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HANSARD Financial Services BillI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for setting the scene. Many of us are concerned that the Basel III regulations did not go far enough—that is, they did not really solve…09 Nov 2020HANSARD Small Breweries ReliefI am grateful to my right hon. Friend for securing this debate and bringing this issue to the House. She mentioned the tax relief that helped small brewers to compete against the…09 Nov 2020HANSARD Financial Services BillConsidering the amount of work that needs to be done on this issue before the end of the transition period, is not the reality that the best we can hope for, for the financial…09 Nov 2020HANSARD Small Breweries ReliefIn terms of the next steps forward, which Finance Bill does the Minister foresee the Treasury bringing the new proposals forward in—next year’s or the one in 2022?09 Nov 2020HANSARDFuture of Financial ServicesIn answer to the hon. and learned Member for Edinburgh South West (Joanna Cherry) earlier, why did the Chancellor rule out allowing the devolved Governments to issue their own…09 Nov 2020HANSARD Financial Services BillIs there any chance, therefore, that, as part of this process, some of the commitments the UK has signed up to, such as those under Basel III, will be watered down?09 Nov 2020HANSARD Agriculture BillCan I take the Minister back to amendment (a), because she moved on before I got to make my point? Subsection (5) of the proposed new clause provides that any report would have to…04 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19We are undoubtedly in a serious situation, and I am sure that the Secretary of State agrees that we need to take political gamesmanship out of the debate. Considering the measures…02 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19May I add to the point that the hon. Gentleman is making? He will be aware that the Welsh Government have given care workers a £500 bonus, but I have constituents whose families…02 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman. I invite him to agree that the Treasury needs to up its game on its co-ordination with the devolved Administrations, because when Wales,…02 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19Will the hon. Gentleman give way?02 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19Returning to ICUs, the Secretary of State knows that nurses working in that environment are highly specialised; it takes a high degree of extra training. How confident is he,…02 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateThe Welsh Government have today announced a stringent two-week firebreak to try to bring the R number down. Central to the strategy, of course, must be sufficient economic support…19 Oct 2020HANSARD Fisheries Bill [Lords]I strongly support amendment 3, but I am sure the hon. Lady will understand why, as a Welsh MP, I cannot vote for an England-only amendment, although I understand why it is…13 Oct 2020HANSARD RNLI and Independent Lifeboats: Covid-19Diolch yn fawr iawn, Mr Hosie. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, and I congratulate the hon. Member for Totnes (Anthony Mangnall) on securing this debate and on…13 Oct 2020HANSARD Fisheries Bill [Lords]Is it not the reality that many of the issues that the Minister is talking about now will ultimately be decided during the trade negotiations with the European Union?13 Oct 2020HANSARDWales and Welsh BusinessesDiolch yn fawr, Mr Speaker. For some bizarre reason, the Conservative party in Wales is pledging to scrap the Welsh Government’s Department for International Relations and…13 Oct 2020HANSARDWales and Welsh BusinessesWhat steps he is taking to promote (a) Wales and (b) Welsh businesses internationally.13 Oct 2020HANSARD Agriculture BillI am extremely grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way, because this is an important point. Increased accountability would actually strengthen the hand of UK negotiators. I…12 Oct 2020HANSARD Agriculture BillJust to refer back to the letter that the Minister sent last week, the Government’s response to the Lords amendments is that they would create a vast set of conditions that do not…12 Oct 2020