Speeches by Chadwick.

“I think we all know that a great deal of this is political posturing, and that the Bill will not fix the underlying problems we have in Wales. Many of those problems have been caused by the Conservatives’ closing down of our industries 40 years ago. Wales has been waiting for a response since then, and this is not it. …”

“Good afternoon and thank you for joining us. I would like to follow up on the points that were made about national insurance contributions, so it is a question for all of you. How has the increase in national insurance impacted university finances? Was it something that you had expected? Has it played a role in the sta…”

“Does my hon. Friend agree that the electrification of railway lines boosts capacity and enables them to ship more freight across our great nation?”

“I commend the Government on reintroducing an industrial strategy, which is crucial for spreading out good jobs across the United Kingdom. In my constituency, the hospitality industry is crucial to our local economy as it boosts tourism, creates jobs and helps with rural regeneration, but it is struggling with sky-high …”

“Many Welsh farmers in mid-Wales depend on being able to move their livestock back and forth over the border with England. Indeed, 550 farms straddle the border. The imposition of a veterinary hard border between England and Wales will be damaging for the farming community in my constituency and the local economy that t…”

“I hope the Minister appreciates just how insulting it is to Welsh ears for us to be told that we are getting a fair deal on railway funding, when we know that we have been cheated out of billions of pounds due to the classification of several projects as England and Wales projects. Wales is getting only five railway st…”

“What people living there really want to know is whether that site is safe. In your opinion, is East Pit safe?”

“Nicola, the Coal Action Network reported that restoration plans for East Pit and Margam opencast mines were put in place for less money than the operators originally agreed. I have the statistics in front of me. East Pit was originally to cost £115 million but only cost £22.4 million; Margam was originally supposed to …”

“I have one further question on this point. The Welsh Government’s 2016 guidance defines restoration as returning land to a natural form, including the replacement of subsoil and topsoil to support plant growth, yet East Pit remains a large water-filled void surrounded by overburden. Given the council’s position that re…”

“Given that it sits on an active geological fault line, is perched above several villages and has now been filled with possibly millions of tonnes of water, what safety assessments have been carried out to evaluate the risk of land movement, wall failure or flooding, and what ongoing monitoring is in place to protect ne…”

“The border we share with England is porous, and that is of critical importance to our agricultural community in mid-Wales, and particularly to livestock farmers, whose supply chain reaches from one side of the border to the other. The Secretary of State will be aware that the farming community is concerned about the ou…”

“T1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”

“I thank the hon. Member for Blyth and Ashington (Ian Lavery) for securing this debate. One of the most meaningful moments I have had so far as a Member of Parliament was hearing the elderly residents of a nearby care home thank me for securing a banking hub in Ystradgynlais. That hub is now open and working, providing …”

“This week, I uncovered the Government’s shocking decision to designate the Oxford to Cambridge railway line as an England and Wales project. It is clearly nothing of the sort, and the decision will cost Wales £360 million-worth of funding for our own network. Will the Minister commit to devolving full rail infrastructu…”

“I have a very straightforward question. We have a lot of Government MPs in the room. What steps should the UK Government take to ensure that any inheritance tax reforms do not negatively affect people wanting to hand down the farms? Should the family farm tax be scrapped?”

“I have a question for all three of you, starting with Aled. Many sheep farmers in Wales do not make much of a profit from their core farming activity. We saw stats saying that last year farming incomes fell. What steps should the UK Government be taking to sustain this part of the farming sector, and can it sustain any…”

“In my constituency, I have been very fortunate to see the sterling work that Brecknock YFC and Radnor YFC do. Dominic, what types of support do young or new entrants into Welsh farming require from the UK Government that is not currently being offered? What would you say is the typical route into farming for young farm…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I sincerely thank and congratulate the hon. Member for Wolverhampton North East (Mrs Brackenridge) on securing this debate on behalf of communities that have been left behind across Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Too often, rural disadvantage is overloo…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Vickers. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Waveney Valley (Adrian Ramsay) for securing this important debate. The Welsh Liberal Democrats have always championed the highest standards in animal welfare, not just because it is the right thing to do but because it refl…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Allin-Khan. I thank the right hon. Member for South Holland and The Deepings (Sir John Hayes) for securing this debate—he is right to describe the supermarkets as an “economic tyranny.” We Liberal Democrats are also concerned about concentrations of power, and there is…”