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HANSARDMedia Bill (Sixth sitting)Surely one of the reasons for what my hon. Friend describes is that IPSO exists as an alternative. As she says, less than 1% of complaints are ultimately upheld—the figure I have…12 Dec 2023HANSARDMedia Bill (Fourth sitting)It is a pleasure to speak under your chairmanship, Mr Vickers. I will speak to clause 32, and the other clauses about S4C. I welcome the clauses, as do many people in Wales. They…07 Dec 2023HANSARDMedia Bill (Third sitting)I will not repeat the points made by Members on both sides of the Committee, with which I agree. Briefly, I welcome the provision under proposed new section 362AA(7)(a) to the…07 Dec 2023HANSARDMedia Bill (Fourth sitting)I rise briefly to support the amendment in the name of my hon. Friend the Member for Aberdeen North, as well as the new clause, and to reassure her and the Committee. In her…07 Dec 2023HANSARDInflation and Public SpendingI add my condolences and those of my party to the Kinnock family on their sad loss. Wales’s public services, assailed by inflation and austerity, now face the further difficulty…06 Dec 2023HANSARDInflation and Public SpendingThe change in the salary threshold will affect real people with real families and real people receiving care. My constituent Daniel Griffith was due to marry his Brazilian partner…06 Dec 2023HANSARDUK-Rwanda PartnershipThe ECHR is fundamental to the operation of our Senedd in Wales. Has the Home Secretary taken full account of the danger that his proposals may deal a fatal blow to devolution as…06 Dec 2023HANSARDMedia Bill (Second sitting)I have a brief point to make about providing services across the border, as the hon. Lady referred to. That has been a problem in Wales, especially with Welsh language programmes…05 Dec 2023HANSARDMedia Bill (First sitting)The rule here is that if there is facility for growth, growth will occur. There is an Irish saying that I like very much: “Live, horse, and ye shall have hay.” If it is there, it…05 Dec 2023HANSARDMedia Bill (Second sitting)I welcome the change proposed in clause 20. Major sporting events are a crucial means of introducing people to S4C’s services and, indeed, the Welsh language. In fact, I noted…05 Dec 2023HANSARDMedia Bill (First sitting)I thank the hon. Member for that point, and I will refer to it if I am lucky enough to be called to talk on the relevant provision later. Welsh programmes are available on all…05 Dec 2023HANSARDMedia Bill (First sitting)I am delighted to be on this Committee. I support amendments 39 and 40 from my hon. Friend the Member for Aberdeen North. The one thing in clause 1 that I baulked at slightly was…05 Dec 2023HANSARDGaza: Humanitarian SituationThe United Nations Children’s Fund says that Gaza is the most dangerous place in the world to be a child. France has offered places in its hospitals to treat the most severely…04 Dec 2023HANSARD Prisons in WalesThe situation of women is particularly acute. Until 2018, I think, there was no provision whatsoever, so women from Wales are housed in Staffordshire, Gloucestershire and…29 Nov 2023HANSARDAutumn Statement ResolutionsThe autumn statement may have been intended as something of a pre-election sweetener, but for most people in Wales it has a bitter taste. The intended big news was, of course, the…27 Nov 2023HANSARDLevelling UpIt would help the House to come to a judgment on the funding simplification plan and the funding simplification doctrine if we understood the complexity of the current system of…20 Nov 2023HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationWould the money wasted on the Rwanda plan not have been more usefully spent on massively improving the application process to reduce illegal immigration and on establishing safe…15 Nov 2023HANSARDIsrael and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesThe UN says that telecommunications will begin to fail from Thursday as fuel runs out for the providing companies. Some lives have been saved when people have been telephoned to…14 Nov 2023HANSARDBreaking Down Barriers to OpportunityThis is a King’s Speech for the UK generally. Does the Secretary of State intend to say anything positive at all about Wales today?08 Nov 2023HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillI have heard the Secretary of State say several times that the Conservatives are in favour of devolution, so should they not be required to seek consent from the Governments of…25 Oct 2023