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HANSARDTV Licences for Over-75sI thank my hon. Friend for giving way—eventually. Four in 10 older people say that their TV is their main source of company, and Age UK says that cutting their access to it would…08 May 2019HANSARD Wales: Regional Development FundingI congratulate the Minister on his role, and say “Well done” for travelling around Wales and hearing people’s concerns about the future. When will the consultation on the shared…07 May 2019HANSARD Wales: Regional Development FundingThe Minister seems reluctant to give us a date for when exactly the consultation will begin, but does he agree that it should begin, and finish, before the comprehensive spending…07 May 2019HANSARD Wales: Regional Development FundingI thank my hon. Friend the Member for Aberavon (Stephen Kinnock) for securing this important debate. The future of regional funding is crucial for Wales, and in the past it has…07 May 2019HANSARD Wales: Regional Development FundingMy hon. Friend is making an important point about the consultation. Does he agree that it is important that the consultation occurs as soon as possible, so that it can be fed into…07 May 2019HANSARDBritish Steel: EU Emissions Trading ComplianceBritish Steel workers will be glad that the Government have stepped in here, but in Wales 9,000 jobs rely on this whole sector, and many workers and their families in south Wales…01 May 2019HANSARDBritish Steel: EU Emissions Trading ComplianceYes or no?01 May 2019HANSARDInternational TradeSome 9,000 people work in the Welsh steel industry, so can I ask the Secretary of State to think again, and support a permanent customs union and commit to a common external…30 Apr 2019HANSARD UK Telecoms: HuaweiOur security services say that this is the first ever leak from the National Security Council. May I press the Secretary of State to tell us whether there will be a criminal…25 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseMillions of people are not on the electoral register. There is anecdotal evidence that providing the necessary national insurance information could be part of the problem,…25 Apr 2019HANSARDEU Customs UnionSome 9,000 people work in the Welsh steel industry, so can I ask the Secretary of State to think again, and support a permanent customs union and commit to a common external…25 Apr 2019HANSARD Business of the HouseI am concerned that many applications to go on the electoral register are being stymied for administrative reasons, such as the lack of a national insurance number. May we have a…11 Apr 2019HANSARDBritish Steel Pension Scheme: TransfersMy right hon. Friend gets to the nub of the situation. Who does one trust when one has a pot of gold and people want access to it? He poses a really important question. The FCA…10 Apr 2019HANSARDBritish Steel Pension Scheme: TransfersMy hon. Friend makes an important point. Given reports that the FCA is investigating so-called introducers in connection with a major scam, the Government should now ensure that…10 Apr 2019HANSARDBritish Steel Pension Scheme: TransfersMy hon. Friend makes a really good point. The FCA is a large organisation based in London. I believe it does not have sufficient resources to help consumers on the ground in…10 Apr 2019HANSARDBritish Steel Pension Scheme: TransfersMy hon. Friend is a champion for miners’ pensions, on which she has done some great work, and I think she is absolutely right. I press the Minister on the Treasury’s response to…10 Apr 2019HANSARDBritish Steel Pension Scheme: TransfersThe advice is there. The difficulty is that for many people it is too technical and complicated; working through it is really very hard. Transfers were talked up, and pension…10 Apr 2019HANSARDBritish Steel Pension Scheme: TransfersI want to focus on what the Minister calls the 6%—perhaps nearly 8,000 people—who may have been badly advised in this case. What is he going to do to get the FCA to up its game,…10 Apr 2019HANSARDBritish Steel Pension Scheme: TransfersThank you, Mr Howarth for chairing what has been a productive debate on an important issue. There have been some strong contributions about some of the key problems that steel…10 Apr 2019HANSARDBritish Steel Pension Scheme: TransfersI beg to move, That this House has considered pension transfers and the British Steel pension scheme. For many of us, pensions are a distant, complex and opaque topic. Everyone…10 Apr 2019