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HANSARDReplacement of the Chancellor of the ExchequerPragmatism and dealing with the world as it is are the traditional strengths of Conservatives in Government, and the fiscal changes being announced by the new Chancellor today are…17 Oct 2022HANSARDFreeports: WalesI thank my hon. Friend for her answer and welcome her to her position. Floating offshore wind represents a major new industrial opportunity across the whole of the UK, but…17 Oct 2022HANSARD Shale Gas ExtractionWhen we are faced with a Russian leader who uses gas supplies as a tool of warfare, it is entirely prudent to examine again the viability of all our domestic energy resources, but…22 Sept 2022HANSARDTributes to Her Late Majesty The QueenIt is a pleasure to follow the excellent speech from the hon. Member for Bethnal Green and Bow (Rushanara Ali). I rise on behalf of all my constituents in Preseli Pembrokeshire to…09 Sept 2022HANSARD UK Energy CostsWhile the thoughts of the House are first and foremost with Her Majesty the Queen this afternoon, it is important that we take the opportunity to debate these challenges today. I…08 Sept 2022HANSARD UK Energy CostsI am grateful to the Prime Minister for giving way and commend her on the speed with which she and her new team have really gripped the challenge that is facing the country. Does…08 Sept 2022HANSARDIranIt is a mistake for the west to regard Iran’s sponsorship of proxies as somehow being a non-strategic irritant, as there is a continuous thread that links its sponsorship of…06 Sept 2022HANSARDAgricultural and County ShowsMy hon. Friend rightly highlights the importance of agriculture remaining at the heart of the county shows that he eloquently describes. Does he agree that food production must…21 Jul 2022HANSARDAgricultural and County ShowsIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Huq. I start by thanking and paying tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for North West Durham (Mr Holden) for the…21 Jul 2022HANSARD Holocaust Memorial and Learning CentreI am grateful to the Minister for coming here to respond to the urgent question asked by my hon. Friend the Member for Worthing West (Sir Peter Bottomley). I am encouraged by the…21 Jul 2022HANSARDInfrastructure InvestmentAt the end of the Great Western line in my constituency is Milford Haven, the UK’s most important energy port and the largest town in my constituency. Its railway station is a…06 Jul 2022HANSARDSupport for the Welsh Economy and Funding for the Devolved InstitutionsIt is a pleasure to open this estimates day debate. We go from having debated one of the largest items of expenditure on the Government’s books in the previous debate to debating…05 Jul 2022HANSARDSupport for the Welsh Economy and Funding for the Devolved InstitutionsWe have discussed that very point at the Select Committee; indeed, just a fortnight ago, the Secretary of State was questioned on it by colleagues on the Committee. We know from…05 Jul 2022HANSARDSupport for the Welsh Economy and Funding for the Devolved InstitutionsI agree with the hon. Member, who pre-empts a point that I was going to make about levelling up. We want interventions that genuinely move the dial. If there was a weakness in the…05 Jul 2022HANSARDSupport for the Welsh Economy and Funding for the Devolved InstitutionsI will give way to the right hon. Lady and then to the hon. Gentleman—I am sure I have just opened the door to a whole host of problems.05 Jul 2022HANSARDSupport for the Welsh Economy and Funding for the Devolved InstitutionsI do not agree that devolution of the Crown Estate in Wales is necessary to achieve the birth and success of a floating offshore wind industry, which so many of us want to see. We…05 Jul 2022HANSARDSupport for the Welsh Economy and Funding for the Devolved InstitutionsI agree with the right hon. Lady’s point about infrastructure—the Committee is looking at that at this very moment—but there is a broader point. Right across different forms of…05 Jul 2022HANSARDSupport for the Welsh Economy and Funding for the Devolved InstitutionsMy intervention is in response to the right hon. Member for Dwyfor Meirionnydd (Liz Saville Roberts), who argued that Wales needs more tools. The tools that we have already given…05 Jul 2022HANSARDSupport for the Welsh Economy and Funding for the Devolved InstitutionsI will challenge the hon. Gentleman on his complacency about the labour market figures in Wales. Yes, in Wales, unemployment—in its narrow definition—is lower than the UK average,…05 Jul 2022HANSARDSupport for the Welsh Economy and Funding for the Devolved InstitutionsWith the leave of the House. It is apt to see you in the Chair, Mr Deputy Speaker, given your Welsh heritage. Again, I am grateful to the Backbench Business Committee—the Chair,…05 Jul 2022