Adjournment debate on Thursday, 1 March 2007, in the House of Commons, led by Lord Hain. The answering member was Cheryl Gillan.
Welsh Affairs
Debate on a motion for the adjournment on Welsh Affairs.
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- Parliamentary proceeding
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- 457 c1096-175
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- 2006-07
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- Northern Ireland Office
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- House of Commons chamber
- Proceeding contributions
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Speaker | 457 c1119 (Link to this contribution) Order. I should remind the House that Mr. Speaker has placed a 12-minute limit on Back-Bench speeche...
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Nick Ainger | 457 c1174-5 (Link to this contribution) I am afraid not. [Interruption.] No, I am not going to give way. I have been very clear. A number o...
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Nia Griffith | 457 c1173 (Link to this contribution) Will my hon. Friend join me in congratulating Camford on the announcement that it has secured the fu...
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Nick Ainger | 457 c1173-4 (Link to this contribution) Absolutely. From the briefings that my hon. Friend has given me and my right hon. Friend the Secreta...
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David Jones | 457 c1169-72 (Link to this contribution) I cannot take any interventions because we have very little time left. A serious concern arose last...
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Nick Ainger | 457 c1172-3 (Link to this contribution) It has been a genuinely wide-ranging debate. I shall try in the time that I have to allow my hon. Fr...
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David Jones | 457 c1169 (Link to this contribution) This has been a spirited and interesting debate. It is especially gratifying for hon. Members on bot...
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Albert Owen | 457 c1169 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
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Wayne David | 457 c1168 (Link to this contribution) I am just being objective and honest and telling the truth according to what I heard and saw with my...
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Albert Owen | 457 c1168-9 (Link to this contribution) I was going to speak for the limit of 12 minutes, Mr. Deputy Speaker, but I know that you will not l...
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Hywel Williams | 457 c1167-8 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way. The hon. Member for Vale of Glamorgan (John Smith) was ki...
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Chris Ruane | 457 c1099 (Link to this contribution) A free Welsh army.
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Lord Hain | 457 c1099 (Link to this contribution) Except for the free Welsh army, as my hon. Friend says in his inimitable way. We must encourage lif...
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Lord Hain | 457 c1098 (Link to this contribution) I cannot resist allowing the hon. Gentleman to support me.
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Lord Hain | 457 c1098 (Link to this contribution) I concede that the hon. Gentleman took that stance, but I do not see how he can reconcile that with ...
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David TC Davies | 457 c1098 (Link to this contribution) I will indeed support the Secretary of State on this point. Does he agree that it was absolutely dis...
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Lord Hain | 457 c1098 (Link to this contribution) I am always reluctant to agree with the hon. Gentleman, because it makes me wonder whether the posit...
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Lord Hain | 457 c1097 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry that the hon. Lady rubbishes The Western Mail, as it is an excellent newspaper and I shal...
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Cheryl Gillan | 457 c1097 (Link to this contribution) indicated dissent.
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Lord Hain | 457 c1097 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady shakes her head, but I think her argument is with the Welsh Conservative leader, Nick ...
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Stephen Crabb | 457 c1096 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State makes an important point. Has he had the chance to read The Western Mail this...
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Lord Hain | 457 c1097 (Link to this contribution) It highlights the fact that there is still a gap to be bridged. The hon. Gentleman is right to draw ...
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Stephen Crabb | 457 c1097 (Link to this contribution) indicated dissent.
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Lord Hain | 457 c1097 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman shakes his head, but the Conservatives are committed to a programme of cuts in La...
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David TC Davies | 457 c1097 (Link to this contribution) Does the Secretary of State recall writing an excellent book advancing the case against proportional...
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Lord Hain | 457 c1097 (Link to this contribution) It is a brilliant book—I am glad that it is on the hon. Gentleman’s reading list and I hope he keeps...
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Cheryl Gillan | 457 c1097 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for giving way. He is being extremely generous so early on...
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Lord Hain | 457 c1105 (Link to this contribution) There speaks the true voice of Welsh conservatism—opposed to devolution and to more powers for Wales...
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Stephen Crabb | 457 c1102-3 (Link to this contribution) Although I in no way want to downplay the moral obligation of the United Kingdom to do our bit to ta...
