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HANSARD Violence against Women and GirlsIt is a fact that sexual harassment and violence happen in the workplace, yet protections for workers are limited. The Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) 2023 is a…27 Nov 2024HANSARDIsrael-Gaza Conflict: Arrest WarrantsThe ICC has issued arrest warrants for crimes including direct attacks on civilians. Open-source information shows that, on average, Royal Air Force reconnaissance flights are…25 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsQ3. I know how much professional care work means to the Deputy Prime Minister. Cariad Care Homes in Porthmadog tells me that it will not be able to absorb the additional…20 Nov 2024HANSARD Rail PerformanceEarlier this year, Avanti West Coast services on the north Wales main line had on-the-day cancellations of more than 20%. Its timetable is yet to return to pre-covid standards,…11 Nov 2024HANSARDRural AffairsWill the right hon. Gentleman give way?11 Nov 2024HANSARDRural AffairsWill the right hon. Lady join me in asking the Secretary of State, who did not allow me to intervene, whether the confirmation that agricultural funding for Wales is to be…11 Nov 2024HANSARDHealthcare CollaborationThe British Medical Association in Wales says that GP funding has decreased as a percentage of the Welsh Government’s budget by over 2.6% since 2005. Treflan surgery in Pwllheli…06 Nov 2024HANSARDStrengthening the UnionThe Secretary of State talks about respecting the devolution settlement. Mark Drakeford wrote to the Chancellor before the Budget asking for a review of Wales’s Barnett formula…06 Nov 2024HANSARD Flight CancellationsThere are no public flights from north Wales to London, so we depend on trains. Travellers on Avanti West Coast’s north Wales service endure chronic overcrowding, reduced direct…05 Nov 2024HANSARDIncarcerated Pregnant Women and Mothers14. What steps her Department is taking to support incarcerated pregnant women and mothers.05 Nov 2024HANSARDIncarcerated Pregnant Women and MothersAll Welsh women in prison are held in England, and being far from home adds to the emotional torture of separation from children, but we cannot assess the extent of the separation…05 Nov 2024HANSARD IPP SentencesDiolch yn fawr iawn. I congratulate the hon. Member for Southgate and Wood Green (Bambos Charalambous) on securing this debate, and it is an honour to follow the speeches so far.…29 Oct 2024HANSARD IPP SentencesDid the hon. Gentleman hear Lord Blunkett on the media today saying that one of the alternative options should be secure therapeutic units?29 Oct 2024HANSARD Remembrance and VeteransI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for putting these names on the record, because it is essential that we have a memorial for these men who lost their lives so bravely.28 Oct 2024HANSARD Remembrance and VeteransIn the time that I have I would like to raise a couple of matters particularly relevant to Wales and also say what a delight it is to hear all the maiden speeches this evening.…28 Oct 2024HANSARDSentencing Review and Prison CapacityNeil Foden is in prison for the sexual abuse of four vulnerable schoolchildren. He was the headteacher and strategic headteacher at two secondary schools in Gwynedd. Foden was…22 Oct 2024HANSARDEngagementsPlaid Cymru, too, pays tribute to Alex Salmond and Sir David Amess. One in five people in Wales are on an NHS waiting list. The Secretary of State for Wales says that a new…16 Oct 2024HANSARD Renewable Energy Projects: Community BenefitsI congratulate the hon. Member on securing this debate. As he will know, we are talking about fairness to communities. One of the unfair issues in terms of communities and the…15 Oct 2024HANSARDPoints of OrderFurther to those points of order, Mr Speaker. It is difficult to overstate the influence that Alex Salmond has had on the national movements, not just in Scotland but in Wales. He…14 Oct 2024HANSARDCross-border Train ServicesDiolch yn fawr iawn, Llefarydd. I am sure the Secretary of State will join me in sending every sympathy to the friends and family of the late, great singer and comedian Dewi Pws.…11 Sept 2024