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HANSARD Green Energy: PortsOn the important issue that the hon. Member for Aberavon (Stephen Kinnock) raised about the grid, is the Minister aware of any specific work by National Grid looking at the grid…18 Oct 2023HANSARD Green Energy: PortsThank you, Mrs Cummins, for your excellent chairing. I thank all colleagues who participated in what I thought was a useful, practical and good-natured debate. I always come away…18 Oct 2023HANSARD Green Energy: PortsI am grateful for that intervention. I am not familiar with the specifics of what my hon. Friend is talking about, but as I am generally in favour of upgrading junctions, I will…18 Oct 2023HANSARD Green Energy: PortsI am grateful for my hon. Friend’s intervention. Banff and Buchan is a constituency with which I am very familiar, as he knows, and there are some exciting things happening. For a…18 Oct 2023HANSARD Green Energy: PortsI am grateful for the very concise way in which my hon. Friend has sung the virtues of his local port. He draws attention to an extremely important point. Very rarely are we…18 Oct 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ8. Last night, sections of the British media were reporting as fact that it was Israeli rockets that had landed and attacked the Al-Ahli Hospital, relying on information supplied…18 Oct 2023HANSARD Green Energy: PortsI beg to move, That this House has considered ports and green energy. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Cummins—for the first time, I believe. I look forward…18 Oct 2023HANSARDCrime PreventionThe chief constable of Dyfed–Powys police recently told the Welsh Affairs Committee that Dyfed-Powys police force now has more police officers than at any time in its history,…18 Oct 2023HANSARDIsrael and GazaMay I thank you, Mr Speaker, for the step that you took at the beginning of last week in lighting up this Palace in the colours of blue and white as an act of solidarity with the…16 Oct 2023HANSARDOffshore Wind ContractsDelivering on the floating offshore wind project in the Celtic sea is vital for our energy security and decarbonisation. Does the Minister agree that we now need to bolster…12 Sept 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsOver the summer ports have been bidding to the Government’s infrastructure fund to help them get ready for the delivery of the new floating offshore wind industry. May I encourage…05 Sept 2023HANSARDIsrael and the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesWhat makes this latest tragic wave of violence even more concerning is the emergence of new terror groups in the Palestinian territories such as the Lions’ Den and the Jenin…18 Jul 2023HANSARD IranI welcome the action that my right hon. Friend has announced to the House this afternoon. I think it is important that the House should remain united and clear-sighted about the…06 Jul 2023HANSARDEnergy InfrastructureThe evidence we considered took in the entire life cycle of a nuclear power station. Looking at the energy produced over 30, 40, 50 or more years shows that they give us a secure,…05 Jul 2023HANSARDEnergy InfrastructureI am going to disappoint the hon. Gentleman, because I do not have those specific figures in the pile of notes I have brought with me. However, those figures are out there and the…05 Jul 2023HANSARDEnergy InfrastructureWe took evidence from Rolls-Royce, and we heard about the £200 million it has already received from the UK Government to help with development and that there is still work to be…05 Jul 2023HANSARDEnergy InfrastructureThe hon. Lady makes a good point. Investment in large-scale nuclear, or even small modular reactors, is a longer-term feature of our energy system, as the Government’s “Powering…05 Jul 2023HANSARDEconomic GrowthBut the most recent data is not pretty reading as far as the Welsh economy is concerned. The Welsh economy still has not returned to pre-pandemic levels, unlike in England, and…05 Jul 2023HANSARDEnergy InfrastructureThank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. With the leave of the House, let me thank the Minister for that summation and the Opposition Front-Bench spokesman. This has been a very good debate.…05 Jul 2023HANSARDEconomic Growth3. What assessment he has made of the adequacy of economic growth in Wales.05 Jul 2023