Speeches by Hughes.

“Wales’s oldest city, Bangor, celebrates its 1,500th anniversary this year. I would like to invite everyone to the Bangor day that I am holding in Parliament next week, to meet some of the people shaping the future of that amazing city; and I hope the Leader of the House will consider popping in for five minutes after b…”

“The Conservatives failed to implement a single recommendation from the report of the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse, despite holding more than 20 meetings, events and roundtables on the issue. Alexis Jay herself spoke of the huge disappointment and anger at their response. What work are the Government doin…”

“I am a PPS in the Department for Business and Trade, but I am participating in this inquiry in my normal role as a Back-Bench MP and nothing to do with DBT.”

“Great evidence. Russell Greenslade, could I ask you the same question, please?”

“Perhaps I could come to Dr Rhian Hayward first, but this is a question for all of you. You talked about the work you have done with AberInnovation—that you want to have an impact across Wales, not just necessarily in mid-Wales, or in Aber where you are. In your experience, how do clusters impact a region’s attractivene…”

“It comes back to the definition of a cluster. It is the point you made before, isn’t it? Andrew Carter.”

“My constituents have been hit by a massive rise in bills, which is a real kick in the teeth given that thousands of them were without water after a major burst earlier this year. I warmly welcome the Secretary of State’s commitment to devolving the economic regulation of water to Wales, which will allow the Welsh Gover…”

“I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. Community groups across the country, whether in Wales, Scotland or England, all play a vital role in raising awareness and cleaning up beaches. That is really important for wildlife, which is often the victim of plastic pollution. A piece of research published by Bangor Universit…”

“This week I joined the Youth Futures Foundation for the launch of a new report, which reveals the root causes of declining mental health among young people. The report identified four key factors: not just social media and smartphone use, but financial insecurity, declining sleep quality and cuts to youth services. Giv…”

“I thank the right hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland (Mr Carmichael) for bringing forward this important debate. Plastic pollution is a global problem that requires international co-ordination, and I think everyone in this House is agreed on that. It is a serious issue and, as is the case with many Members, it is one …”

“I agree. Perhaps the Minister could address that issue when he responds to the debate.”

“I was thrilled to hear that Boccard will today be opening its new nuclear manufacturing facility in north Wales. Does the Minister agree that north Wales has the skills and the sites to realise the economic potential of our nuclear industry, and two Labour Governments ready to deliver on it?”

“I thank the Secretary of State for opting for a reform system, which will avoid bills going up in my constituency and provide the certainty to drive investment in our energy system. Does he agree that our clean power mission will be vital not only to generating lower bills and better jobs for areas such as mine, but to…”

“It is lovely to see you both and thanks for those answers. On clean energy specifically, we know it is about delivering good jobs and climate leadership, and bringing down bills. In our area, the new Mona project in the Irish sea was approved last week, which is fantastic. You just talked about some of the barriers or …”

“I know that the answer will probably be no, but is there any indication of when it will be progressed? I imagine it will not be in this Session, but are there any indications at all on timings?”

“What conversations have you had with the Welsh Government about the manifesto commitment to devolve youth justice, policing and probation to Wales?”

“I thank my right hon. Friend for his statement. As he rightly says, planning and responding to these kinds of incidents—whether it is the pandemic, storms, flooding or major water outages, like the one that happened in my constituency earlier this year—requires people across all levels of Government to work with commun…”

“On the subject of tackling the root causes of illness and poor health, does the hon. Gentleman agree that the substantial package of mental health support announced by the Welsh Labour Government this weekend, including £5.6 million to tackle the long waiting list for children awaiting diagnosis for conditions such as …”

“I am very conscious of time, so I will just ask one very quick question.”

“Given what we have heard about the very significant challenges that you are all facing, how confident is each of you that the sector can recover? We know that the situation facing the University of South Wales is very different from the one in Wrexham, for example. A £22 million deficit in one year as a result of one s…”