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HANSARDInflation: Households and BusinessesThe Chancellor announced a £9.1 billion energy bills rebate last week. This includes a £200 energy bill discount for households across the UK, including Wales, as well as an…09 Feb 2022HANSARDStrengthening the Union as it Relates to Wales (First sitting)I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the matter of strengthening the Union as it relates to Wales. I welcome you to the Chair, Mr Davies. I know you would love to make…18 Jan 2022HANSARDStrengthening the Union as it Relates to Wales (First sitting)If I could get into my stride and warm up a bit before I take interventions, I would be very grateful. The question for today is, “What have the UK Government delivered for Wales…18 Jan 2022HANSARDStrengthening the Union as it Relates to Wales (First sitting)I am very grateful for the intervention, because I would like to thank a number of people. I do not think this scheme was the particular brainchild of any one group of people or…18 Jan 2022HANSARDStrengthening the Union as it Relates to Wales (First sitting)May I give way to the hon. Member for Arfon before coming to the hon. Member for Llanelli?18 Jan 2022HANSARDStrengthening the Union as it Relates to Wales (First sitting)I could not catch the hon. Gentleman’s question, partly because I could not get the headset to work at that speed, but the Under-Secretary of State for Wales passes on the fact…18 Jan 2022HANSARDStrengthening the Union as it Relates to Wales (First sitting)I am not going to give way again, because I said that I would give way to the hon. Member for Llanelli.18 Jan 2022HANSARDStrengthening the Union as it Relates to Wales (First sitting)Our intergovernmental relations paper was published last week. That would probably help me to answer the hon. Lady’s question. I think I am right in saying that back at the time…18 Jan 2022HANSARDStrengthening the Union as it Relates to Wales (First sitting)I will give way to my right hon. Friend the Member for Preseli Pembrokeshire.18 Jan 2022HANSARDStrengthening the Union as it Relates to Wales (First sitting)My right hon. Friend is right. The decision-making point that he makes is particularly apposite, because these decisions were being made at breakneck speed in unbelievably…18 Jan 2022HANSARDStrengthening the Union as it Relates to Wales (First sitting)A neat means of getting in on the HS2 question. As the hon. Gentleman knows, I believe that a consistent approach to interventions, whether regulations or financial interventions,…18 Jan 2022HANSARDStrengthening the Union as it Relates to Wales (First sitting)I agree with the hon. Member for Cardiff South and Penarth that co-operation and collaboration is generally speaking a preferable route; it works both ways. The IGR—the…18 Jan 2022HANSARDStrengthening the Union as it Relates to Wales (First sitting)Will the hon. Gentleman give way?18 Jan 2022HANSARDStrengthening the Union as it Relates to Wales (First sitting)I know we have raised this before, but the hon. Gentleman has avoided talking about the fiscal deficit. We can have an argument about it; it is worth something like £15 billion.…18 Jan 2022HANSARDStrengthening the Union as it Relates to Wales (First sitting)Will the hon. Lady give way on a very important point? I hope she will at least acknowledge that Rhondda Cynon Taf—her own local authority— was one of the major recipients of…18 Jan 2022HANSARDStrengthening the Union as it Relates to Wales (Second sitting)This speech is so good that I am worried that the hon. Gentleman might get in trouble with his own side, but may I ask a further question? Does it worry him as much as it worries…18 Jan 2022HANSARDRail InfrastructureI am always happy to meet the hon. Gentleman. He is nothing if not persistent and consistent in his campaigning. I should remind him—I suspect I do not need to—of the significant…05 Jan 2022HANSARDRail InfrastructureI disagree with the hon. Member’s comments about infrastructure. As he knows, we introduced the Union connectivity review; its proposals have just been published and we are…05 Jan 2022HANSARDRail InfrastructureI am very happy, as ever, to make the case for Welsh steel; indeed, we have done so on numerous occasions, and if the hon. Lady is in any doubt about our commitment to it she need…05 Jan 2022HANSARDRail InfrastructureMay I also welcome the hon. Lady to her place? I much enjoyed our time on the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee where we worked in harmony on many different subjects for…05 Jan 2022