Speeches by Davies.

“In Wales, we have had an incredibly rich creative inheritance, and we still have that today. Even our rousing national anthem honours the Welsh poets and singers who came before us. One example of that is the Urdd Eisteddfod, where around 15,000 young people compete in creative competitions, spanning from singing to po…”

“But my point is that if you use clinics, there should be immediate access to hospitals should there be that need.”

“Thank you, Mr Llefarydd. In 2021, the then Secretary of State called for a vote on redress for 1950s-born women, urging the UK Government to get on the front foot and offer serious compensation to those affected, but women in Scotland and Wales have seen the same broken promises from Labour. The now First Minister of W…”

“9. What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the adequacy of Government support for women pensioners in Scotland.”

“That is fantastic to hear. Thank you.”

“Ms Power, you mentioned in your opening comments that Welsh patients receiving care in England may be Welsh speakers. Is there more that can be done to look after their linguistic needs, especially, as you mentioned, for people who have dementia or perhaps young children as well? We realise that the Welsh Language Act …”

“I have a follow-up question on specialism for Dr Kelly. A constituent of mine was sent to a Bristol clinic—not the eye hospital—in 2021. He had a cataract operation that went terribly wrong, resulting in inoperable damage to his cornea, retina and iris, and he lost the sight in one eye. My point is that if we send pati…”

“I commend the hon. Member for Stroud (Dr Opher) on bringing forward this important debate. It is refreshing that Members on both sides of the Chamber are all agreeing, and trying to find a way forward. Figures show that more than a quarter of children aged four and five in Wales are measured as being overweight, with o…”

“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.”

“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…”

“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.”

“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…”

“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…”

“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?”