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Business of the House: Welsh Affairs ( 5 Mar 2015)

Stephen Crabb: ...Of course, he revealed that he has Welsh ancestry, and does not have to go that far back to find that one of his forebears was Llewellyn, a tin-plate maker in Glamorgan. So I think all of us in the House this afternoon from Wales will welcome the fact that we are cut from the same cloth as the Prime Minister. As I look back, I think 2014 was a great year for Wales. I think it was the best...

Business of the House: Welsh Affairs ( 5 Mar 2015)

Madeleine Moon: ...pursued to provide the restoration at Parc Slip? I have made a number of references to Mr Justice Hickinbottom’s judgment in a case brought by the Serious Fraud Office against the people who benefited financially from this asset transfer scheme: three solicitors at company called M&A—Eric Evans, David Alan Whiteley and Francis Bodman; Stephen Davies, QC; Richard Walters, the managing...

Business of the House: Welsh Affairs ( 5 Mar 2015)

David Davies: ...20% cut in the tolls overnight. On that basis, I think that I am willing to set aside decades of Conservative thought and call for the nationalisation of the Severn bridge. It would be of enormous benefit to everyone who uses it, including many of my constituents. Furthermore, my Committee looked at the current level of the tolls and we calculated—it was a little bit of a...

Business of the House: Welsh Affairs ( 5 Mar 2015)

Mark Williams: ...today have come along to the meetings. At the last one, my right hon. Friend the Member for Clwyd West (Mr Jones) and the hon. Member for Ynys Môn were present and heard the case made for the benefits to our tourism sector. Fragile rural economies such as Ceredigion rely on agriculture and tourism, but more critically the opportunities for growth really are there. It has been estimated...

Business of the House: Welsh Affairs ( 5 Mar 2015)

Elfyn Llwyd: ...reflect on that in May—indeed, they already are, if the opinion polls are to be believed. I note with interest what is happening with the Government’s plans to create a so-called northern powerhouse in England. Significant fiscal powers are set to be devolved to Manchester—dubbed Devo Manc. In that light, the third-rate devolution being offered to Wales is more of a “devo manky”,...

Business of the House: Welsh Affairs ( 5 Mar 2015)

David Jones: ...are increasingly important in north Wales, and they are being used increasingly heavily, as is the case across the country. Journey times have improved tremendously. When I was first elected to his House some 10 years ago, the journey back to London from Colwyn Bay on a Sunday took some four and a half hours. As a result of efforts by both the previous Labour Government and this...


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