Speeches by Lake.

“Thank you. That is very useful.”

“Going back to the discussion about GB Energy, you have all referenced certain barriers or concerns that need to be overcome and how GB Energy might play a helping hand in doing that. Can I flip things on their head and ask you just to name a few key concerns that you might have about GB Energy and the process to date? …”

“I am very grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his intervention—we have been blessed with many of his contributions this afternoon. With the Barnett formula, I am not going to thank the hon. Gentleman’s Government for a larger settlement, because that settlement is only a function of spending decisions made to address th…”

“It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Rochdale (Paul Waugh). I rise to relay some of the concerns that have been raised with me by constituents and businesses. They are concerned not only about the impact of the Bill’s proposals on small businesses in my constituency, but about the provision of public services…”

“I very much agree. I hope that the Minister will return to that in her summing up. I labour the point about the third sector and public sector organisations that do not stand to receive reimbursement from the Government because they are so crucial to delivering many of the public services that we have heard so much abo…”

“It perhaps also could be the case that if you want to encourage more people away from private car use, for example, you would want to encourage that, in which case I would throw the question back at you. In terms of Wales’s network percentage, for example, compared with the total amount of mileage in the rail in Englan…”

“Thank you very much, Mr Phillips.”

“That is a fair point well made. As my final point, then, in terms of some of the investment that the Welsh Government are having to make, for example, in the South Wales Metro and some of the transport infrastructure improvements there, could it be the case that an argument could be made, given that much of that is act…”

“One of the measures that has a bearing on the provision of public services is the increase to the employer national insurance contributions. I understand the Treasury is in discussion with the devolved Governments and local Government across England to ascertain precisely how much extra funding support is required to o…”

“Diolch yn fawr iawn i chi am ddod bore ’ma. Can I ask Guto to begin with about the matter of HS2 and the categorisation of HS2 as an England and Wales project under the statement of funding policy? There has been a lot of discussion about this in recent years and that it is to the detriment of the Welsh budget, or at l…”

“Thank you. On that point, in a meeting of the previous Committee—it seems an age ago now—the then Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Mr John Glen, tried to justify the Treasury’s approach to classifying HS2 as in England and Wales. The point made at the time was that there seemed to be an inconsistency in which rail proj…”

“There have been great improvements in connectivity across Ceredigion Preseli, but there remain total mobile notspots such as Porthgain, and a growing body of evidence collected locally that the connectivity reported by Ofcom does not quite stack up against the lived experience of those on the ground. Will the Minister …”

“GPs, pharmacies and social care homes from across Ceredigion Preseli have contacted me to express their concerns about the impact of the policy changes surrounding employer national insurance contributions. It is essential that they are supported with the cost that comes from this policy. The Minister has suggested tha…”

“The Secretary of State mentioned the new set-up for the funding of agriculture and fisheries across the UK. He may be aware of the concern expressed by the Farmers’ Union of Wales, which fears that processing the extra funds through the Barnett formula—as opposed to the previous arrangement, which was a ringfenced addi…”

“The Secretary of State is right to emphasise the importance of a well-funded public sector and well-provisioned public- sector organisations to economic growth. He will also be aware that questions remain about how much additional support public-sector organisations will receive to cover the additional costs of employe…”

“Like all other Members, I rise in support of these important regulations. They of course expand existing sanctions, targeting additional goods and technology related to the Iranian military development and Iran’s production of unmanned aerial vehicles and missiles. In recent weeks we have all seen not only that Iran ha…”

“Both the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary delivered important statements at the UN last month, emphasising the importance of upholding both the principles and the purposes of the UN charter as a foundation for the rules-based international order. The Prime Minister rightly states today that a political settleme…”

“Thank you, Ms Vaz, for the unexpected pleasure of contributing to this important debate; I congratulate the hon. Member for Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Torcuil Crichton) on bringing it to this Chamber. I thought I would offer a Welsh perspective, to ensure that all the nations of these islands are spoken about in this debate…”

“Will the Minister give way on that point?”

“The Minister has gone halfway to addressing the point that I wanted to raise. Australia, which has a federal system, operates a single immigration system, but the territories and states can nominate key critical shortage occupations to encourage and boost them. In her discussions with the devolved Administrations, will…”