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HANSARD Aberystwyth to Carmarthen Railway ReopeningMy hon. Friend mentioned north-south links and talked about HS2. There is actually a north-south rail link on the west coast of Wales, but if someone wants to go by train from…20 Feb 2019HANSARD Aberystwyth to Carmarthen Railway ReopeningI thank my hon. Friend for mentioning the old line between Afon Wen and Bangor. We talk about advantages for south-west Wales, but moving ahead with that line would replicate…20 Feb 2019HANSARD Deprivation of Citizenship StatusI am sure that many of us recall the attack in Manchester, and I am sure I speak for everyone in saying that security in relation to such attacks is a priority. That goes without…20 Feb 2019HANSARD Small Modular ReactorsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Paisley. I congratulate the hon. Member for Copeland (Trudy Harrison) on securing the debate. Nuclear remains the most…20 Feb 2019HANSARDNorthern Ireland BackstopThe Solicitor General seeks to justify the problem that is Brexit by insisting that the backstop is the problem. I understand that he wants to sympathise with the manufacturing…19 Feb 2019HANSARDBusiness of the HouseWill the Leader of the House join me in welcoming the first cohort of parliamentarians to begin the Prison Service parliamentary scheme, who are Lord Attlee, the hon. Members for…14 Feb 2019HANSARDEngagementsThe UK’s democracy is defunct. Its economy and society are chronically unequal. Britain is breaking. Let us speak as others find us. This plain truth has not gone unnoticed. In…13 Feb 2019HANSARD Cairncross ReviewI rise as the chair of the cross-party group for the National Union of Journalists and also as a former local newspaper reporter for the Caernarfon and Denbigh Herald and the…12 Feb 2019HANSARDLeaving the EULet us remember what this looks like to anxious people outside this place. It looks like what it is: a Prime Minister buying time in a disingenuous, transparent attempt to run…12 Feb 2019HANSARD Legislation against Female Genital MutilationSome people, although possibly very few indeed, will accuse the MPs condemning the behaviour of a Government Back Bencher of virtue signalling. Expressing abhorrence at the…11 Feb 2019HANSARDDraft Domestic Abuse Bill: Territorial ExtentCriminal justice is not yet devolved to Wales, but I draw attention to, and commend, the Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act 2015, which came…30 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018On a point of order, Mr Speaker. When the woman holding the title of Prime Minister is driven solely by the ideal of holding the Tory party together, and the man known as the…29 Jan 2019HANSARD European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018I am proud that my name is on amendments (o), (g), (b) and (j). We also support amendments (a) and (i), but not amendment (n). That is because the Brexiteers’ modest proposal to…29 Jan 2019HANSARDEconomyI understand from my colleague Rhun ap Iorwerth AM that, given the economic uncertainty now surrounding Hitachi’s future at Wylfa Newydd, the Welsh Government have indicated that…23 Jan 2019HANSARDEconomyI greatly appreciate that the Minister sees the importance of the north Wales growth bid, particularly in relation to the news at Wylfa. It is interesting that the British…23 Jan 2019HANSARD Widowed Parent’s AllowanceI beg to move, That this House has considered the widowed parent’s allowance. It is a great pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mrs Moon. I felt compelled to call for this…23 Jan 2019HANSARD Widowed Parent’s AllowanceIndeed. It interests me that the Supreme Court judgment makes reference to article 2 of the UN convention on the rights of the child, which decrees non-discrimination in relation…23 Jan 2019HANSARD Widowed Parent’s AllowanceI thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. It is evident that this matter raises a whole number of questions over and above the one I am specifically addressing. I…23 Jan 2019HANSARD Widowed Parent’s AllowanceI appreciate the Minister informing us of that, but he has not said whether the Government intend to move on cohabiting couples, and whether—five months down the road—they intend…23 Jan 2019HANSARD Widowed Parent’s AllowanceI am sure the Minister needs no reminding that the UK Government ratified the UN convention on the rights of the child in 1991, and I am sure that he would therefore share my…23 Jan 2019