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Lord Hain | 457 c1103-5 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes a good point, and I support him in it. With China opening a new coal-fired ...
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Lembit Opik | 457 c1102 (Link to this contribution) I very much agree with the Secretary of State that we have to make decisions now about renewable and...
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Lord Hain | 457 c1102 (Link to this contribution) Of course we need to take account of community concerns, and nobody wants to see Wales carpeted with...
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Hywel Williams | 457 c1102 (Link to this contribution) Will the Secretary of State enlighten the House as to whether a derogation from European regulations...
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Lord Hain | 457 c1102 (Link to this contribution) That is among the issues being considered in assessing the viability of the project. The hon. Gentle...
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Lord Hain | 457 c1101-2 (Link to this contribution) I shall certainly be happy to look into the matter and write to the hon. Gentleman as a result of my...
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Roger Williams | 457 c1101 (Link to this contribution) Before the Secretary of State moves on from renewable energy perhaps he could reflect on the role th...
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Lord Hain | 457 c1101 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point. There is a pump storage facility and a hydro-electric project, wh...
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Lord Hain | 457 c1100 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady is right, but she ought also to bear in mind that we had huge growth in Wales over tha...
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Lembit Opik | 457 c1100-1 (Link to this contribution) Although I agree with the Secretary of State that we should utilise the energy available from the Se...
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Lord Hain | 457 c1101 (Link to this contribution) I am all in favour of a comparison to get the best option, but I suspect that the hon. Gentleman wil...
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Paul Flynn | 457 c1101 (Link to this contribution) Is it not true that the most effective, long-term solution to renewable energy for Wales is marine p...
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Lord Hain | 457 c1099 (Link to this contribution) Airbus UK, and especially its plant at Broughton, which is the biggest manufacturing centre in the U...
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Lembit Opik | 457 c1099 (Link to this contribution) Does the Secretary of State agree that Airbus has been quite good at keeping in contact with the var...
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Lord Hain | 457 c1099-100 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the hon. Gentleman. Airbus has received, and I am sure will continue to receive, cross-...
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Cheryl Gillan | 457 c1100 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Secretary of State for giving way, because this is obviously a matter of great ...
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Mark Tami | 457 c1099 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend applaud Airbus, which, even in the current difficulties, is moving ahead with it...
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Lord Hain | 457 c1109 (Link to this contribution) I am ruling it out. There is no prospect of that at all. It is a matter for Rhodri Morgan and Welsh ...
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Adam Price | 457 c1109 (Link to this contribution) Speaking of unholy alliances, will the Secretary of State clarify his earlier comment, and confirm t...
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Lord Hain | 457 c1109 (Link to this contribution) I wonder whether the hon. Gentleman is going to confirm that. I look forward to reminding him of oth...
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Lord Hain | 457 c1109 (Link to this contribution) If that was the case, why did Plaid Cymru Assembly Members not vote for it? That is the question tha...
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Hywel Williams | 457 c1109 (Link to this contribution) Will the Secretary of State confirm for the record that the agreement on the budget was made between...
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Cheryl Gillan | 457 c1107-8 (Link to this contribution) I do not intend to provoke the right hon. Gentleman, but I want to develop his logic. As he thinks t...
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Lord Hain | 457 c1108 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady is getting into treacherous waters. We are all equally elected in the House to represe...
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Lord Hain | 457 c1106-7 (Link to this contribution) My direct answer to the hon. Gentleman is that we are campaigning for a majority Welsh Labour Govern...
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Cheryl Gillan | 457 c1107 (Link to this contribution) I am happy to intervene on the Secretary of State, who has been talking a lot of rubbish. We are the...
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Lord Hain | 457 c1107 (Link to this contribution) If the hon. Lady provokes me, I shall happily cite Conservative views to support the fact that there...
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Lord Hain | 457 c1107 (Link to this contribution) The comparison is not relevant, but as the hon. Lady has asked me about the matter, I do not believe...
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Lord Hain | 457 c1107 (Link to this contribution) She is going to provoke me—excellent.
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Roger Williams | 457 c1105 (Link to this contribution) The financial link between Wales and the UK is the Barnett formula, but on 21 February, the Prime Mi...
