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HANSARDBiodiversity and the CountrysideMy Lords, I join in the chorus of gratitude to the noble Lord, Lord Grayling, for bringing this matter before the House. There are never too many occasions to raise this, and the…13 Nov 2025HANSARDDogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) BillMy Lords, I start by congratulating the noble Baroness, Lady Coffey, on getting this legislation to the House. Not a lot of people know this, but she and I first met back in 2007,…05 Sept 2025HANSARDFloating Offshore Wind ProjectsDoes my right hon. Friend agree that the much-rumoured and long-awaited freeport status for places such as Milford Haven—even in conjunction with Neath Port Talbot or…18 Oct 2022HANSARDInfrastructure InvestmentThis Government are committed to levelling up across Wales. That is why we are investing over £340 million in Welsh rail and £120 million through the levelling-up fund in Wales in…06 Jul 2022HANSARDInfrastructure InvestmentI found it quite hard to hear my hon. Friend’s comments, but I can say that we believe there are really positive steps in terms of sustainable job creation in Wales through the…06 Jul 2022HANSARDPassport Application ProcessingPassport applications from Wales may be handled at all Passport Office processing sites throughout the UK. Between March and May, 98.5% of UK applications were completed within…06 Jul 2022HANSARDPassport Application ProcessingI should add, for anybody who has an interest in this particular subject, that if there are individual cases that are clearly being badly held up, they should please pass them on…06 Jul 2022HANSARDPassport Application ProcessingThe hon. Gentleman knows that every MP has examples of their own. I can only restate what I said just now: where there are individual cases, we are very keen to help. Some 98.5%…06 Jul 2022HANSARDPassport Application ProcessingAs the hon. Lady knows, we in the Wales Office have conversations with all Government Departments, especially on this particular issue. Staff numbers are being increased and the…06 Jul 2022HANSARDPassport Application ProcessingThe hon. Lady raises an interesting question; this is the first I have heard of it, to be honest. As I keep saying, at the risk of being boring, I am very happy to look into that…06 Jul 2022HANSARDInfrastructure InvestmentI am delighted that the hon. Lady raises that absolutely perfect example of the Welsh and UK Governments working in tandem, creating new, innovative, sustainable jobs in her…06 Jul 2022HANSARDInfrastructure InvestmentMy right hon. Friend and neighbour has raised the question of Milford Haven station a few times, and I am no stranger to it either. Although I am not allowed to express a…06 Jul 2022HANSARDInfrastructure InvestmentIt is telling that the hon. Lady did not mention the increasing levels—the record levels—of investment that the UK Government have made in Wales, which, from £16.7 billion in…06 Jul 2022HANSARDInfrastructure InvestmentI love it when the right hon. Lady, who is so determined to separate her country from the rest of the UK economy, lists a whole lot of stations and locations in England. There are…06 Jul 2022HANSARDInfrastructure InvestmentI thank the right hon. Lady for that tempting question. It is business as usual in the Wales Office, and that is why I am proud to repeat what I said just now: we are getting on…06 Jul 2022HANSARDUK Shared Prosperity FundI have regular discussions with ministerial colleagues on how Wales’s £585 million share of the UKSPF will level up communities across Wales. With local authorities, business, the…06 Jul 2022HANSARDUK Shared Prosperity FundI got the gist of the hon. Gentleman’s question. Of course, the shared prosperity fund is an absolute cast-iron commitment. It has thousands of jobs at its disposal. We think it…06 Jul 2022HANSARDUK Shared Prosperity FundMy hon. Friend makes a good point about devolution. Of course, it frustrates Opposition Members that we are taking devolution to its literal limit as far as the funds are…06 Jul 2022HANSARDUK Shared Prosperity FundMy right hon. Friend puts his finger on exactly why the levelling-up fund and the UK shared prosperity fund are so vital. What they do is go straight to local communities. This…06 Jul 2022HANSARDUK Shared Prosperity FundI do not think that question has any sensible context to it, because the proposals that have been set out—by the Treasury or, indeed, through the levelling-up and shared…06 Jul 2022