LabourMP for Monmouthshire
“And I would like to share the sentiments that have already been expressed and send my deepest condolences to the family and friends of Ann Widdecombe. And of course, security is a huge issue to all of us in this chamber. And I'm sure I was …”
“9. What steps she is taking to help tackle pollution in the River Wye.…”
“I thank my honourable friend for giving way. And would he agree with me that it's incredibly important that we are at NATO? The Prime Minister is at NATO right now, and working to calmly and strongly, ensure that we are right at the heart o…”
“2. What steps he is taking to increase energy security.…”
“I pay huge tribute to our two new Members of Parliament, the honourable Members for Aberdeen South (Douglas Lumsden) and for Arbroath and Broughty Ferry (Lara Bird), for their maiden speeches. I will talk about something that makes up a rel…”
“I thank the Secretary of State for the excellent farming road map that she has laid out. I am really glad to see that supply chain fairness is at front and centre of the new road map, and I welcome the moving of the Groceries Code Adjudicat…”
“I thank the Minister for recently meeting me to discuss my two brilliant downstream steelmaking companies in Monmouthshire, CMF and STAPPERT. Can I ask him to look at their cases again? If he is meeting my honourable Friend the Member for N…”
“6. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support economic growth in Wales.…”
“I thank my honourable Friend for her amazing speech. I also have sisters, and I cannot imagine standing here and doing what she is doing, so I thank her for her bravery. I never met Jo, but her legacy absolutely lives on through my honourab…”
“I point out to the honourable Lady that it would be helpful if the new Welsh Government could release the £3.8 million of funding that the UK Government have given to the Welsh Government to help people struggling with their heating oil cos…”
“13. What steps she is taking to support economic growth in Wales.…”
“6. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support economic growth in Wales.…”
“I really welcome the Government’s amendment on image deletion orders, which will ensure that after a conviction, courts are properly mandated to destroy those intimate images and film. They will be able to give prison sentences, too; that i…”
“I, too, have heard lots of stories from learners in my constituency about their long wait for driving tests, and waits for medical driving licences are also going up. I am delighted that this Government are taking the driving test backlog s…”
“15. What steps she is taking to help tackle violence against women and girls.…”
“In Wales, it is fantastic news that the Welsh Labour Government have put in place a £1 cap on bus fares for young people and a £3 fare for all people over 18. Does the honourable Lady agree that that is a fantastic use of funding by the Wel…”
“I welcome the £3.8 million commitment, which will help Welsh households with rising costs. A 70-year-old woman in my constituency saw a quote for 500 litres of oil rise by £250 in less than a week. Farmers will also be hit hard: they will f…”
“I rise to speak in favour of the Bill, but first I want to remind the House why these reforms matter to victims. When the powerful wave of the MeToo movement washed over us in 2017, almost 10 years after the incredible Tarana Burke began th…”
“I thank the Secretary of State for his statement and for the Government’s laser focus on renewable energy in England and Wales. Does he agree that this should deliver basically a triple whammy for us? We will not be at the mercy of foreign …”
“5. What recent discussions he has had with Capita on ensuring timely payments under the civil service pension scheme.…”
“Does the honourable Member not agree that we have the green shoots of recovery already in the economy? We have interest rates going down and retail sales up. The recent massive £14 billion investment in rail will help every single small bus…”
“I thank the Secretary of State for announcing a big investment in local energy. He mentioned the fantastic example of the Geraint Thomas national velodrome in Newport, in my neighbouring constituency, with its 2,000 solar panels. This shows…”
“7. What steps he is taking to improve support for veterans.…”
“2. What recent discussions the Church of England has had with the Government on the future of the listed places of worship grant scheme.…”
“10. What assessment he has made of the potential impact of the autumn Budget 2025 on Northern Ireland.…”
“9. What steps she is taking through the visa and immigration system to support refugees from Ukraine.…”
“My constituents regularly tell me how frustrating it is to try to take work video-calls from home: they get the circle of doom. I know they are not exaggerating, because it happens to me too, especially when my kids are at home. Can the Min…”
“I thank the Secretary of State for his statement. Having spoken to my prison governor in Monmouthshire this weekend, I know the burden that clerks and prison officers are under when they are calculating these sentences on paper. The brass n…”
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“6. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to improve cross-border rail connectivity between Wales and England.…”
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