Debate on Tuesday, 22 February 2022, in the House of Commons, led by Jessica Morden. The answering member was David TC Davies.

Cost of Living in Wales

Motion that this House has considered the cost of living in Wales. Motion lapsed.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 709 cc95-103WH
Session: 2021-22
Department: Wales Office
Chamber / Committee: Westminster Hall
Proceeding contributions: Yvonne Fovargue | 709 c95WH (Link to this contribution)
Before we begin, I remind Members of the House of Commons Commission’s guidance to observe social...; Jessica Morden | 709 cc95-6WH (Link to this contribution)
I beg to move,
That this House has considered the cost of living in Wales.
I am most ...; Christina Rees | 709 c97WH (Link to this contribution)
Does my hon. Friend agree that things would be a lot worse in Wales if it were not for the Welsh ...; Jessica Morden | 709 c97WH (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend for her excellent intervention. In fact, we saw a further announcement and...; Jessica Morden | 709 c97WH (Link to this contribution)
Before the vote, I was talking about the soaring household gas and electricity prices and about h...; Nia Griffith | 709 c97WH (Link to this contribution)
Does my hon. Friend agree that, although many people think of benefits as going to people who are...; Jessica Morden | 709 cc97-8WH (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. She is absolutely right: the levels of in-work pove...; Carolyn Harris | 709 c98WH (Link to this contribution)
Citizens Advice tells us that, heading into the winter, one in 10 families were already facing fi...; Jessica Morden | 709 c98WH (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. She is absolutely right. The experiences of her con...; Hywel Williams | 709 c98WH (Link to this contribution)
I apologise for missing the first part of the hon. Lady’s speech—I was keen to vote. Does she agr...; Jessica Morden | 709 c98WH (Link to this contribution)
I very much understand the point that the hon. Member makes about inflation, which runs through t...; Jamie Wallis | 709 c99WH (Link to this contribution)
The accounts from her constituents that the hon. Lady read out earlier were very moving, and I ta...; Jessica Morden | 709 c99WH (Link to this contribution)
We have some of the lower council tax rates, compared with the UK as a whole. The support package...; Christina Rees | 709 c99WH (Link to this contribution)
My hon. Friend might have been about to come on to this point. Will she also congratulate the Wel...; Jessica Morden | 709 c100WH (Link to this contribution)
I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. I am glad she mentioned that scheme because I am ru...; David TC Davies | 709 cc100-2WH (Link to this contribution)
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Fovargue. I apologise for the fact that I w...; Jessica Morden | 709 c102WH (Link to this contribution)
The Minister is quite right, but he missed the comments that I read out from constituents about h...; David TC Davies | 709 c102WH (Link to this contribution)
Funnily enough, I do not accept that. First, gas storage will make no difference whatsoever to th...; Carolyn Harris | 709 c102WH (Link to this contribution)
Will the Minister give way?; David TC Davies | 709 c102WH (Link to this contribution)
I will in a moment. Let me finish my speech—as Opposition Members know, I like to take interventi...; Yvonne Fovargue | 709 c102WH (Link to this contribution)
You have until 4.49 pm.; David TC Davies | 709 c102WH (Link to this contribution)
I will take a quick intervention from the hon. Member for Swansea East (Carolyn Harris).; Carolyn Harris | 709 c102WH (Link to this contribution)
In France, where the industry around energy is nationalised, there have been nowhere near the pri...; David TC Davies | 709 cc102-3WH (Link to this contribution)
I fear the hon. Lady may not be right about that. About 70% of the electricity in France comes fr...; Jessica Morden | 709 c103WH (Link to this contribution)
Will the Minister give way?; David TC Davies | 709 c103WH (Link to this contribution)
I have only 30 seconds left and I have a conclusion here as well, but I give way to the hon. Lady...; Jessica Morden | 709 c103WH (Link to this contribution)
Does the Minister accept that a failure to regulate our energy market has led to dozens of energy...; David TC Davies | 709 c103WH (Link to this contribution)
A fairer analysis would be that a lot of energy companies had not expected prices to quadruple an...
Subjects: Energy Food Inflation Prices Wales Cost of living Universal credit
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Cost of Living in Wales

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