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HANSARDSupport for the Welsh Economy and Funding for the Devolved InstitutionsThe Government have responded to the report, and we will be publishing our response to the Government’s response shortly. I would encourage the hon. Member to keep a lookout for…05 Jul 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsThanks to this Government, we have record low unemployment and more job vacancies than jobseekers, but almost 9 million people are economically inactive, including many who can…28 Jun 2022HANSARDUK Shared Prosperity FundIt has been very good to work closely with Pembrokeshire County Council over the last 12 months on a successful bid to the levelling-up fund to improve Haverfordwest town centre.…27 Jun 2022HANSARD Social Security (Additional Payments) BillI am listening very carefully to the hon. Lady’s arguments, and she is making some important and useful points, but I have to disagree with her. She cannot honestly stand up here…22 Jun 2022HANSARD Social Security (Additional Payments) BillThe right hon. Gentleman is making an interesting and important point about how we do upratings. I urge him not to get drawn too far down the path of looking at the system in the…22 Jun 2022HANSARD Recognition of the State of PalestineMy hon. Friend makes an important contribution. I will be very brief and wrap up my comments in a few moments, but I want to focus on what the nature of peace is. Peace is not…24 Feb 2022HANSARD UkraineI strongly welcome the further set of sanctions announced by the Prime Minister this evening. We look forward to further steps being taken in the days ahead and to not being held…24 Feb 2022HANSARD Recognition of the State of PalestineI am listening carefully to the hon. Lady’s speech. I respectfully say to her that conflating today’s invasion of Ukraine by Russia with the very difficult and sensitive situation…24 Feb 2022HANSARDLeaving the European Union: Potential BenefitsTwo weeks ago, the courts again threw out the Welsh Labour Government’s legal challenge to the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020. Does my right hon. Friend agree that…24 Feb 2022HANSARD Recognition of the State of PalestineI am grateful to be called to speak in this debate, Madam Deputy Speaker. I congratulate the hon. Member for Sunderland Central (Julie Elliott) on securing this debate. She spoke…24 Feb 2022HANSARD Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [Lords]rose —22 Feb 2022HANSARD Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [Lords]My right hon. Friend is making a powerful speech and I commend him on how he has gone about bringing forward this new clause to close a specific loophole on public sector…22 Feb 2022HANSARD Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Bill [Lords]I am listening closely to the hon. Member’s argument, but I am afraid I just do not accept the points he is trying to string together in what is a fairly strange argument. The…22 Feb 2022HANSARDUkraineI strongly welcome my right hon. Friend’s resolute and clear-sighted statement. Does he agree that one of the things that Putin is looking for at the moment is any hint or sign of…22 Feb 2022HANSARDCrown Estate: DevolutionDevolution of the Crown Estate is a total red herring, and it is so cynical of nationalists to turn every issue into an anti-United Kingdom process row. Does my right hon. Friend…09 Feb 2022HANSARDPoverty: PensionersThis Government have a very good track record when it comes to protecting pensioners against poverty, not least through the state pension triple lock and the pension credit.…07 Feb 2022HANSARDModern Railway: 200th AnniversaryWhat a wonderful way to celebrate that anniversary: setting up a scheme to help small stations in economically important towns such as Milford Haven in my constituency to access…03 Feb 2022HANSARDCost of LivingThe Chancellor of the Exchequer is exactly right in all the measures that he describes the Government taking to protect families’ incomes. He has always shown a powerful instinct…01 Feb 2022HANSARDMiddle East3. What recent discussions she has held with counterparts in the middle east on the Abraham Accords.25 Jan 2022HANSARDMiddle EastIf anybody wants to see something genuinely positive and uplifting in foreign affairs, they should look at the Abraham accords and the fruit stemming from them in the remarkable…25 Jan 2022