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HANSARDPolice Grant ReportThe hon. Lady is doing an excellent job of highlighting some of the creative accounting used by the Home Office when it comes to funding the police, but is there not also an…08 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up Fund Projects: Impact of InflationThank you for getting me in, Mr Speaker. As the Minister said, there have been significant inflationary costs since many of these projects were announced. The feedback I am…07 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up Fund Projects: Impact of Inflation18. What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities on the impact of inflation on projects to be delivered under the…07 Feb 2023HANSARDNHS StrikesHalf of the successful revised offer by the Welsh Government is in the format of a one-off payment. Will the British Government confirm that that element of the pay settlement…06 Feb 2023HANSARD Prepayment Meters: Ofgem DecisionAnalysis by Citizens Advice Cymru indicates that around a third of prepayment users in Wales have been disconnected at some stage during the past year. Furthermore, there has been…06 Feb 2023HANSARDUK Infrastructure Bank Bill [Lords]I was going to make my points through interventions, but as so few Members want to speak, I thought I would take the opportunity to make a speech. I will speak very briefly to new…01 Feb 2023HANSARDIMF Economic OutlookI suspect there is not much hope of significantly boosting overall productivity unless we deal with the huge geographical wealth imbalances across the UK. What consideration has…31 Jan 2023HANSARD Energy Bills: Self-disconnectionThe Minister mentioned in his initial reply the energy price guarantee, which has, of course, been extended until March 2024 for gas customers. There has been no further…25 Jan 2023HANSARD Spiking Incidents: PreventionI am extremely grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his work on this very important issue. Following the announcement that he had secured this debate, I received a message this…11 Jan 2023HANSARDLifeboat Services: Search and RescueI thank the hon. Gentleman for his work in setting up the charity. I wish to inform him that my own independent lifeboat association in Ferryside will be joining the organisation…10 Jan 2023HANSARDStamp Duty Land Tax (Reduction) BillI agree fully about areas of high housing pressure where people in local communities cannot buy their own home. May I commend to the hon. Gentleman what we have done in Wales? The…10 Jan 2023HANSARDNHS Winter PressuresOver recent years, I have received sporadic correspondence from consultants based in my constituency complaining about the tax liabilities that they face as a result of their…09 Jan 2023HANSARDChannel 4Happy new year, Mr Speaker. Last year, evidence to an inquiry in the other place indicated that Channel 4 has commissioned about £84 million-worth of work in Wales over the last…09 Jan 2023HANSARDFinancial Services and Markets BillI want to pledge my support for new clauses 2 and 3. In my constituency we have lost 13 to 15 banks since 2015, and we are more or less wholly reliant now on the Post Office to…07 Dec 2022HANSARDRussia: UK CompaniesI fully support the right hon. Member for Barking (Dame Margaret Hodge) in her efforts. Would not one way to dissuade UK companies from investing in Russian oil assets and to…07 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS WorkforceIs there not a need for urgent thinking about the impact of inflationary pressures on all the UK’s health systems in the UK? According to a report published yesterday by the Wales…06 Dec 2022HANSARDFinance BillWill the Minister give way?28 Nov 2022HANSARDFinance BillI am grateful to the Minister. I welcome the announcement in the Bill that reduces the additional rate level to £125,000. The calculations I have seen show that somebody earning…28 Nov 2022HANSARDFinance BillI agree with many of the hon. Gentleman’s points. Much of the narrative around the autumn statement and the Budget is about restoring market credibility after the implosion of the…28 Nov 2022HANSARDEnergy (oil and gas) profits levyWhat worries me about the Budget is the lack of focus on how the economy will grow in subsequent years. If we have an austerity Budget, public investment is falling; exports are…22 Nov 2022