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HANSARDFreeportsI find it concerning that the hon. Lady does not share my enthusiasm for freeports and investment zones. I think of examples from the past in Wales, when inspirational Secretaries…19 Oct 2022HANSARDFreeportsI am always happy to meet the hon. Gentleman, with whom I have enjoyed lively exchanges over the years. I assure him that in the prospectus he will see a specific reference to the…19 Oct 2022HANSARDFreeportsI am sorry, but hyperbole from the right hon. Lady does not help her case at all. We are not talking about so-called austerity; we are talking about ensuring that the money…19 Oct 2022HANSARDFreeportsI yield to none in my admiration for the right hon. Lady, but she has just laid bare Plaid Cymru’s ideological approach. Her party believes that there should be an ever-shrinking…19 Oct 2022HANSARDDomestic Energy Costs: Differential Between Wales and Rest of UKI will be interested to take up that case in more detail with the hon. Lady. However, the Government, in acting radically on energy price intervention and with our Energy Prices…19 Oct 2022HANSARDFloating Offshore Wind Locations in Celtic SeaFloating offshore wind projects in the Celtic sea will contribute to our net zero ambitions and our energy security, and will generate economic growth and create highly skilled…19 Oct 2022HANSARDDomestic Energy Costs: Differential Between Wales and Rest of UKMost recent data demonstrates that households in Wales pay a price broadly on par with the average across Great Britain for variable unit costs and standing charges for gas and…19 Oct 2022HANSARDFloating Offshore Wind Locations in Celtic SeaI congratulate my hon. Friend on her consistent advocacy for projects in the Celtic sea as chair of the all-party parliamentary group on the Celtic sea. The necessity for securing…19 Oct 2022HANSARDMortgage Interest Rate RisesIt is a Conservative Government who, through Help to Buy, have helped more than 361,000 first-time buyers on to the housing ladder. It is a Conservative Government who led to…19 Oct 2022HANSARDInvestment Zones: Impact on Welsh EconomyInvestment zones will be created right across the UK, and our intention in Wales is to design and deliver the policy by working with the Welsh Government and local agencies to…19 Oct 2022HANSARDInvestment Zones: Impact on Welsh EconomyMy hon. Friend puts it extremely well. We have a good example with freeports. I very much hope that the Welsh Government step up to the plate on investment zones.19 Oct 2022HANSARDMortgage Interest Rate RisesI have regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues on a range of topics. Of course, interest rates are rightly a matter for the independent Bank of England. We have announced…19 Oct 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsFurther to the question that my hon. Friend the Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Sir Robert Neill) asked, I commend the courts Minister for his announced intention to meet…05 Jul 2022HANSARD Post Office: Compensation for Horizon ScandalI want to add my tribute to my hon. Friend, who is working tenaciously on behalf of—as he has just said—not just the living, but those who have sadly died. I think he will agree…30 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillI am listening to the hon. Gentleman with great care—this is what Committee is all about. May I take him back to what he has just said about pressing the amendment to a Division?…29 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) BillOn a point of order, Dame Eleanor. I wanted some help as to how to explain— [ Interruption. ] When an hon. Member has had to leave the Chamber for comfort purposes, I wonder how…29 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillI am extremely grateful to the right hon. Gentleman. I know that he speaks about the issues with conviction and passion. As a friend of the Union—as a Unionist to my bones—I say…27 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillI have sat diligently through the entire debate, and I think that the House is soberly and carefully examining an issue that is not just about Brexit or our relationship with the…27 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillMy hon. Friend makes a powerful case. His amendment to that Bill was adopted by this House in 2020; I thought it was a sensible mechanism to allow this House of Commons to have…27 Jun 2022HANSARD Northern Ireland Protocol BillI am afraid I cannot give way any further. It is paramount that article 1 of the protocol, which says that it “is without prejudice to the provisions” of the Good Friday…27 Jun 2022