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HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I want to raise one particular point. Is the Minister aware of the Welsh Government’s recently published race equality action plan, which states its commitment to developing a…15 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Tenth sitting)I will explain again. As Dr Robert Jones of the University of South Wales points out, the Welsh Government have responsibilities that seem to overlap with provisions in the Bill;…08 Jun 2021HANSARD 0.7% Official Development Assistance TargetI am grateful to the right hon. Member for Sutton Coldfield (Mr Mitchell) for securing the debate. I admire the authentic passion that he brings to this subject. I oppose these…08 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Tenth sitting)I will not pursue this matter further, but is it not clear that the Welsh Government have responsibilities on an environmental basis for noise reduction?08 Jun 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Tenth sitting)It appears that some of the Bill’s provisions intersect with the Welsh Government’s responsibilities. For example, the responsibility for public order is reserved to the UK…08 Jun 2021HANSARD Agricultural Exports from Australia: TariffsIn an answer to me last Wednesday, the Prime Minister lectured Welsh farmers that they should be selling their beef and lamb to China and the United States. He seemed unaware of…27 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Sixth sitting)My concern is about clause 17(4), and indeed clauses 18(3) and 19(7), which all say that the Secretary of State must “consult” Welsh Ministers, rather than “seek the consent of”.…25 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fifth sitting)I referred earlier to my experience as a young approved social worker under the Mental Health Act of getting an innocuous call, while I was on duty on a Saturday morning, that…25 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Fifth sitting)I can confirm the efficacy of having support immediately after a traumatic event. In my own experience as a social worker when I was a young man, I discovered someone who had…25 May 2021HANSARD Britain’s RailwaysWelsh rail services too often do not work at all or work very poorly indeed. That is unsurprising given that, as Professor Mark Barry of Cardiff University says in a Welsh…20 May 2021HANSARDIsrael and Gaza: CeasefireI associate myself and my party with the Minister’s opening words about the wholly unacceptable deaths and casualties, particularly of children. Self-evidently, the first step to…19 May 2021HANSARDEngagementsIn 2019, before visiting Wales, the Prime Minister said: “I will always back Britain’s great farmers”. Now it looks as if he is backing Australia’s farmers instead, so will he…19 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Second sitting)Q May I ask one other question briefly? Can you comment on the dangers of sentence inflation from the Bill, particularly when sentences across the board, as well as rates of…18 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (Second sitting)Q I have two questions. The first is on problem-solving courts. Are there potential structural problems where the courts fall under this place, under Westminster, whereas key…18 May 2021HANSARDPolice, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you, Mr McCabe. I just have one question. The responsibility for key agencies locally in Wales is a matter for the Welsh Senedd—social services, housing, the environment,…18 May 2021HANSARDEngagementsThe PM just raised the matter of the Welsh general election. In March last year, this United Kingdom Conservative Government intercepted a deal between Wales and the Roche…28 Apr 2021HANSARDMinisterial CodeAt Prime Minister’s questions two weeks ago, the Prime Minister agreed with me that politicians “must not lie”. That is vital to the credibility of the ministerial code, but a…26 Apr 2021HANSARDEngagementsIn 2007, my friend Adam Price, then the Member for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, proposed the Elected Representatives (Prohibition of Deception) Bill. At this distance in time, it…14 Apr 2021HANSARDNorthern IrelandThe wholly unacceptable disorder was in part driven by the non-tariff barriers on exports from Great Britain to Northern Ireland. I understand the Government are planning the full…13 Apr 2021HANSARD Research and Development FundingIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship for the first time, Mr Dowd. I thank the hon. Member for Cambridge (Daniel Zeichner) for his interesting and comprehensive…17 Mar 2021