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HANSARD Rail Investment and Integrated Rail PlanThank you very much, Mr Deputy Speaker, and, of course, how could I not agree to your demand? If I want to speak in future debates, I cannot but obey your request as a command. It…08 Dec 2021HANSARD Nationality and Borders BillI was proud to add my name to new clause 8, tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Streatham (Bell Ribeiro-Addy), on the abolition of the excessive fees that children are being…07 Dec 2021HANSARDTopical QuestionsT8. I understand that the Department for Transport made an autumn spending review funding application for the western rail link to Heathrow, but it was rejected by the Treasury.…07 Dec 2021HANSARD Islamophobia Awareness MonthIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Dowd, and I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Manchester, Gorton (Afzal Khan) on securing this important debate and…24 Nov 2021HANSARDHealth and Care BillMany of my constituents find it increasingly difficult to book an appointment with an NHS GP or dentist, forcing them either to go private or to suffer without treatment. Does the…23 Nov 2021HANSARDRising Energy Costs: Impact on Industry and BusinessesSeventy per cent. of small and medium-sized enterprises believe that high energy costs will negatively affect the growth of their companies. We know that businesses will already…17 Nov 2021HANSARDRising Energy Costs: Impact on Industry and Businesses7. What steps the Government have taken to tackle the impact of rising energy costs on industry and businesses in Wales.17 Nov 2021HANSARDStrengthening Standards in Public LifeThank you very much, Madam Deputy Speaker. My gratitude also goes to my hon. Friend the Member for Bristol West (Thangam Debbonaire), the shadow Leader of the House, for bringing…17 Nov 2021HANSARD Committee on StandardsWill the right hon. Lady give way on that point?16 Nov 2021HANSARD Committee on StandardsWill the Leader of the House give way?16 Nov 2021HANSARD Committee on StandardsThe hon. Member is being gracious in giving way. I extend my sympathies to the Leader of the House for having been sent out to bat on this very sticky wicket. Does the hon. Member…16 Nov 2021HANSARDCommittee on Standards: Decision of the HouseI am extremely grateful to the hon. Lady for securing today’s debate on standards. When I was first elected to this House, the mother of all Parliaments, I was incredibly proud…08 Nov 2021HANSARDRail Investment in the North: Levelling UpMy thoughts and prayers are with all those affected by the Salisbury train collision and I wish those who have sadly been injured a speedy recovery. We must, in the near future,…04 Nov 2021HANSARDBudget ResolutionsIt is a pleasure to speak in the Budget resolutions debate. Most of the time, debates in the House serve to illuminate a topic and make it clearer. The debate so far has had the…01 Nov 2021HANSARDTransport Funding: Wales and HS2I thank the hon. Gentleman, but Wales is missing out. Some £5 billion of Barnett consequentials is not an insignificant sum. As I have pointed out before, the good people of…26 Oct 2021HANSARD Northern Ireland (Ministers, Elections and Petitions of Concern) BillI completely agree with my hon. Friend that it is beneficial for the good people of Northern Ireland to have a functioning Northern Ireland Assembly rather than getting edicts…26 Oct 2021HANSARDTransport Funding: Wales and HS2My hon. Friend makes a powerful point. He has contributed a great deal to the debate on pollution as the chair of the all-party parliamentary group on air pollution, of which I am…26 Oct 2021HANSARDTransport Funding: Wales and HS2I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. However, although his constituents in Bridgend, in south-east Wales, may benefit from the electrified railways towards Bridgend…26 Oct 2021HANSARD Judicial Review and Courts BillWhat would the Secretary of State say to victims of rape, some of whom have been waiting up to four years to get justice, when they rightly ask why the Government are prioritising…26 Oct 2021HANSARDTransport Funding: Wales and HS2It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship once again, Sir Edward. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Swansea West (Geraint Davies) on securing the debate. He is…26 Oct 2021