: Civil Servants1. Whether the Government plan to make reductions to public services to meet their objective of reducing the number of civil servants by 91,000.14 Jul 2022HANSARDCommunity-owned Energy Projects13. What recent steps his Department has taken to help support the growth of community-owned energy projects.12 Jul 2022HANSARDCommunity-owned Energy ProjectsThe Minister knows that community-owned local energy projects will be critical to delivering net zero and national security, and are often best delivered by co-operatives.…12 Jul 2022HANSARDEnergy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy BillThe hon. Member may know that over the last few decades, the five biggest oil companies have made $2 trillion of profit, and the profit that they have been making is over the…11 Jul 2022HANSARDEnergy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy BillI very much support what the hon. Lady is saying. Is she aware that in Germany for three months in succession people are being offered a €9 a month pass that can be used on all…11 Jul 2022