Speeches by Davies.

“I should declare that I am a dairy farmer in west Wales. We have 250 acres. APR and BPR are part of the questioning that we have, so I would like to declare that interest, please.”

“I am a dairy farmer, and the devastating outbreak of foot and mouth more than 20 years ago was on my doorstep. We were lucky, as a family farm, but sadly others within my farming community in Wales were not. The outbreak was also a food security issue, as it was understood to have derived from food waste fed to pigs. W…”

“The Treasury says that small family farms will not be affected by the changes to the APR and the BPR, and the FUW, or Farmers’ Union of Wales, of which I am the chairman in Carmarthenshire—perhaps I should have declared that as well—contend in evidence submitted to this Committee that the calculation includes smallhold…”

“My question is about green energy. My constituency of Caerfyrddin is expecting four infrastructure lines to come through the county—Towy Usk, Towy Teifi, North South, and probably the new Celtic Sea from Pembrokeshire, all coming into a proposed new substation in Llandyfaelog, which is just on the other side of the bor…”

“There are a number of dependent factors there, are there not? It depends on whether the mother and father are married. It depends on whether there are children. In these days, there are issues here that are way beyond that. We have cousins who farm together. We have brothers who farm together. We have people who are no…”

“I should have declared that I am chair of a local anti-pylon committee in Llanarthne. I apologise.”

“As well as improving energy storage, we should be improving energy efficiency in our homes. The average energy performance certificate rating for properties in Caerfyrddin is D; it comes fourth-lowest in Wales in that respect. The Government plan to increase the EPC rating for rented properties to C by 2030. If we are …”

“Do the Met Office and Flood Forecasting Centre provide you with all the data that you need? You also monitor the flood risk separately from the data that you get from the Met Office.”

“Before I go on to my proper question, I want to pick up on something the three of you have mentioned. The five years of weather we have had has resulted in continuous flooding over the winter period, to be honest. One village in my constituency, Pont-ar-gothi, continuously floods. Only six or seven properties are affec…”

“I will move on. We will have a conversation again, perhaps. How do you utilise the information that you receive from the Met Office and the national Flood Forecasting Centre for your flood warnings? This is specifically about the flood warnings.”

“From what you are saying, it does not matter that the agency is in Exeter. Whatever information comes is relevant and you tweak that for Wales with NRW.”

“I have one very brief question about soil. How do you get your soil analysis? Where do you get that? That does not come from your weathervane, so how do you know how wet the land is to absorb any further rainfall?”

“Diolch yn fawr, Mr Efford. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship. It is well documented that Wales is being robbed of £4 billion in consequential funding from HS2. Now we learn that Welsh passengers will be robbed of their time, as trains travelling along the Carmarthen—Caerfyrddin—to London line could be c…”

“It matters not whether the community pharmacy is in Devon or my constituency of Caerfyrddin; drug tariffs, which put such a strain on our pharmacists, need to be reviewed, and an uplift is long overdue. Would the hon. Member agree that we need to highlight that financial shortfall to the Government, and that something …”

“Diolch, Madam Dirprwy Lefarydd. With deteriorating water standards while customers pay higher and higher bills, the water sector’s overhaul is no doubt overdue. Tougher restrictions on water companies that have paid eye-watering bonuses as untreated sewage flows into our rivers are welcomed. We have heard numbers from …”

“We have moved that nicely on to Mr Barrow, then.”

“Can I ask a follow-up on that? One thing that we discussed on the day was key performance indicators for the healthcare unit. There are not many that we can look at within Wales that have a similar situation to what you have in Parc, but there are across the UK. Is there a way we can use key performance indicators to s…”

“I want to talk about women prisoners. How can you ensure that the unique circumstances of Welsh women offenders are accounted for in the Women’s Justice Board and in the subsequent strategy that it intends to publish?”

“You mentioned Swansea. The Department announced in May 2022 that the residential women’s centre would open this year. Do you have any further updates? Are we going to wait for the justice system to get going before we have an announcement about Swansea and whether that is going to happen or not?”

“Before I ask my question, can I thank you for the visit we had last month? It was really informative and really interesting. Thank you very much for hosting us there. Following on from Claire’s question, mine is about healthcare and the fact that you have several elderly prisoners in Parc. They often have complex and i…”