Speeches by Davies.

“I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way. We will leave him in peace for a while after this. For nine months I have been trying to get a banking hub in Ammanford, which is a post-industrial town, but Link has turned us down. We went to appeal and it turned us down again. Does the hon. Gentleman agree that we need cons…”

“I thank the Secretary of State for her honesty in coming to the House with this update. Wales is, of course, footing the bill for HS2, a project based entirely in England now costing up to £103 billion. While Scotland and Northern Ireland have their fair share of Barnett consequentials, Wales has nothing. People in Wal…”

“On Thursday, the Welsh dragon roared. Before I go on to say who roared on Sunday, I want to thank Eluned Morgan, the previous First Minister of Wales, for her 30 years of unstinting public service to the people of Wales. On Sunday, the Drovers roared. Llandovery RFC won the Super Rygbi Cymru cup for the third time. Our…”

“Will the Leader of the House join me in congratulating Llandovery rugby club on its success?”

“The Prime Minister has called this motion a “stunt” and “pure politics”, but he and the Labour MPs rallying around him forget the seriousness of the allegations against him. The allegations regard misleading the House of Commons over statements relating to the appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the United …”

“The Iranian war has caused a huge spike in fuel prices for all drivers, but this is especially true for businesses in Caerfyrddin and rural Wales. Ammanford construction business TRJ has been deeply affected, along with haulage companies such as Tony Powell Transport, which has seen costs increase by £7,000 a week. Tra…”

“Alyson, do you have a lot of feedback from patients all over Wales now who are going into hospitals in England or on the border that there is not provision of Welsh language, especially if you are elderly or vulnerable? If you have severe dementia, for example, you go back to your first language—that is where your brai…”

“Have you got any feedback on this, Alyson?”

“Labour’s Senedd manifesto makes no mention of the billions of High Speed 2 funding owed to Wales. Welsh Labour has given up on the argument, as the Secretary of State did after she took office. Her words were, “HS2 no longer exists.” Will the Minister please explain why Wales is not having fair funding for rail?”

“I am the MP for Caerfyrddin, which is in west Wales and wholly within the Hywel Dda health board. It is not always on the border, but people are transferred to England for specialist services. In one case I had—and I could mention several where things went wrong after they reached England—a gentleman from Nantgaredig w…”

“Does Gobowen have a provision for Welsh language patients, and how effective is it?”

“We are a non-complaining breed really, aren’t we? As my final question, would you like to see a minimum standard in hospitals along the border?”

“Diolch—thank you.”

“Stacey, you run the hospital in Gobowen. Do you, on a clinical level, have concerns about the air ambulance moving, bearing in mind that so many people fall on Yr Wyddfa and on the mountain ranges there. Do you have major concerns about that?”

“I want to say a huge thank you to Green Dragon transport and Dolen Teifi, which operate in my patch. To be honest, they are phenomenal. The work they do is amazing. I want to touch on the air ambulance service, because in south Wales, in my patch, the helicopter based in Llanelli covers Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion and ar…”

“I am very glad to hear about that opportunity. Can I go on to the Welsh language, Chair?”

“Do you ever feel that there is a delay in patient care or patient services because of the lack of Welsh language, or do you feel that you have done as much as you can within Gobowen?”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Allin-Khan. I congratulate the hon. Member for North Norfolk (Steff Aquarone) on securing this important debate. I do not know whether to take comfort from the number of MPs present for this debate, or to be troubled that we are here again to press the Government to…”

“Measures to support about 17% of our young people in Wales who are not in education, employment or training to gain employment are welcome, although I prefer to use the term “LEET”—looking for education, employment or training—which I think is a much more positive way of viewing our young people. However, apprenticeshi…”

“Care workers such as Grace Reji work hard to provide an invaluable service to the most vulnerable people in my constituency. She has a family, but when faced with a possible five-year increase in the qualifying period for indefinite leave to remain, carers like her worry that they will be forced to leave. Coleg Elidyr,…”