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HANSARDAutumn Statement ResolutionsI have no issue with anything that the hon. Lady says. I cannot be responsible for other people’s comments, but the hon. Lady is 100% correct. The needs of the services are the…21 Nov 2022HANSARDAutumn Statement ResolutionsIt is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Tiverton and Honiton (Richard Foord) highlighting issues in Devon around local authority funding, NHS waiting times and ambulances.…21 Nov 2022HANSARDAutumn Statement ResolutionsDoes my right hon. Friend agree that the NHS is a problem generally? We have three different Governments in charge of the NHS in the UK, with Labour in Wales having the worst…21 Nov 2022HANSARDParental Responsibility for People Convicted of Serious OffencesI suspect that the right hon. Gentleman is about to give us a reason why he is not able to commit to legislation, so I thought I would intervene to give him a few more seconds to…07 Nov 2022HANSARDParental Responsibility for People Convicted of Serious OffencesThe Minister is being very generous with his time. On that point, he will know better than I do whether there is any mechanism to ask, for example, a bunch of family court judges…07 Nov 2022HANSARDParental Responsibility for People Convicted of Serious OffencesThank you for calling me to speak in this important and solemn debate, Mr Hollobone. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship once again, and to follow the hon. Member…07 Nov 2022HANSARDParental Responsibility for People Convicted of Serious OffencesThe right hon. Gentleman is being generous with his time. To expand on this interesting idea, does he envisage this measure being akin to a parole board, where somebody fights…07 Nov 2022HANSARDParental Responsibility for People Convicted of Serious OffencesI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his powerful speech. Does he agree that “re-victimisation” is not too strong a word to describe what would happen to the family in such…07 Nov 2022HANSARDPension Credit Claimants10. What recent estimate he has made of the number of pension credit claimants.31 Oct 2022HANSARDPension Credit ClaimantsI welcome the new Minister to her place and hope she can continue the excellent work done by the hon. Member for Hexham (Guy Opperman) in this area. Despite all that excellent…31 Oct 2022HANSARDMarine EnergyOver a decade ago, nuclear power was dismissed as it was too expensive, and it was said that it would not be online until 2022. How short-sighted has that proven to be? Does the…25 Oct 2022HANSARDMarine Energy6. What steps his Department is taking to support marine energy generation.25 Oct 2022HANSARD Avanti West Coast Contract RenewalOne of the biggest problems on the north Wales coast line is that when Avanti stopped its services, my constituents had to put up with Welsh Labour’s Transport for Wales service…25 Oct 2022HANSARDTributes to Her Late Majesty the QueenI rise with both immense sadness and immense gratitude at being able to contribute to this series of tributes to Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, both on my own behalf and on…10 Sept 2022HANSARDEngagementsQ4. In September, it will be the 25th anniversary of the referendum on devolution in Scotland and Wales. One in 20 people in England on an NHS waiting list has been waiting for…20 Jul 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.26 May 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe House of Commons Library confirms that the majority of my Delyn constituency is in the worst 30% for connectivity in the UK, with more than 10% of my constituents still…26 May 2022HANSARDImproving Union Connectivity8. What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on improving Union connectivity.18 May 2022HANSARDImproving Union ConnectivityHaving spent a wonderful weekend in Glasgow and visited the wonderful Rowallan castle in the constituency of the hon. Member for Kilmarnock and Loudoun (Alan Brown) for a wedding,…18 May 2022HANSARDChildhood Cancer OutcomesJordan Giddins, or Giddo to his friends, from Flint in my constituency was 18 years old when he died, and tomorrow marks the fifth anniversary of his passing. At age 11, he became…26 Apr 2022