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Lord Hain | 457 c1105-6 (Link to this contribution) I understand the hon. Gentleman’s point, but his difficulty is that spending per head in Wales is si...
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Adam Price | 457 c1106 (Link to this contribution) I share the Secretary of State’s enthusiasm for keeping the Tories out of power, both here and in Ca...
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Cheryl Gillan | 457 c1114 (Link to this contribution) Probably because my right hon. Friend took the view that it was a giant bird blender. Just because v...
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Lord Hain | 457 c1114 (Link to this contribution) I am glad to hear that, but then why did the Leader of the Opposition denounce the Gwynt y Môr wind ...
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Cheryl Gillan | 457 c1113 (Link to this contribution) That grandstanding from the hon. Gentleman, who is living in the past, is not unremarkable. Quite fr...
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Chris Bryant | 457 c1112 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Lady. Let me remind her of the real legacy in constituencies such as mine ...
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Cheryl Gillan | 457 c1112 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman will have his chance to make a speech. The Secretary of State spoke for a long ti...
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David TC Davies | 457 c1112 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that we owe a great debt to the last Conservative Government for all their...
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Speaker | 457 c1112 (Link to this contribution) Order. Before the hon. Gentleman intervenes, may I say to the hon. Member for Vale of Clwyd (Chris R...
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David TC Davies | 457 c1112 (Link to this contribution) Will my hon. Friend give way?
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Cheryl Gillan | 457 c1111-2 (Link to this contribution) I feel as though I am intruding in a private family spat between Plaid Cymru and Labour. The Secreta...
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Lord Hain | 457 c1110 (Link to this contribution) I have no idea about those discussions. I would expect any Assembly Member who claims credit for a b...
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Cheryl Gillan | 457 c1112 (Link to this contribution) I do not need to answer that attack from the hon. Gentleman. This is the same Member who attacked th...
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Chris Bryant | 457 c1112 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady has run out of things that the Conservatives did for Wales. That was her whole list, w...
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Lord Hain | 457 c1110 (Link to this contribution) Perish the thought that we might have our eye on the elections on 3 May, or that we might be saying ...
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Albert Owen | 457 c1110 (Link to this contribution) What the hon. Member for Caernarfon (Hywel Williams) failed to say is that the Plaid Cymru Assembly ...
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Lord Hain | 457 c1110 (Link to this contribution) That is correct. To reinforce my hon. Friend’s point, I remind the House that the previous week, the...
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Lembit Opik | 457 c1110 (Link to this contribution) I believe it is in order in a Welsh affairs debate to request an important clarification. Will the S...
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Speaker | 457 c1110 (Link to this contribution) Order. This is turning into a hustings, rather than a debate on Welsh affairs, in which many hon. Me...
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Lord Hain | 457 c1096 (Link to this contribution) I wish you, Mr. Deputy Speaker, and the whole House a happy St. David’s day, and I am sorry that I s...
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David Jones | 457 c1150 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving way, and I am sure that hon. Members of all parties have ...
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Chris Ruane | 457 c1149 (Link to this contribution) Thank you very much.
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David TC Davies | 457 c1149-50 (Link to this contribution) That is not something of which the hon. Gentleman should be proud. Indeed, he should be ashamed of i...
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Albert Owen | 457 c1148 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman says that he hears calls from all over the place. One of those places is actually...
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David TC Davies | 457 c1148-9 (Link to this contribution) I am not aware that the Conservative group in the Welsh Assembly has officially published any propos...
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Lord Touhig | 457 c1146-8 (Link to this contribution) If the hon. Gentleman is so committed to the interests of the mining communities, I wish he had been...
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David TC Davies | 457 c1148 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State began with his memories of the night of the referendum. In the words of Max B...
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David TC Davies | 457 c1146 (Link to this contribution) As the grandson of a miner, can I point out that far more mines were shut down in the late 1960s dur...
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Lord Touhig | 457 c1146 (Link to this contribution) I do not doubt the hon. Gentleman’s personal commitment. The point I was making was that when we spe...
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Adam Price | 457 c1146 (Link to this contribution) As the son of a miner, I was hardly indifferent during the miners’ strike when the Tories were destr...
