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HANSARD Election Law ReformThe hon. Gentleman is making an important and helpful speech. Was the issue of whether the money was national spend or local spend within a political party relevant to the finding…11 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Intellectual Property (Copyright and Related Rights) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018It is a pleasure to be here, Sir Edward. I want to make a couple of brief points to add my concern about the general tenor of these proceedings. First, the only reason we are…11 Feb 2019HANSARD Election Law ReformI have great sympathy for the ordeal, as he described it, that the hon. Gentleman has gone through. We all have experience of elections and agents. The central point that he has…11 Feb 2019HANSARDLegal Aid: Post-Implementation ReviewThere is a paucity of legal advice in family law, which is complex, difficult and emotional. Is there any comfort in the Lord Chancellor’s proposals that will address the…07 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: Mobile Roaming ChargesHave the Government not already had an opportunity to put their deal to the Commons and failed dismally to get the support of even their own Back Benchers? Why do not the…07 Feb 2019HANSARDNissan in SunderlandIn response to the 2008 world economic crisis, the Labour Government tasked the Automotive Council, which they had established, with putting together emergency measures to sustain…04 Feb 2019HANSARD Sport in the UKDoes my hon. Friend agree that it is a national tragedy that we will have an Ashes series this year—14 years after the magnificent 2005 victory—that will not be on free-to-air…04 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EU: No Deal15. Some £16 billion to £20 billion of private sector investment has been taken out of north Wales because of the suspension of the nuclear project. Will the Chancellor meet me…29 Jan 2019HANSARD Balanced Budget RuleAnd he didn’t do that either.23 Jan 2019HANSARD Balanced Budget RuleWill the Minister give way again?23 Jan 2019HANSARD Balanced Budget RuleWill the Minister confirm that he agrees that there was a macroeconomic shock in 2008?23 Jan 2019HANSARDCourts IT SystemThe Minister says that she wants the user at the heart of the system. Under this Government, Wrexham in north-east Wales is run by an administrator in Llanelli in south-west…23 Jan 2019HANSARD Town of Culture AwardI commend my right hon. Friend for securing the debate. Does he agree that the attendance indicates the real sense of frustration among non-city Members of Parliament that there…23 Jan 2019HANSARD Furniture ManufacturersTo return to Brexit momentarily, I visited the Silverlining furniture company in Wrexham—a very high-quality business that exports high-spec furniture abroad—and one point it made…23 Jan 2019HANSARD Balanced Budget RuleDid not the then shadow Chancellor, George Osborne—who is in Davos today, finding out how poor people live—actually tell us at the time that we were not investing or spending…23 Jan 2019HANSARD Grassroots Football Funding: Wembley StadiumI am grateful; my hon. Friend is very prescient and ahead of the game. One of the issues that has come up again and again is the difficulty posed by the multiplicity of agencies…22 Jan 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseCan we have an urgent statement on the north Wales growth deal that was announced in the autumn Budget? This morning’s announcement by Hitachi concerning Wylfa power station takes…17 Jan 2019HANSARD Nuclear UpdateCan the Secretary of State confirm what the Prime Minister said to the Prime Minister of Japan when she raised the issue of Wylfa with him last week?17 Jan 2019HANSARDEngagementsQ15. Wylfa nuclear power station is a £20 billion UK-Japan trade deal that is of vital importance to north Wales, to north-west England and to UK energy policy as a whole. Did the…16 Jan 2019HANSARDDraft Nuclear Safeguards (EU Exit) Regulations 2018Hear, hear.15 Jan 2019