Support for the Welsh Economy and Funding for the Devolved Institutions

Apart from the debates that the right hon. Gentleman has mentioned, there is also the work of the...

The Government have responded to the report, and we will be publishing our response to the Govern...

The right hon. Gentleman mentions levelling up. I note what the Government are doing in terms of ...

We have discussed that very point at the Select Committee; indeed, just a fortnight ago, the Secr...

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I will give way to the right hon. Lady and then to the hon. Gentleman—I am sure I have just opene...

I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his work on the Welsh Affairs Committee and for bri...

I do not agree that devolution of the Crown Estate in Wales is necessary to achieve the birth and...

My bigger concern is that the way the Government have structured all these different funds that a...

I agree with the hon. Member, who pre-empts a point that I was going to make about levelling up. ...

The right hon. Gentleman is very kind to take a second intervention. I am sure that the Welsh Aff...

I agree with the right hon. Lady’s point about infrastructure—the Committee is looking at that at...

It is a pleasure to speak in this debate on the Welsh estimates. Let me start by congratulating t...

I am interested in the hon. Gentleman’s comparison with Germany. Does he agree that one secret of...

I will get to the point about government structures later, but there is a definitely a debate to ...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr (Jonathan Edwards), an...

I would be delighted to agree with the hon. Gentleman that Wales should hitch itself to the UK ef...

I certainly agree that we can do better. To be clear, I speak in this debate as a proud Welshman—...

I am listening to the hon. Member with great interest, because he is making some persuasive argum...

The right hon. Lady’s intervention gives me an opportunity to make a really important point. I th...

My intervention is in response to the right hon. Member for Dwyfor Meirionnydd (Liz Saville Rober...

I thank my right hon. Friend for making that point. I could not agree more. Contrast that deficit...

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How could I possibly refuse the hon. Member?

In the interests of consistency, does the hon. Gentleman agree with cutting VAT for hospitality b...

I would settle for not adding a tourism tax on top of VAT.

Contrast the Welsh Labour Govern...

I congratulate the right hon. Member for Preseli Pembrokeshire (Stephen Crabb) on securing this d...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Cynon Valley (Beth Winter), for whom I have the hi...

Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the drawing up of the NUTS—nomenclature of territorial units f...

Actually, I do think that the way it is being done now is fairer. I could never understand that s...

The Government’s form of devolution is different and does not work because it is a beauty parade....

With all due respect, I have been part of that process. As the Member for Clwyd South, I sponsore...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for taking an intervention and inviting me to respond to him....

I and other Conservative Members refer to the fiscal deficit to make the point that England and t...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for opening the lid on this complex and important question of dev...

Yes, I certainly do. One question the Labour party must ask itself is whether, by going into coll...

One thing we need to consider is how the status quo results in Wales’s current financial position...

I thank the right hon. Lady for her intervention, and I have a degree of sympathy in that I belie...

It is a pleasure, as always, to follow the hon. Member for Clwyd South (Simon Baynes), and I join...

My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. On that £400 household grant, does he share my conc...

I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for raising that important point. Indeed, a number of hon. ...

The hon. Gentleman is giving a typically thoughtful speech, as we have become accustomed to in th...

I agree and I disagree. I agree in the sense that I would also very much like to see our economy ...

It is a real pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Ceredigion (Ben Lake), and I congratulate the...

I will challenge the hon. Gentleman on his complacency about the labour market figures in Wales. ...

Perhaps if the UK Government had a proper industrial strategy that would grow our manufacturing b...

Notable by its absence from the hon. Gentleman’s list is the performance of the NHS in Wales. Wit...

Madam Deputy Speaker, I am sure that you would love to give me another 10 minutes to talk about t...

Does the hon. Gentleman join me in welcoming the decision taken by Labour in Wales over the weeke...

The reality is that the Senedd simply did not have enough Members to hold the Government to accou...

Does the hon. Gentleman agree that in the last year for which agricultural funding was calculated...

I thank the Minister for intervening, but these figures are from the House of Commons Library bri...

Order. I remind Members that we have just two more speakers before the winding-up speeches, and t...

It is a pleasure to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Aberavon (Stephen Kinnock), who made an ...

Will the hon. Lady give way?

I will not, on this occasion, because another Member wishes to speak and hon. Members have interv...

May I say what a pleasure it is to follow my hon. Friend the Member for Newport East (Jessica Mor...

It is a pleasure to speak in this debate on Welsh estimates, and to congratulate the right hon. M...

The hon. Member’s contribution is very good, and it actually rings a bell with me. In years gone ...

The hon. Member makes an excellent point. I remember well the benefits that were brought to the h...

I thank the right hon. Member for Preseli Pembrokeshire (Stephen Crabb), Chair of the Welsh Affai...

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No, I think the hon. Gentleman has had plenty of interventions today. I will carry on because we ...

I join the chorus of compliments directed at my right hon. Friend, and neighbour, the Member for ...

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I will keep pressing on, because we do not have a lot of time. My old friend and neighbour, the h...

With the leave of the House, I call Stephen Crabb to wind up.

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With the leave of the House. It is apt to see you in the Chair, Mr Deputy Speaker, given your Wel...

I love “finally” and “very finally”.

Question deferred until tomorrow at Seven o’clock (Sta...