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HANSARDContingencies Fund AdvanceI hereby give notice of the Wales Office’s intention to seek an advance from the Contingencies Fund. The Department requires an advance to meet an urgent cash requirement pending…08 Feb 2021HANSARDSupport for Welsh BusinessesThe Government have provided Welsh businesses with wide-ranging support, including more than £1.5 billion in bounce back loans, £503 million in coronavirus business interruption…03 Feb 2021HANSARDEU-UK Trade and Co-operation AgreementAs my right hon. Friend knows, I am in touch with Pembroke, Fishguard and Holyhead about this issue, and we are trying to make a distinction between what we can assign to covid…03 Feb 2021HANSARDApprentices: Wales OfficeI am delighted that my right hon. Friend has raised this point. The public sector apprenticeship target is applicable only to bodies in England, but he raises a critical point…03 Feb 2021HANSARDApprentices: Wales OfficeThe Wales Office recognises the importance of apprenticeships and the opportunity they provide. We have funded dedicated apprenticeship roles since 2011 and continue to be fully…03 Feb 2021HANSARDWelsh Lamb ExportsI am always happy to meet my hon. Friend and his constituents; I used to live in his constituency, so I know some of them quite well. He is right to raise this issue. One of the…03 Feb 2021HANSARDWelsh Lamb ExportsI do not know how “urgent” would be defined in the EU at the moment, but certainly there is an urgency to resolve some of these problems. As I have mentioned, there are some…03 Feb 2021HANSARDWelsh Lamb ExportsMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right, particularly in her last point, and I can offer that guarantee. We are in regular contact with our colleagues in the EU about this…03 Feb 2021HANSARDWelsh Lamb ExportsThe UK Government have taken significant steps to support and promote Welsh lamb exports around the world. That includes securing a tariff-free, quota-free deal with the EU and…03 Feb 2021HANSARDEU-UK Trade and Co-operation AgreementWe have agreed a deal that provides Welsh business with exceptional access to the EU market. It is the first time ever that the EU has agreed a zero-tariff, zero-quota deal.03 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccines: Delivery to WalesAs my hon. Friend might imagine, there are regular discussions across all levels of government around data accuracy and the progress that we can make with this particular…03 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccines: Delivery to WalesThe short answer is: a pivotal role. It has been a joy to behold the unbelievable enthusiasm, dedication and professionalism in Wales and across the rest of the UK from servicemen…03 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccines: Delivery to WalesI am delighted to join my hon. Friend in that tribute. The Prime Minister and I visited Wockhardt in Wrexham a few weeks ago to see the fantastic work that it is doing. Her story,…03 Feb 2021HANSARDSupport for Welsh BusinessesI received the hon. Lady’s letter about this particular constituent only last night. I am very happy to meet her and to see if we can resolve her constituent’s particular…03 Feb 2021HANSARDSupport for Welsh BusinessesI join the hon. Lady in her tribute. My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister will be making a more formal statement in a few minutes’ time, but I do recognise—as does the whole…03 Feb 2021HANSARDCovid-19 Vaccines: Delivery to WalesI have regular discussions with the Minister for Vaccine Deployment, the Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, my hon. Friend the Member for Stratford-on-Avon…03 Feb 2021HANSARDSupport for Welsh BusinessesThat is a slightly strange question, given that the relationship between the Treasury and the Welsh Government, particularly around covid recovery, has been conducted on a daily,…03 Feb 2021HANSARDSupport for Welsh BusinessesI am very grateful to the right hon. Lady for raising that question. Indeed, she has raised it with me before, as have a number of others. I have strong sheep-farming interests in…03 Feb 2021HANSARDSupport for Welsh BusinessesI can give my hon. Friend that assurance. He makes a crucial Union point in his question. We have secured trade deals with more than 60 countries, which is good for Wales, good…03 Feb 2021HANSARDThe UnionMy hon. Friend touches on a current and important point: the Union is not a competition; it is a partnership. I think it is sometimes portrayed as the former, whereas we all know…16 Dec 2020