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HANSARD Altitude Sickness: Travel AdviceI am very grateful. Does the Minister agree with me, as someone who used to work in financial advice, on how important it is, when filling out applications for health insurance,…21 Mar 2023HANSARD Altitude Sickness: Travel AdviceI beg to move, That this House has considered the matter of travel advice on altitude sickness. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship once again, Mr Robertson.…21 Mar 2023HANSARDImmigration and Nationality Fees (Exemption for NHS Clinical Staff)I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to exempt NHS clinical staff from the requirement to pay fees under section 68 of the Immigration Act 2014; and for connected…20 Mar 2023HANSARDRail ServicesI am pleased to see that the cancellation rate has fallen to 4.2%, but one swallow does not a summer make, and this service has been letting my constituents and me down for a…20 Mar 2023HANSARDGovernment Projects: Cost to Public Purse8. What steps his Department is taking to reduce the cost to the public purse of Government projects.16 Mar 2023HANSARDGovernment Projects: Cost to Public PurseIt came as a shock to one of my constituents recently when I pointed out that more than 9,000 public sector workers are paid more than the Prime Minister, including £620,000 being…16 Mar 2023HANSARD Welsh AffairsThe shadow Secretary of State said that Welsh Labour is putting more money in the pockets of Welsh people. Labour has a penchant for fantasy economics. Does the Secretary of State…02 Mar 2023HANSARD Welsh AffairsAbsolutely. I completely agree with my constituency neighbour. As I said, I cannot blame Flintshire County Council for this at all. It does what it can with the meagre resources…02 Mar 2023HANSARD Welsh AffairsI think that arguably it is. We should also consider the number of elected representatives we have, and the wish to increase that even further. London—which is a good example—has…02 Mar 2023HANSARD Welsh AffairsIt was the case this year. On a per capita basis, Flintshire was 20th out of 22, as was recently stated by the council’s chief executive. There is no denying it whatsoever.02 Mar 2023HANSARD Welsh AffairsIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Aberavon (Stephen Kinnock). I congratulate the hon. Member for Swansea East (Carolyn Harris), who is well respected on both sides of…02 Mar 2023HANSARD Welsh AffairsThe hon. Lady is making a wonderful speech. She is right that the range of subjects that we discuss in the Chamber is often a surprise to the general public, and rugby in Wales is…02 Mar 2023HANSARDFuture of the NHSIf Labour Members have this plan, have they communicated it to the Welsh Health Minister? Why is this not happening in Wales? With the greatest respect, and I really do not want…23 Feb 2023HANSARDFuture of the NHSHow right he turned out to be. However, he is watching it, and my phone has not stopped receiving messages such as, “Don’t agree with that intervention from the Opposition”, and,…23 Feb 2023HANSARDFuture of the NHSI appreciate the right hon. Gentleman giving way and the tone in which he approaches the debate. He talks about funding, but Labour left office in 2010 and there was no argument…23 Feb 2023HANSARDFuture of the NHSThe right hon. Gentleman is being very generous with his time. He will know, having been shadow Chancellor, that in the devolved Administrations, there is £1.20 in Wales for every…23 Feb 2023HANSARDFuture of the NHSI thank the hon. Lady for her intervention, but I am so exasperated by this. We hear from the Opposition all the time that the NHS was properly funded by Labour in 2010, but as…23 Feb 2023HANSARDFuture of the NHSIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Bolton South East (Yasmin Qureshi), and I congratulate the hon. Member for Jarrow (Kate Osborne) on securing a vital debate on a…23 Feb 2023HANSARDFuture of the NHSThey are saying it now—they cannot help themselves. It is endemic in their thinking, but it does not help. Where is shouting at me getting them? Nowhere at all.23 Feb 2023HANSARDFuture of the NHSI thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. How easy would it have been to go out into the media and say, “We’re asking for a 20% pay increase, by the way” —which is what…23 Feb 2023