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HANSARDUK 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 2022HANSARDWelsh Product ProcurementI actually agree with a lot in the point that the hon. Gentleman raises. If he looks at some of the projects we are talking about, particularly around defence spending—£850…06 Jul 2022HANSARDWelsh Product ProcurementYes, it says here. Welsh products and services are some of the best in the world, from Welsh steel used to build Crossrail to Airbus’s cyber-security expertise and Raytheon in…06 Jul 2022HANSARDTourism IndustryThe UK Government are Wales tourism’s biggest fan, and the fact we stepped up with financial help during the pandemic and saved thousands of jobs is testament to that.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 2022HANSARDSupport for the Welsh Economy and Funding for the Devolved InstitutionsI join the chorus of compliments directed at my right hon. Friend, and neighbour, the Member for Preseli Pembrokeshire (Stephen Crabb) for his part in this debate and, indeed, in…05 Jul 2022HANSARDSupport for the Welsh Economy and Funding for the Devolved InstitutionsI will keep pressing on, because we do not have a lot of time. My old friend and neighbour, the hon. Member for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (Jonathan Edwards), and I have had this…05 Jul 2022HANSARDCosts of Living: Households and BusinessesI will definitely speak to the Chancellor, as I often do about these things. Perhaps I could suggest a deal to the right hon. Lady: I will speak to the Chancellor to get further…25 May 2022HANSARDCosts of Living: Households and BusinessesThe hon. Lady clearly did not listen, or did not want to listen, to my previous answer. When we know the Chancellor is about to make a statement in the Chamber on all these…25 May 2022HANSARDCosts of Living: Households and BusinessesI suspect the hon. Lady reads the same news channels I read, so she will be aware that the Treasury will make a further announcement imminently. [ Interruption. ] She may be…25 May 2022HANSARDSenedd Representation and Levelling-up AgendaI have had no discussions with the Welsh Government on the proposals.25 May 2022HANSARDSenedd Representation and Levelling-up AgendaIt is mystifying that this proposal was announced on the same day as the Queen’s Speech. It will impose a £100 million burden on Welsh taxpayers and demolish a voting system that…25 May 2022HANSARDCosts of Living: Households and BusinessesI despair sometimes, with the greatest respect. I urge the right hon. Lady to wait, for what should not be a great deal more time, to hear precisely what we have in store on the…25 May 2022HANSARDCosts of Living: Households and BusinessesAbsolutely. I think most people believe that growing our way out of a cost of living challenge is infinitely preferable to spending our way out of a cost of living challenge. My…25 May 2022HANSARDUniversal CreditThe Chancellor will make interventions clear in due course. The context to the hon. Gentleman’s perfectly reasonable question is that there has been a 7% increase in the number of…25 May 2022HANSARDShared Prosperity FundI have regular discussions with the First Minister of Wales on a range of issues, including how Wales’s £585 million share of the UK shared prosperity fund will level up…25 May 2022HANSARDUniversal CreditOn that particular point, I agree with my hon. Friend—I would probably describe him as my permanent friend. It is perfectly right that we wait and see what the Chancellor says. We…25 May 2022HANSARDUniversal CreditMy colleagues and I are aware that the number of people on universal credit has fallen both in Rhondda and across Wales over the past year. We will continue delivering for…25 May 2022HANSARDShared Prosperity FundUnsurprisingly, I contest the hon. Gentleman’s assertion. I would just say this: by 2024-25, the annual funding from the shared prosperity fund will match the average annual…25 May 2022HANSARDSenedd Representation and Levelling-up AgendaIndeed, I do. I have to say that if this Government were making suggestions of that nature that involved the constitution and voting measures, pretty well all Opposition Members…25 May 2022