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HANSARDCovid-19: Future UK-EU RelationshipIn these extraordinary circumstances, I will agree with the hon. Gentleman. I am deeply disappointed that where Labour is in power, and when it has made a clear statement to an…15 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Future UK-EU RelationshipI am grateful to my right hon. Friend the Member for Ross, Skye and Lochaber (Ian Blackford) for securing this debate, and it is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Dewsbury…15 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Future UK-EU RelationshipThese cultural events are critical for us in Wales, but this year’s National Eisteddfod has of course been cancelled. The Urdd is also one of the organisations that encourages our…15 Jul 2020HANSARD Coronavirus UpdateThe Academy of Medical Sciences is very clear: prepare now for a winter covid-19 peak. We must grasp this chance to learn from past mistakes such as PPE shortages and a Welsh…14 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Tourism IndustryThere is mini-Budget talk of a VAT cut for hospitality, and it is fantastic if this is true, because Plaid Cymru has been pushing for it since 2008. Would the Secretary of State…08 Jul 2020HANSARDEngagementsI am totally on board with the Prime Minister’s rhetoric that for too long money has piled into the south-east corner of this island. Investment is needed now to bolster and boost…08 Jul 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Tourism IndustryThe Secretary of State has very kindly answered my question with a question. I will take it, because he has not said no, that he is interested in Wales-specific VAT reductions,…08 Jul 2020HANSARD Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Departmental SpendingDiolch yn fawr, Madam Ddirprwy Lefarydd. It is undeniable that the covid-19 pandemic has slammed the brakes on economic activity across the board, but few sectors have taken so…07 Jul 2020HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillI am sure the hon. Lady agrees that we just do not know what the picture is. If we were to do away temporarily with the “no recourse to public funds” condition, that would bring…06 Jul 2020HANSARD Domestic Abuse BillIt is truly an honour to follow the hon. Member for Wyre Forest (Mark Garnier), given the work that he has done to prevent the rough sex defence, alongside the right hon. and…06 Jul 2020HANSARD Lammy ReviewBlack people from Wales are five times over-represented in prisons and BAME women face the extra disadvantage of having no women’s centres to support rehabilitation. That is just…30 Jun 2020HANSARD Immigration and Social Security Co-ordination (EU Withdrawal) BillDiolch yn fawr iawn, Mr Dirprwy Lefarydd. I rise to speak to new clause 11 in the name of my hon. Friend the Member for Arfon (Hywel Williams), and to support the amendments in…30 Jun 2020HANSARDEngagementsDiolch yn fawr, Mr Llefarydd. Covid-19 has now broken out in three Welsh food factories. There are 200 cases in Llangefni in Ynys Môn, 70 in Wrexham and 34 in Merthyr Tydfil. A…24 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19 UpdatePeople crave confidence and competence. With England’s so-called world-beating app scrapped before it was even launched, contact tracers unable to reach a third of positive cases…23 Jun 2020HANSARDCovid-19: BAME CommunitiesDiolch yn fawr, Dirprwy Lefarydd. I thank the hon. Member for Brent Central (Dawn Butler) for her trenchant speech in opening this debate. Members have risen to speak in the House…18 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Eleventh sitting)Does the hon. Lady agree that it is a matter of how we look at our fellow human beings and what we prioritise? Do we see them as immigrants, foreigners, people who do not warrant…17 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Ninth sitting)I wonder by which instrument the hon. Member for Edinburgh West and I might seek to ask the Government whether they will be implementing any recommendations from the Law…16 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Tenth sitting)I thank the Minister for her detailed response. This is a probing amendment, which I am happy to withdraw. The only thing that I want to say comes from the London Assembly, and…16 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Tenth sitting)The new clause calls for the creation of a domestic abuse register to ensure that greater and more consistent protection is provided for potential victims of domestic abuse from…16 Jun 2020HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill (Tenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.16 Jun 2020