Speeches by Ranger.

“Great, thank you. Guto Ifan, please?”

“All right, thank you. Dr Evans?”

“That comes neatly on to a point I want to ask about. Given the complex nature of how we collect taxes across the UK and in the devolved nations, do we have any kind of accurate picture of the tax revenue generated in Wales as a whole, regardless of where it is collected and where it ends up? I will start with you, Davi…”

“Let’s say that we approach those things that you have just spoken about and increase Wales’s economic output to close that fiscal gap. As a rough guess, how long would it take to close the fiscal gap?”

“Thank you all for joining us today. The spending review sets out day-to-day funding for the Welsh Government up to the ’28-29 financial year and investment spending up until ’29-30. Does that timeframe give the Welsh Government sufficient opportunity to deliver their objectives? Is the four-year window for spending ade…”

“The spending review sets out funding for the Welsh Government up to the ’28-29 financial year for day-to-day spending and up to ’29-30 for investment spending. Does that timeframe afford the Welsh Government sufficient opportunity to plan and deliver their objectives, and is a four-year window for spending adequate to …”

“On the second part of the question, will it give the Government the ability to deliver the public service improvements? They have clearly started on them; the improvements are already starting to be delivered. Does the window give them the chance to do that in the long term, or are there the same constraints that you m…”

“You touched on the next point there that I wanted to address. We have had events such as the covid-19 pandemic. We have had to increase defence spending in reaction to world events that have happened recently. Those are massive changes to Government fiscal plans at quite short notice. How difficult are the choices the …”

“That is great. Thank you very much.”

“Moving on to looking at international students now, I would be really interested in your views on the UK Government’s immigration White Paper and the impacts that it will have on your universities. Alongside that, do you have any concerns about the ability that you may have to comply with the strengthened visa requirem…”

“That is really interesting. Thank you.”

“Good afternoon, all of you. Thank you for joining us today. I want to look at the replacements for the EU structural funds that we used to receive in this country. We have had a very tumultuous period of funding changing, with the SPF coming in and the current Government now announcing the local growth funding. I would…”

“We have discussed in quite some depth today the challenges that are being faced across the higher education sector and the particularly concerning decline in participation of Welsh young people in higher education. How confident are you that the current financial crisis is temporary and the sector can recover? How do w…”

“I thank the Minister, the hon. Member for Gordon and Buchan (Harriet Cross) and the hon. Member for Twickenham (Munira Wilson) for their remarks—they are much appreciated. I thank all hon. Members who took part in the debate. It was great to hear their insightful and valuable contributions. They spoke about the experie…”

“I beg to move, That this House has considered the role of careers education in improving social mobility. It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Ms Lewell, and I thank the Backbench Business Committee for providing time for this debate. The term “social mobility” is used widely and in many contexts, but it is worth …”

“Thank you all for coming today. We have moved on to what I wanted to ask about, very helpfully. You have touched on this already, but I would like a little more detail, if possible. Is the issue of wealthy individuals purchasing agricultural land to avoid inheritance tax creating a problem in Wales for farming?”

“Thank you all: that was very helpful.”

“This is a slight change of subject, but I want to look at skilled and seasonal labour in farming in Wales. Do farmers in Wales currently have sufficient access to both skilled and seasonal labour? Does the UK’s immigration and visa system support those needs?”

“I thank my hon. Friend the Minister for her remarks, the Government for their support for the Bill, all members of the Committee for their attendance, and officials in the House and in the Home Office for their assistance in getting the Bill to this point. I think we have covered it in sufficient detail. Thank you for …”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir John. I am pleased to bring the Licensing Hours Extensions Bill before the Committee. Section 172 of the Licensing Act 2003 enables the Secretary of State to make an order to relax licensing hours in licensed premises in England and Wales for occasions “of exceptio…”