Welsh Affairs

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, but I am afraid that he is confusing the budget ...

The hon. Gentleman is being very generous in giving way. May I draw his mind back to the evidence...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. Membership of the European Union is defined by h...

May I point out the hypocrisy in what the hon. Gentleman is saying? There is a contradiction betw...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. As we have discussed, it is clear that energy-in...

My hon. Friend makes an important point about stability. Does he agree that the real problem in i...

I agree absolutely. The Energy and Climate Change Committee has just produced a compelling report...

indicated assent.

This outstanding project, made possible by EU and European Investment Bank funding, is one of the...

I thank my hon. Friend for his wonderful speech and for his important leadership in the whole ste...

I agree entirely. That comes back to an issue I was talking about earlier: the need for a long-te...

Order. I hope we can manage this debate without a formal time limit on speeches. If everyone who ...

May I take this opportunity to wish you, Madam Deputy Speaker, a belated happy St David’s day? Ma...

Does the right hon. Gentleman share my concern that it appears from announcements by the Departme...

I do have concerns about the franchise, but now that the hon. Lady has raised the subject, I am b...

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his kind words earlier. He knows that I strongly share the a...

Yes, that is the burden of my speech. As the north-eastern part of Wales is so dynamic and so imp...

I would like briefly to refer to three issues: first, what has happened to the draft Wales Bill; ...

I have listened to the hon. Gentleman’s criticisms, but does he not agree that it is far better t...

I agree up to a point. Pre-legislative scrutiny is good—it makes for better legislation—but it wo...

That part of the splendid report referred to by the right hon. Member for Clwyd West (Mr Jones) i...

My hon. Friend is too modest to say this, but it is worth pointing out that he was the author of ...

On the subject of Governments dilly-dallying, if we are going to have a third runway at Heathrow—...

I am in favour of that, but the decision is not up to the Government in Cardiff alone. A lot depe...

Order. My experiment of having a voluntary time limit has not worked. We will therefore have a fo...

You just got the nine minute bar in before I rose to speak, Madam Deputy Speaker, which is probab...

Is it not the case that for a short period of time, mid-Wales was given some support by the Devel...

I thank my hon. Friend for offering me the opportunity for some degree of self-congratulation, bu...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for supporting that idea. Would he support Plaid Cymru Member...

I do not think that the hon. Gentleman would expect me to go further than to say that that may we...

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for calling me to speak in this debate. It is a great pleasure t...

Hear, hear.

I thank my hon. Friend. All credit is due to Bob Bright and Newport City Council for their brave ...

In the spirit of St David’s day, may I first give huge congratulations to the hon. Member for Abe...

The hon. Gentleman alluded to the importance of the European Union for Cardiff University and res...

The hon. Gentleman is trying to ruin the consensus within my party as well as the debate. I will ...

Does my hon. Friend accept that although the Welsh Government may not have done much in south Wal...

I wholeheartedly accept that, and I feel for the A55 as much as I do for the M4. However, the M4 ...

It is a tad ungracious to complain about the absence of the Secretary of State for Wales without ...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Newport West (Paul Flynn), and it was quite a surp...

St David’s day, 1 March, is a national day of celebration in Wales. It is a day on which to celeb...

I am grateful to have the opportunity to speak today. I congratulate the hon. Member for Aberavon...

The Welsh Government sold the land in Lisvane in Cardiff North, the most valuable land in Wales w...

I am absolutely sure that my hon. Friend is right. I am amazed that the First Minister did not ho...

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Aberavon (Stephen Kinnock) on securing this importan...

When we had the first round of funding, the then First Minister, Rhodri Morgan, said it was a onc...

EU funding is important, and it has benefited Wales considerably—the evidence is there in terms o...

I am sure that Welsh Members who see me, as an English Member, rise to address this debate will b...

I, too, thank the hon. Member for Aberavon (Stephen Kinnock) for spearheading our attempts to sec...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I will give way briefly, because I am conscious of the time.

Aberystwyth University is important to the economy of mid-Wales. Such connectivity is important t...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for making that point. I know he has a potential interest in ...

We have become very accustomed to waiting for things in Wales. We waited a very long time for rai...

I am happy to announce to the hon. Lady that the Secretary of State has an important telephone co...

It was nice to see him for a short period of time.

We are now waiting for a review of the S...

I will start by talking about the European Union, as many Members have during the debate. I will ...

The hon. Gentleman is making a passionate case for Wales remaining in the European Union. However...

I was not going to mention the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, but the hon. Gentl...

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Aberavon (Stephen Kinnock) on securing this importan...

I start by congratulating the hon. Member for Aberavon (Stephen Kinnock) and other Members

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Previously, throughout my time in this Parliament and, indeed, in the Welsh Assembly, the Barnett...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for emphasising that point. The 115% rate of Barnett consequentia...

Obviously the Barnett formula is a step forward, but does this not underline the danger of using ...

The hon. Gentleman has made some important points. It is, of course, up to the Labour party to ex...

The Minister was going OK until he got to the bit about dumping. I am sorry, but we cannot let th...

I am sorry to hear that response, which raised two issues. The first is the confusion over market...

I should like to thank the entire House for an excellent debate today. We have covered a wide ran...