Speeches by Davies.

“Diolch yn fawr, Dr Allin-Khan; it is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. Of the so-called savings, £4.5 billion will come from restricting eligibility for the daily living element of personal independence payments. Restricting that will result in an average financial loss of £4,500 each for our constituents. P…”

“Property owners in my constituency, including the widowed, the elderly and those with health issues, have been threatened with extensive court costs because permission to enter land on manifestly unfair terms has been declined. The property developer has failed to properly explore cable ploughing, despite that method o…”

“Over the past few months, it has been one thing after another for the vulnerable, the sick and disabled people. The recently announced cuts to welfare will affect 6% of the population in Wales, according to Policy in Practice, punishing the sick and disabled. This Bill adds to that punishment by increasing state financ…”

“Rydych eisioes wedi sôn am gadarnleoedd y Gymraeg, a gan amlaf mae’r rheiny yng ngorllewin Cymru. Mae yna gadarnleoedd cryf yn datblygu yn y de nawr hefyd, yng Nghaerdydd yn arbennig. Beth ydych chi’n gweld yw rôl S4C fel yr unig sianel Gymraeg yn y byd? Ble’r ydych chi’n gweld hwnna i gyd yn cwympo? Beth yw’n rôl ni? …”

“Mae fy nghwestiwn ynglŷn ag ariannu S4C. Shwt ydych chi’n teimlo gallwn ni amddiffyn sefyllfa ariannol S4C, gan ystyried bod y Gweinidogion yn dweud bod y siarter yn cael ei adolygu diwedd y flwyddyn yma? Shwt ydyn ni’n gallu sicrhau ein bod ni’n ariannu’r sianel yn llawn, fel ein bod ni’n sicrhau dyfodol y sianel i ni…”

“Tiny follow-up, fel maen nhw’n ddweud. Ydych chi’n meddwl bod e’n ddiogel o ran y drefn sydd gennym ni ar hyn o bryd? (Translation) A tiny follow-up question: do you think that it is secure in the current system?”

“Former Midland bank and HSBC workers who had a defined-benefit pension saw deductions from their pension entitlement at state pension age, to take account of the payment of the state pension. Those deductions had no link to salary or pension received. Lower-earning staff members, mostly women, were particularly affecte…”

“Diolch yn fawr, Madam Dirprwy Lefarydd. I would like to follow up on a question from the hon. Member for Brycheiniog, Radnor and Cwm Tawe (David Chadwick), because unlike at Scunthorpe, jobs at Port Talbot are not being saved. The Government say that instead, they will retrain workers through the employment and skills …”

“Yes, potentially.”

“You mentioned 18% there. That is a phenomenal number of homes that could be heated by this.”

“I have a company in my constituency, Thermal Earth, which uses water from a disused mine to heat its HQ in Capel Hendre. The technology is there. The opportunities are vast. Why are we not using this method to heat our homes along the whole of the deep mine coalfield? The whole Amman valley area—Ammanford, Garnant, Gla…”

“The next question is to Haf and Daniel. You seem to be having the vast majority of these questions; I am sorry. As I said, Glan Lash is within my constituency. We all know what is happening at Ffos‑y‑Fran. I find it very difficult that people are getting planning permissions for opencast collieries and then not doing t…”

“I am going to do a very quick follow-up before I go on to Ffos-y-Fran and Glan Lash, which is within my constituency. A figure of £600 million has been bandied about. It does not seem a lot, to me, for the number of coal tips that we have within Wales. Just very quickly, is it enough? Is that a figure that has been cal…”

“Water is a magnet for our teenagers in the summer, is it not? They seem to be drawn to it. We all know they should not do it, but you cannot stop them, even if you fence it off. We had one tragedy in Llandybie a few years ago. Nobody wants to go there, I can tell you. I have one very quick question. How can we stop thi…”

“Is the funding the barrier? The technology is there.”

“Llanerchindda—now that is a proper Welsh name, is it not?—farm guest house and self-catering cottages in Cynghordy, in the north of my constituency, recently contacted me with serious concerns about the digital switchover. It was one of many businesses to do so. Openreach has no plans to connect that area with commerci…”

“Almost a third of all unpaid carers in Wales live in poverty. That is over 100,000 people caring for the sick, the elderly and the disabled. The Labour First Minister in Wales, Eluned Morgan, has already asked for a Wales-specific impact assessment of welfare cuts. She has not even had the courtesy of a reply. Can the …”

“Some 172 of my constituents have been affected by the British Coal staff superannuation scheme scandal. In the autumn Budget, the UK Government released equivalent funds from the miners’ pension scheme, but did not do so for those in the BCSSS. The Government’s failure to release frozen funds is causing immense hardshi…”

“Very briefly, Professor, do you think the Government should be prioritising skills, as Mr Poole mentioned?”

“Last week we discussed the barriers for inward investment. I will start with Ms Williams and then ask you all in turn, if you want to have a little think about your answers. How can we overcome the barriers, and which should the Government prioritise in order to have the quickest and most effective result?”