St David’s Day

I thank my hon. Friend for his contribution. The situation is absolutely a disaster. I am particu...

I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate. Specifically on police funding, I have ask...

I thank my hon. Friend for her contribution. That is very important. Many of us who were at the i...

Does the hon. Lady agree that one way to give policing in Wales an instant cash boost would be to...

I feel that I shall have to make a date with the hon. Gentleman to discuss his suggestion further...

In the world!

In the world; correct. It is the most beautiful country, from the striking and romantic coastline...

Has my hon. Friend heard Goldie Lookin Chain’s fantastic tribute song to our dear friend Paul Fly...

It is excellent, and I want to say thanks to Goldie Lookin Chain, because it was really cool.

Will my hon. Friend also commend Goldie Lookin Chain for playing the “Yes is More” pro-independen...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention, and—whatever.

The hon. Lady omitted from that prestigious list Geoff Downes, of “Video Killed the Radio Star” a...

Marvellous—but I need to make progress.

Many teachers have written to me to bring to my att...

My right hon. Friend the Member for Alyn and Deeside (Mark Tami) and I have written to the Chief ...

It is completely unfair. I really would like to have some answers, because that unknown is causin...

Order. This debate is well subscribed, and the next debate is also well subscribed. I would rathe...

I congratulate the hon. Member for Gower (Tonia Antoniazzi). I also extend my sincerest condolenc...

The hon. Gentleman has paid tribute to the Secretary of State. Will he join me in also paying tri...

In fact, the hon. Member for Newport East was a member of the Welsh Affairs Committee when that f...

The hon. Gentleman must then be very upset that the Prime Minister in 1997, after the referendum,...

I was not here until 2005 so I will take the hon. Gentleman’s word for that. I do not know what t...

Is the hon. Gentleman aware that during the passage of the most recent Wales Act the Secretary of...

I am sure the Secretary of State will, as he always has done, take great interest in the report w...

Is not one glaringly obvious solution to the APD question just to abolish it entirely for all nat...

There is a very strong case for that as well, but I am deviating now slightly from the subject of...

It is a great pleasure, as always, to speak in this debate and I congratulate my hon. Friend the ...

My hon. Friend is right; that victory did unite the country. Does he wonder, as I do, whether it ...

I will give Ministers the opportunity to speak for themselves, but I have had compliments from bo...

Order. We are not doing very well so far, are we? If we cannot stick to six minutes, I will have ...

I shall try to adhere to your quite reasonable constraints, Madam Deputy Speaker. It is a great p...

I understand the need for technology to advance in Wales. Our geography means that broadband cann...

All I can say is that most of my constituents, particularly the farmers, are desperately keen to ...

It is a pleasure to speak in today’s debate at a particularly happy time for all Welsh Members, f...

My hon. Friend makes a valid point about train services in Wales. I look forward to that new

I agree with my hon. Friend, and one of the most frustrating things is that the Secretary of Stat...

On that very point, the Secretary of State must recognise and accept that investment in infrastru...

I agree with my hon. Friend, and I would add that Wales has 11% of the railway infrastructure and...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Ogmore (Chris Elmore), and I pay tribute to the ho...

I completely agree that community is one key characteristic of Wales and what makes it great. Doe...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for that. I have heard that choir sing on many occasions, and what a g...

Diolch, Madam Ddirprwy Lefarydd. It is a delight to follow the right hon. Member for Preseli Pemb...

In the interests of other Members who wish to speak I will curtail the first two pages of my spee...

Does my hon. Friend agree that the Tory English Government’s commitment to fracking is in sharp c...

The Welsh Labour Government do so many things so much better.

Examples of shocking disregar...

Diolch yn fawr, Madam Ddirprwy Lefarydd.

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Gower...

I am listening with interest to the hon. Lady’s remarks. She is talking about companies upping st...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his point. I am talking about the warnings that are being given. A...

The right hon. Gentleman does not appear to have heard the warnings from organisations and busine...

Absolutely. I thank my hon. Friend for his excellent point.

This pattern does not seem to b...

Does the hon. Lady not recognise that that is not the vision that Wales has? Wales voted to leave...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his point. Has he not seen the recent polls that say that the majo...

It is always a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Cardiff North (Anna McMorrin), an...

I congratulate Wales on their victory at the weekend. It was mightily impressive and a real demon...

I agree with my hon. Friend. Wales was of course the cradle of the industrial revolution and it s...

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Gower (Tonia Antoniazzi) on introducing this debate....

I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Gower (Tonia Antoniazzi) for securing this debate. Along wi...

The right hon. Gentleman makes an important point about cross-border issues where Welsh MPs may w...

I would be very happy to discuss those issues with the right hon. Gentleman when there is more ti...

I thank the hon. Member for Gower (Tonia Antoniazzi) for securing this debate. As I stand to spea...

On the basis of Celtic solidarity, will the hon. Gentleman consider asking the Scottish coach to ...

If the Welsh put out their second team, that might help us, to put it mildly.

Often we roma...

We have had a superb debate on St David’s Day, and I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Gower (T...

Used to be!

No, she still is. I am quite a weak squash player. I have played for Wales more than 100 times, b...

indicated dissent.

The hon. Gentleman said that he challenged Paul Flynn on some questions—no change there then, Top...

I am grateful to the hon. Member for Gower (Tonia Antoniazzi) for securing this debate, and for t...

The figures for unemployment and employment levels that the Secretary of State reads out are a cr...

My tone is certainly not vitriolic in any way. I am seeking to contrast the situation in 2010 and...

The Secretary of State has mentioned international investors, who will of course be watching the ...

I am disappointed by the approach the hon. Gentleman is taking. On the one hand, he, like many ot...

I, too, send my condolences to the family and friends of Steffan Lewis.

I thank all Members...

I hope not quite—that would be slightly alarming.

Question put and agreed to.

Resolve...

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I rise to seek your advice because I saw today in the ...

rose—

I will first reply to that point of order. It may be that my answer is helpful to the hon. Gentle...

Further to that point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I thank you for your response, but I, too, ...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for that further point of order, and the most I can say at this stage ...