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Adam Price | 457 c1143-4 (Link to this contribution) Young offender institutions are part of the Prison Service; they are part of the prison estate. That...
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Lord Touhig | 457 c1144-5 (Link to this contribution) As I consider Wales in the first decade of this new century, I identify one great challenge that we ...
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Wayne David | 457 c1145 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend agree that the defence training academy will bring tremendous benefit that...
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Lord Touhig | 457 c1145-6 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right. It offers Welsh business and industry and the whole economy of south-east W...
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Lembit Opik | 457 c1142 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman may be coming to this, but does he agree that that is partly because of the abjec...
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Adam Price | 457 c1142-3 (Link to this contribution) I absolutely agree with the hon. Gentleman, and I will come to that matter in my concluding remarks....
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David TC Davies | 457 c1143 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is very intelligent and must realise that young people under the age of 16 do not...
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Paul Flynn | 457 c1138-41 (Link to this contribution) I would love to argue more about this, but there is a shortage of time. I shall mention three other...
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Elfyn Llwyd | 457 c1138 (Link to this contribution) I was more struck with the young man’s response to the question about drug taking than with that of ...
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Paul Flynn | 457 c1138 (Link to this contribution) I am delighted to give way to this young man’s hero.
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Paul Flynn | 457 c1137-8 (Link to this contribution) Towards the end of her speech, the hon. Member for Chesham and Amersham (Mrs. Gillan) was unwise eno...
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Elfyn Llwyd | 457 c1138 (Link to this contribution) Before the hon. Gentleman moves off this subject, may I say one word on behalf of the individual fro...
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Paul Flynn | 457 c1138 (Link to this contribution) That is a fascinating question—[Interruption.]
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David TC Davies | 457 c1138 (Link to this contribution) I have never seen the website and I do not really know the gentleman myself. I presume that there co...
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Paul Flynn | 457 c1138 (Link to this contribution) It is painful for me to recall my own experience when I was first elected. The first school I visite...
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Speaker | 457 c1138 (Link to this contribution) Order. The hon. Member for Meirionnydd Nant Conwy (Mr. Llwyd) will reconsider those words.
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Stephen Crabb | 457 c1136-7 (Link to this contribution) Anyone would welcome five new dentists but, given the shortfall across Wales, that addition is a dro...
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Lembit Opik | 457 c1128-31 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is slightly off beam, as usual. I assume that what he says today will be directly...
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Ann Clwyd | 457 c1131-3 (Link to this contribution) I hope that before the end of the debate one of my more gallant friends will give you a daffodil, Ma...
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Stephen Crabb | 457 c1133-4 (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure and a privilege to follow the right hon. Member for Cynon Valley (Ann Clwyd). She s...
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Elfyn Llwyd | 457 c1134 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman’s is wilting.
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Stephen Crabb | 457 c1134 (Link to this contribution) It is still standing proud. The preferred symbol was, for many years, the leek. The 6th-century Wels...
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Albert Owen | 457 c1134 (Link to this contribution) I certainly believe that St. David’s day should be, and is, a special day, but if the schools argume...
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Stephen Crabb | 457 c1134-5 (Link to this contribution) I hear the hon. Gentleman’s comments, but I have talked to many teachers and parents in my constitue...
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Lord Touhig | 457 c1135 (Link to this contribution) I was simply quoting The Guardian. I take it that, if its report was wrong, the hon. Gentleman has i...
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Stephen Crabb | 457 c1135-6 (Link to this contribution) On Tuesday, the Select Committee on Welsh Affairs held an inquiry into the closure of the Treorchy p...
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Nia Griffith | 457 c1136 (Link to this contribution) Is the hon. Gentleman aware that only a couple of weeks ago Mill Lane dental surgery in Llanelli had...
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Hywel Francis | 457 c1164-6 (Link to this contribution) I speak in this important Welsh day debate from the perspective of being the Chair of the Welsh Affa...
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Mark Tami | 457 c1162-4 (Link to this contribution) Unfortunately, it does not cover Denbighshire, but it is a region that has seen economic growth outs...
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Chris Ruane | 457 c1162 (Link to this contribution) Denbighshire?
