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HANSARDProposed Visitor LevyMusic tourism is a huge part of the Welsh visitor economy, and I was very sad to hear about Mike Peters’ death. Mike and The Alarm were the sounds of my teenage years when I was…30 Apr 2025HANSARDBrexit: Economic ImpactWe are negotiating a new partnership with the EU and believe that securing a broad-based security partnership, bringing closer co-operation on law and order and tackling barriers…30 Apr 2025HANSARDBrexit: Economic ImpactWelsh businesses both large and small tell us time and again that they are being held back by red tape. We need to tackle the barriers to trade in order to help drive investment,…30 Apr 2025HANSARDBrexit: Economic ImpactMy hon. Friend is absolutely right about the potential for growth. This Government’s commitment to increase defence spending means that our strong defence manufacturing base in…30 Apr 2025HANSARDBrexit: Economic ImpactI am delighted to support the Welsh food and farming industry, and I absolutely concur with the right hon. Lady’s comments.30 Apr 2025HANSARDBrexit: Economic ImpactAs the right hon. Lady might know, none of those reforms has actually gone into effect yet, so nobody has been affected by them. We inherited a Tory welfare system that is the…30 Apr 2025HANSARDStrengthening the UnionIn Wales, the partnership between our two Labour Governments is delivering on the people’s priorities. NHS waiting lists have fallen for three consecutive months. We are creating…30 Apr 2025HANSARDStrengthening the UnionMany congratulations to Wrexham. I am delighted to see them promoted, and very sad to see Cardiff relegated. My hon. Friend is right: the Government understand that work is…30 Apr 2025HANSARDStrengthening the UnionI could not agree more with my hon. Friend. Driving down NHS waiting lists is a shared priority for both the UK and the Welsh Labour Governments. As she says, waiting list have…30 Apr 2025HANSARDStrengthening the UnionI thank the hon. and learned Member for his question. As I said in reply to an earlier question, we want to make sure that trading is made easier and that we remove the red tape…30 Apr 2025HANSARDStrengthening the UnionI thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. I definitely believe that the UK is stronger with the four nations working together.30 Apr 2025HANSARDStrengthening the UnionTata made the decision to close the blast furnaces in January 2024, six months before the general election. It closed the coke ovens in March 2024, when an agreement on the grant…30 Apr 2025HANSARDProposed Visitor LevyIn 2024, British residents took over 7.5 million overnight trips in Wales, and during these trips they spent a total of £2.24 billion. Wales’s tourism sector is thriving, as was…30 Apr 2025HANSARDProposed Visitor LevyWales is the second-best recycling nation in the whole world.30 Apr 2025HANSARDEmployer National Insurance Contributions: Impact on EmploymentI am sure the whole House will wish to join me in sending our deepest sympathy to the family, friends and neighbours of Joanne Penney, who was callously murdered in Talbot Green…12 Mar 2025HANSARDEmployer National Insurance Contributions: Impact on EmploymentIf the Conservative party cares so much about employment and business in Wales, perhaps the hon. Lady should explain why her colleagues in the Senedd voted last week to block…12 Mar 2025HANSARDEmployer National Insurance Contributions: Impact on EmploymentI am not sure where the hon. Member has got the idea about outsourcing jobs. It was her party that told our universities across the country to go out and recruit international…12 Mar 2025HANSARDEmployer National Insurance Contributions: Impact on EmploymentThe criterion for the announcement last week is publicly available; I suggest the hon. Gentleman has a look at it.12 Mar 2025HANSARDEmployer National Insurance Contributions: Impact on EmploymentPlaid Cymru’s manifesto for the general election had £5 billion of unfunded commitments. If the right hon. Lady’s party were in power, we would be facing the same legacy that we…12 Mar 2025HANSARDEmployer National Insurance Contributions: Impact on EmploymentWe inherited a Tory welfare system that is the worst of all worlds: it has the wrong incentives; it discourages people from working; the people who really need a safety net are…12 Mar 2025