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HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy (Repeal) BillThe Chief Secretary is being generous with his time. I should say that the table on page 27 shows a target, rather than anything that will stand closer examination. However, in…11 Oct 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy (Repeal) BillI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising the Government’s assault with such frivolity. Does he know how one joins this anti-growth coalition? When does it meet? Does it…11 Oct 2022HANSARD Health and Social Care Levy (Repeal) BillGrowth in Wales has for a long time—for many decades before and after devolution—been based partly on the idea of attracting high-worth individuals to invest in Wales. The mixed…11 Oct 2022HANSARD Shale Gas ExtractionIn Wales, we know the cost of dangerous fossil fuel extraction so that others can profit remotely. It is particularly acute today on the anniversary of the Gresford mining…22 Sept 2022HANSARDAvanti West CoastThe train service to Bangor in my constituency was never great, but now it is dire, with trains cancelled, trains late, trains packed, ticket prices sky-high and no reliable…07 Sept 2022HANSARD Employment Law: Devolution to Scotlandrose—06 Sept 2022HANSARD Employment Law: Devolution to ScotlandI will make two brief points. I find strange the argument that multinational companies are somehow unable to adapt their practices to the conditions required by individual…06 Sept 2022HANSARD Employment Law: Devolution to ScotlandI just want to add a pertinent comment. When further devolution was being considered for Wales, water was to be retained in London and sewerage was to be devolved.06 Sept 2022HANSARD Employment Law: Devolution to ScotlandIt is a pleasure to serve again under your chairmanship, Sir Edward. Apropos of the list the hon. Member for East Lothian (Kenny MacAskill) gave earlier on, in Wales, we have a…06 Sept 2022HANSARD Employment Agencies and Trade UnionsI am grateful to the Minister for giving way so early on. How does she justify overturning the Trade Union (Wales) Act 2017, which bans the use of agency workers in devolved…11 Jul 2022HANSARD Employment Agencies and Trade UnionsI pointed out to the Minister that the Government are determined to repeal the Trade Union (Wales) Act. She said she would refer to her position on that later in her speech but,…11 Jul 2022HANSARDStandards in Public LifeLast week, my right hon. Friend the Member for Dwyfor Meirionnydd (Liz Saville Roberts) tabled a Bill that would make it an offence for politicians to wilfully mislead the public.…05 Jul 2022HANSARDSupport for the Welsh Economy and Funding for the Devolved InstitutionsApart from the debates that the right hon. Gentleman has mentioned, there is also the work of the Welsh Affairs Committee, of which I was a member for many years. I understand…05 Jul 2022HANSARDSupport for the Welsh Economy and Funding for the Devolved InstitutionsI would be delighted to agree with the hon. Gentleman that Wales should hitch itself to the UK effort, if that UK effort was any good at all for Wales. My impression, after many…05 Jul 2022HANSARDSupport for the Welsh Economy and Funding for the Devolved InstitutionsDoes the hon. Gentleman agree that the drawing up of the NUTS—nomenclature of territorial units for statistics—maps that identified west Wales and the valleys as targets of…05 Jul 2022HANSARD Delivery of Public ServicesOn ports, another aspect of the problem is the decline in business through ports in Wales and western UK ports involved in trade with Ireland. In fact, trade through Holyhead is…28 Jun 2022HANSARD Delivery of Public ServicesI notice that the right hon. Gentleman did not include Brexit in his little list. Last week, the Resolution Foundation said that by 2030, Brexit will cost the average worker more…28 Jun 2022HANSARD Delivery of Public ServicesWill the right hon. Gentleman give way?28 Jun 2022HANSARD Social Security (Additional Payments) BillOne group of people who receive universal credit and are in some difficulty are those who lose some of their universal credit because they received a universal credit advance for…22 Jun 2022HANSARDMigration and Economic Development Partnership with RwandaGovernment Ministers, from the Prime Minister down, consistently signal their hostility to the European convention on human rights—this episode is a case in point—but the…15 Jun 2022