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Wayne David | 457 c1166-7 (Link to this contribution) I suppose it is inevitable that in our debate on St. David’s day we have heard numerous references t...
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Mark Tami | 457 c1160 (Link to this contribution) He is a Conservative.
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Roger Williams | 457 c1160-2 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I will certainly take your advice into account. It is a great pleasu...
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John P Smith | 457 c1160 (Link to this contribution) I understand that to be the case. We must get our policy on roads right and we must do it now. I wa...
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Speaker | 457 c1160 (Link to this contribution) Order. There is not a great deal of time left for the debate, so unless hon. Members make their rema...
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Martin Caton | 457 c1152 (Link to this contribution) It is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Monmouth (David T.C. Davies), if only because i...
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David TC Davies | 457 c1151-2 (Link to this contribution) I do not believe that that happened. I think that the hon. Gentleman will discover that what the for...
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Martin Caton | 457 c1152-5 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry but I shall not give way, because if I take less than the allotted time, everybody else w...
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Hywel Williams | 457 c1152 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
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John P Smith | 457 c1158-9 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the opportunity to speak, albeit briefly, in our St. David’s day debate. St. David’s day i...
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Hywel Williams | 457 c1155-8 (Link to this contribution) It is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Gower (Mr. Caton). May I say how much I agreed ...
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David TC Davies | 457 c1150-1 (Link to this contribution) That is an important point. It is strange that I, a Member of Parliament, can get free prescriptions...
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Wayne David | 457 c1151 (Link to this contribution) May I ask the hon. Gentleman this question?
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Chris Ruane | 457 c1151 (Link to this contribution) What is he on?
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Lembit Opik | 457 c1127-8 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has worked tirelessly in that campaign, and she makes a good, cross-party point. I ho...
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Jenny Willott | 457 c1127 (Link to this contribution) Will my hon. Friend join me in welcoming the recent announcement of an independent inquiry into how ...
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David TC Davies | 457 c1128 (Link to this contribution) Has the hon. Gentleman seen reports that flying is one of the biggest sources of greenhouse gases? W...
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Lembit Opik | 457 c1126 (Link to this contribution) In part, I agree with the hon. Gentleman, but the underlying problem is that we are not dealing with...
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David TC Davies | 457 c1125 (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman accept that although prison overcrowding is a problem, the difficulty is tha...
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Lembit Opik | 457 c1126-7 (Link to this contribution) I am aware of the debate, but I am sure that the hon. Gentleman will agree that we have a serious an...
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Mark Tami | 457 c1126 (Link to this contribution) Is the hon. Gentleman aware that Welsh police pointed out that those figures included air weapons? I...
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Lembit Opik | 457 c1125 (Link to this contribution) On that point, I thank the Minister for the time that the he took to meet us and the sub-postmasters...
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Roger Williams | 457 c1125 (Link to this contribution) Following our discussions with the Minister, it was agreed that my office in Brecon would contact ea...
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Nia Griffith | 457 c1124 (Link to this contribution) Is the hon. Gentleman aware that post offices have access to computers, and that that survey was ava...
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Lembit Opik | 457 c1123-4 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady makes a good point, and I hope that farmers will get actively involved in that consult...
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Nia Griffith | 457 c1123 (Link to this contribution) Is the hon. Gentleman aware of the Competition Commission inquiry into supermarkets? There are three...
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Lembit Opik | 457 c1123 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right. The price farmers receive for their milk can be as low as 16p or 17p per li...
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Roger Williams | 457 c1123 (Link to this contribution) Like my hon. Friend, I congratulate the Fairtrade movement on establishing itself within the conscio...
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Lembit Opik | 457 c1122-3 (Link to this contribution) Let me start by wishing the whole House a happy—[Interruption.] I was going to say Valentine’s day. ...
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Lord Murphy of Torfaen | 457 c1121-2 (Link to this contribution) I will come to that issue in a few moments. Obviously, when we talk to people in Wales about the po...
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David TC Davies | 457 c1121 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman knows a great deal about the subject. In his expert opinion, what does he m...
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Lord Murphy of Torfaen | 457 c1120-1 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman. The site that has been chosen as a possible site for a prison in my con...
