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HANSARDGovernment Support for the RSPCAI want to thank every hon. Member who has taken part in this debate today: my hon. Friends the Members for Clwyd East (Becky Gittins ) and for Sheffield Brightside and…09 Oct 2024HANSARDGovernment Support for the RSPCAI beg to move, That this House has considered Government support for the RSPCA. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg. It is fantastic to be able to open…09 Oct 2024HANSARDSteel IndustryUnder the previous Government, the transition board met six times and formed two sub-committees, but did not distribute a single penny of the funding that was promised to support…11 Sept 2024HANSARDPrison CapacityI welcome the Secretary of State and her team to their places. Can the Secretary of State comment on what was reported in The Guardian earlier this week? Apparently, the former…18 Jul 2024HANSARD Debate on the AddressIt is a real honour to speak in this debate on the King’s Speech and to follow the right hon. Member for Staffordshire Moorlands (Dame Karen Bradley). I thank her for her…17 Jul 2024HANSARDCommunity and Suspended Sentences (Notification of Details) BillI am saying nothing. To be serious for a moment, I am grateful to the officials in the Ministry of Justice for their work in supporting us to this stage. They were enormously…15 May 2024HANSARDCommunity and Suspended Sentences (Notification of Details) BillI am grateful to my colleagues across the House who have supported the Bill and joined us for this important stage of its journey. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Rotherham,…15 May 2024HANSARDCommunity and Suspended Sentences (Notification of Details) BillI am grateful for the opportunity to move my very first private Member’s Bill through the House—although it may well be my last! It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship,…15 May 2024HANSARDWar in GazaEveryone in the House knows that the trickling of aid into Gaza has been a stop-start affair, but it is a critical lifeline to support Palestinian civilians none the less. Today…07 May 2024HANSARDSpring Budget 2024: Welsh EconomyAs my hon. Friend the Member for Newport East says, the Minister does not have to wait; she can get on with it now. The smoke and mirrors in the Budget were quite clear. The Welsh…17 Apr 2024HANSARDSpring Budget 2024: Welsh EconomyI beg to move, That this House has considered the impact of the Spring Budget 2024 on the Welsh economy. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, I think for the first…17 Apr 2024HANSARDSpring Budget 2024: Welsh EconomyI am grateful to the Minister for that intervention and for clarifying.17 Apr 2024HANSARDSpring Budget 2024: Welsh EconomyIt is good to be able to wind up and to have a little time before Divisions. I thank hon. Members who are here today. It is interesting that this is a women’s debate—obviously…17 Apr 2024HANSARD Disability BenefitsMy hon. Friend is making a powerful speech on a very important subject. Elinor, one of my constituents, got in touch with me recently. She had a young child and was pregnant; she…26 Mar 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsT6. Since 27 February, there have been six sudden deaths at HMP Parc in Bridgend, and it appears that at least four of those tragic deaths were drug-related. What are the…26 Mar 2024HANSARDRecommendations of the Infected Blood InquiryI rise to present this petition on behalf of the people of Newport West, many of whom have been in touch with me in recent weeks and months to express their justifiable rage at…25 Mar 2024HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for that. He says that I keep referring to hereditary peers, but I have referred to them once, in response to one of my colleagues.22 Mar 2024HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillThank you for clarifying that, Madam Deputy Speaker. I thank my right hon. Friend the Member for Warley for setting out what happened in the Lords, but I will move on. The Bill…22 Mar 2024HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillI thank the hon. Gentleman for pointing that out. Obviously, there were issues going on in the other place that I was not party to at the time, so I am sorry, but I cannot comment…22 Mar 2024HANSARDHunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) BillI am pleased to speak on this important Bill. The importation to the UK of trophies produced during the barbaric sport of trophy hunting should have ended a long time ago. I thank…22 Mar 2024