Results 1–20 of 2000 for (in the 'Commons debates' OR in the 'Westminster Hall debates' OR in the 'Lords debates' OR in the 'Northern Ireland Assembly debates') speaker:Stephen Crabb

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Waterway Cleanliness (14 Mar 2024)

Stephen Crabb: What recent progress his Department has made on improving water quality.

Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Waterway Cleanliness (14 Mar 2024)

Stephen Crabb: I welcome the action that this Government are taking to improve water quality, but in Wales, which has some of the worst levels of sewage pollution, there are no legally binding targets for the water companies to reduce sewage or to upgrade their waste water treatment plants, and there is no overall reduction plan for sewage. There are not even any prosecutions, because the policy in Wales is...

Wales: Budget 2024: Businesses in Wales (13 Mar 2024)

Stephen Crabb: What assessment he has made of the potential impact of the spring Budget 2024 on businesses in Wales.

Wales: Budget 2024: Businesses in Wales (13 Mar 2024)

Stephen Crabb: Sadly, pubs and restaurants are closing at a faster rate in Wales than in any other part of the UK. The measures in the Budget that the Secretary of State mentioned will bring some relief, but does he agree that what is pushing many of these businesses to the wall right now is Welsh Labour’s slashing of business rates support?

Welsh Affairs (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Crabb: I thank all Members who participated this afternoon in what has been a very good debate. I am particularly grateful to fellow members of the Select Committee who joined me in the application to the Backbench Business Committee. We thank that Committee for granting the debate. We look forward to future St David’s Day debates that are perhaps longer and more expansive. I was particularly...

Welsh Affairs (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Crabb: I beg to move, That this House has considered Welsh affairs. It is good to see you back in the Chair for the annual debate on Welsh affairs, Mr Deputy Speaker. We call it the St David’s day debate, although this year it falls just prior to St David’s day. I wish all Members a very happy St David’s day for tomorrow—Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus. Let me start my remarks, however, on a slightly...

Welsh Affairs (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Crabb: The full title—

Welsh Affairs (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Crabb: Gower College Swansea—the hon. Lady has made her point with her usual force and eloquence. I think as well of the meeting we had with apprentices at the magnificent Airbus factory in Broughton. The Airbus apprenticeship scheme must be the most impressive, and probably the most competitively applied for apprenticeship, anywhere in the country. What we saw there was really impressive. I also...

Welsh Affairs (29 Feb 2024)

Stephen Crabb: Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker. I do not agree with the right hon. Lady. We have been taking evidence on exactly that issue and we have come across extremely professional people working in those public services and the prisons to ensure that the jagged edge of devolution, if you like, does not create disadvantages for Welsh prisoners. We will continue to look at that during our current inquiry....

Israel and Gaza (27 Feb 2024)

Stephen Crabb: I thank my right hon. Friend for coming to the House and setting out a clear and principled statement. As he knows, our position is thoroughly in line with that of our partners—the ones who are involved in very serious and sensitive negotiations right now to end the fighting. Will he say a bit more about the concrete steps towards reform? He mentioned the Palestinian Authority and the...

Financial Risk Checks for Gambling — [Sir Edward Leigh in the Chair] (26 Feb 2024)

Stephen Crabb: The hon. Lady is making some strong points, and she has done some excellent work on this issue. When one talks to people who have lived and are living with serious gambling addictions, what comes across very strongly is the way they alter their behaviours to avoid accountability and scrutiny, to the point of using multiple identities. That being the case, is the hon. Lady confident that these...

Ceasefire in Gaza (21 Feb 2024)

Stephen Crabb: The backdrop to today’s debate has two parts. One is the appalling outpouring of antisemitism in this country, which we debated in this Chamber on Monday afternoon. The other part of the backdrop to today’s difficult debate is what I believe is a concerted campaign to pressure and even bully MPs to fall into line behind a very specific wording about a ceasefire, which implies an...

Ceasefire in Gaza (21 Feb 2024)

Stephen Crabb: I will not give way to the right hon. Gentleman.

Antisemitism in the UK (19 Feb 2024)

Stephen Crabb: I thank the Minister for coming to the House and making this important statement. Does he agree that even more alarming than the sheer number of antisemitic incidents now being reported on a daily basis is creeping tolerance across so much of our national life and so many of our institutions—universities are just one example—of an acceptable level of antisemitism, so long as it is dressed...

Defence: Armed Forces Recruitment (19 Feb 2024)

Stephen Crabb: What steps his Department is taking to recruit armed forces personnel.

Defence: Armed Forces Recruitment (19 Feb 2024)

Stephen Crabb: The armed forces, including the 14th Signal Regiment based in Pembrokeshire, continue to provide fabulous career opportunities for young people. Does my right hon. Friend agree that, now more than ever, we need to encourage Army visits to schools, and that the long campaign by nationalists in Wales to stop those visits damages social mobility and aspiration?

Wales: Energy Mix (31 Jan 2024)

Stephen Crabb: My hon. Friend mentions the new industry of floating offshore wind, which has huge potential to create a large number of high-quality jobs in places such as Milford Haven and Port Talbot. The two ports both have bids in with the UK Government to the FLOWMIS port infrastructure scheme, which will be key to seeing this vision realised. When can the ports expect to hear back about those bids?

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Palestinian State: Recognition (30 Jan 2024)

Stephen Crabb: My right hon. Friend’s comments about a big leap forward are noble—I recognise that—but as long as Hamas, who believe not in a two-state solution but in killing and raping Jews, cling on in Gaza; as Fatah is barely able to control the west bank; and as Israel is still in trauma, still trying to get 130 hostages, including babies, back from Gaza, what does he think that talk about early...

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Topical Questions (30 Jan 2024)

Stephen Crabb: This year marks the 120th anniversary of the signing of the entente cordiale with France, 80 years since D-day and 30 years since the opening of the Channel tunnel. Does my right hon. Friend agree that this is an incredibly important moment to reinvigorate that important bilateral relationship?

Protecting Steel in the UK (23 Jan 2024)

Stephen Crabb: The Minister is making an important point about having an honest conversation, part of which is about recognising that almost from the day that Tata bought the Corus assets it has been looking for the taxpayer to subsidise the plant to keep it operational. From refurbishing and relining the blast furnaces to direct subsidies from the Welsh and UK Governments, as well as strongarming us into...


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