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Elfyn Llwyd | 457 c1120 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman is right. As he knows—we have discussed this before—there has been a long-s...
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Paul Flynn | 457 c1119 (Link to this contribution) I believe that Mr. Chapman achieved his high office on the community council having been co-opted on...
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Lord Murphy of Torfaen | 457 c1119 (Link to this contribution) Anyone would have thought there was an election about. It was interesting to hear the hon. Member f...
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Cheryl Gillan | 457 c1119 (Link to this contribution) This sounds like a case of young versus old. I think that it is just jealousy because he is so young...
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Lord Murphy of Torfaen | 457 c1119 (Link to this contribution) Yes; perhaps it would be a good idea for the hon. Lady to choose another example next time.
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Lord Murphy of Torfaen | 457 c1119-20 (Link to this contribution) I look forward to meeting him. Today, as if we did not know, is St. David’s day, but another famous...
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Chris Bryant | 457 c1116 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Lady give way? It is about Burberry.
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Lord Touhig | 457 c1116 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Lady give way?
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Cheryl Gillan | 457 c1116 (Link to this contribution) I have given way enough, and I think that we have talked about Burberry enough. I want to move on, b...
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Cheryl Gillan | 457 c1116-9 (Link to this contribution) No, I want to continue. We need an improving economy in Wales. No matter what the Secretary of Stat...
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Cheryl Gillan | 457 c1116 (Link to this contribution) I think that those remarks are an utter disgrace, because I understand that that is not the position...
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Lord Touhig | 457 c1115-6 (Link to this contribution) I am glad about the hon. Lady’s support for Airbus. Will she also confirm her support for Burberry w...
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Cheryl Gillan | 457 c1115 (Link to this contribution) If the hon. Gentleman is suggesting that we should stand by and allow our agricultural sector to dec...
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Paul Flynn | 457 c1115 (Link to this contribution) In an answer to a parliamentary question yesterday, it was confirmed that the farm tax on subsidies ...
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Cheryl Gillan | 457 c1116 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. I know that he will add to it when he speaks later.
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Stephen Crabb | 457 c1116 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Member for Islwyn (Mr. Touhig) spoke of his concern for the Burberry workers and refe...
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Cheryl Gillan | 457 c1114-5 (Link to this contribution) Sadly, the hon. Gentleman has not seemed to notice that it is his party that is in government. I am ...
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Albert Owen | 457 c1114 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady says that the Leader of the Opposition was just expressing a personal view, so let me ...
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Cheryl Gillan | 457 c1114 (Link to this contribution) Good. I am very glad that the Secretary of State is now adopting Conservative policy.
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Lord Hain | 457 c1114 (Link to this contribution) I am definitely in favour of a proper assessment, on which I have been working with my hon. Friend t...
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Lord Hain | 457 c1098 (Link to this contribution) Indeed, my hon. Friend is absolutely right and I pay tribute to his championing of the cause of the ...
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Lord Hain | 457 c1108 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that the hon. Lady will approve of his remarks. He said:"““it is unrealistic to expect us ...
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Cheryl Gillan | 457 c1112 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for reminding us of that. Perhaps we should also remind the Secretar...
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Adam Price | 457 c1141-2 (Link to this contribution) It is always a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Newport, West (Paul Flynn). I hope that the se...
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Wayne David | 457 c1151 (Link to this contribution) No, my question is slightly different. The hon. Gentleman will remember that the right hon. Member f...
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John P Smith | 457 c1098 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend’s analysis of the challenges facing Wales in a global market is right, but does...
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Adam Price | 457 c1098 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State knows that my hon. Friend the Member for Meirionnydd Nant Conwy (Mr. Llwyd) s...
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Mark Tami | 457 c1162 (Link to this contribution) A few weeks ago, I was fortunate enough to secure a Westminster Hall debate on the Deeside hub. I am...
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Cheryl Gillan | 457 c1174 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister give way?
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Dai Davies | 457 c1164 (Link to this contribution) Following on from the Member for Shotton—the hon. Member for Alyn and Deeside (Mark Tami)—I will men...
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Lembit Opik | 457 c1124-5 (Link to this contribution) I hope that the work that I, others and perhaps the hon. Lady herself have done has raised awareness...
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