Speeches by Ranger.

“I absolutely agree and will come on to that later. Young people believe that the system does not deliver, and that their voice is not heard. These statistics should be of concern to us all, regardless of political persuasion, and it is clear that the status quo has to go. Of 43 countries across Europe, 40 have proporti…”

“Wrexham is a thriving hub of business, and the continued investment in the Wrexham and Flintshire investment zone is very welcome indeed. Companies such as Wrexham Lager, Kellogg’s and JCB, among others, are exporting from Wrexham around the globe. However, too many businesses have had to give up on exporting due to th…”

“In places across the UK, including in my constituency of Wrexham, for too long too many young people have fallen through the gaps, meaning that they can miss out on job opportunities, education and gaining the critical skills essential to getting on in life. What measures is the Minister taking to ensure that young peo…”

“11. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help create new jobs in Wales.”

“I seek a bit of clarification on a technical point. We talked about the choose and book system in England. If you have a Welsh patient being referred into England secondary care, either from a Welsh GP or a Welsh residential patient, do they get access to that choose and book element? Or is that more restricted by whet…”

“Welcome all. This is to Dr David Bailey. We are seeing big challenges with staffing shortages across the NHS in the whole of the UK, including with GPs. We have two performance lists. Would having one list across Wales and England, rather than separate ones, make a difference to medical professionals hovering between W…”

“I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend and thank him for that intervention. I get the feeling we are going to hear a lot of pub names today. I named just a few of the 78 pubs that span my constituency. I will not comment on how many of them I have personally visited, possibly more than once. Hospitality is also vital t…”

“I thank all hon. Members for their contributions today and for the broad consensus across the House. I thought I knew quite a lot of hospitality venues across the country, but I have learned about a few more today, which has been good. I will be sure to try to visit them, if possible. I thank the Minister for her suppo…”

“I agree 100% with the right hon. Member. What he raises is what the Bill seeks to deal with, basically. I join him in celebrating the reopening of the pub in the area where he lives. There have been times when the Government have not been able to extend licensing hours for significant occasions, because the required se…”

“I had not considered that, but my hon. Friend makes a valid point. Measures to extend hours provide the additional benefit of boosting the hospitality sector. Blanket licensing hours extensions introduced by the Secretary of State mean that businesses do not have to apply for individual extensions, should they wish to …”

“I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. I am delighted to have the opportunity to stand before the House to bring forward a Bill that makes an amendment to the Licensing Act 2003 that will support our vibrant hospitality sector and help our communities come together to celebrate momentous moments in our…”

“I will just declare that I am the chair of the newly formed Growth Track 360 group.”

“Into Ireland as well.”

“You are absolutely right. In Wrexham, we have the enterprise zone and the town fund, and we need to be able to spread those benefits down the coast, as well as the visitor economy linked into Manchester and Liverpool and places like that, to get those people into Wales and link it up much better.”

“Thank you. That is really good to hear. I have been really pleased with some of the discussions that I have been having. Particularly in north-east Wales, north-west England and north Wales, there is some fantastic co-operation already going on, and what you have said will, hopefully, build on that and bring that more …”

“Thank you both for being here. It is great to see you here. I wanted to ask about rail infrastructure. Secretary of State, in your opening statement, I noted that you mentioned the historical underfunding of rail infrastructure in Wales and the complex structures around that in terms of separation of track and rolling …”

“I will move straight on to my next question.”

“On that line, should we explore—through media or something—a higher profile for flood warnings?”

“On the flood warning side, are we reaching all the people we need to? We all see the weather forecasts on television, on our apps and things like that, so they are quite high profile. How would you evaluate whether the systems from the flood warning side are reaching the people that they need to, linking to what you ha…”

“Good morning. Mr Parr, for clarity, what is the purpose of two organisations—yours and the Met Office—both issuing weather warnings during severe weather? In a previous answer, Mr Brown mentioned warning fatigue. It would be good to understand the purpose of all these warnings going out.”