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HANSARDTributes to Her Late Majesty the QueenI am grateful for the opportunity to say a few words today. It is a genuine honour for me to speak in this important debate on behalf of the people of Newport West to pay tribute…10 Sept 2022HANSARDBusiness of the HouseI wish the Leader of the House well in her new role—it is obviously an apprenticeship for the top job. On the steps of Downing Street this week, the new Prime Minister failed to…08 Sept 2022HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Kept Animals) BillI, too, welcome the new Secretary of State to his place. I pay tribute to the previous DEFRA team and look forward to continuing a robust relationship with the new team. On a…08 Sept 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT7. Yesterday, a court found that the Government’s net zero strategy was unlawful because it included only 95% of the emissions reductions required to meet the sixth carbon budget…20 Jul 2022HANSARDCost of Living Crisis: WalesI thank you, Ms Nokes, for your astute and wise chairing this afternoon. I thank the Minister for his speech; I am quite sure that the debate could have gone on all afternoon. I…19 Jul 2022HANSARDCost of Living Crisis: WalesI thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. The workshops sound an excellent idea. People are desperate and need such ideas. She is quite right that the obvious inactivity of the…19 Jul 2022HANSARDCost of Living Crisis: WalesAlthough I understand the point that the Minister just made, the last two Cobra meetings have been all about the climate emergency, which is happening now. I am surprised that the…19 Jul 2022HANSARDCost of Living Crisis: WalesI beg to move, That this House has considered the impact of the cost of living crisis in Wales. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship this afternoon, Ms Nokes. Thank you…19 Jul 2022HANSARDCost of Living Crisis: WalesMy hon. Friend makes a powerful point. Prescriptions, medicines and HRT are so important to people— [ Interruption. ] Absolutely, they are free in Wales. The average band D…19 Jul 2022HANSARDShark Fins BillI start by paying tribute to my hon. Friend—my very good friend—the Member for Neath (Christina Rees), for bringing this Bill to the House and for its reaching Second Reading.…15 Jul 2022HANSARDNeonatal Care (Leave and Pay) BillThank you for calling me and for indulging me this morning, Madam Deputy Speaker. I was not going to speak in this debate but I have been so inspired by hearing everybody else…15 Jul 2022HANSARD Protecting and Restoring Nature: COP15 and BeyondI pay tribute to my hon. Friend for the great work she does on biodiversity and as a swift champion. I will add that to my list of champions in the House. We know that puffins are…14 Jul 2022HANSARD Protecting and Restoring Nature: COP15 and BeyondI rise today in place of my hon. Friend the Member for Leeds North West (Alex Sobel), who is on an Inter-Parliamentary Union visit to Kosovo and hence is not able to be in the…14 Jul 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsT9. The news that Ministers who resigned last week will receive nearly £17,000 in severance pay has outraged the people of Newport West. Nowhere in the real world do people get…14 Jul 2022HANSARD British Glass IndustryMy hon. Friend is making a powerful speech. On recycling glass, does he agree that the deposit return schemes that are being planned could be problematic for the glass industry if…14 Jul 2022HANSARDDraft United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (Exclusions from Market Access Principles: Single-use Plastics) Regulations 2022It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Murray—I think for the first time—and it is good to see you in the Chair. I am grateful for the opportunity to speak, and I…14 Jul 2022HANSARDDraft United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 (Exclusions from Market Access Principles: Single-use Plastics) Regulations 2022My hon. Friend is absolutely right; it is all about the children educating the parents. Pester-power is so important. Although my own children are older, they definitely pester…14 Jul 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (First sitting)Thank you very much; that is very helpful.28 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (Second sitting)Q We have already established that the Bill covers plants and animals, but not micro-organisms. Given that there were suggestions from DEFRA that animals would be considered later…28 Jun 2022HANSARDGenetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill (First sitting)Q I am interested in the environmental release side. Your advice to DEFRA was that “different parameters” should be applied to the environmental release of gene editing…28 Jun 2022