Speeches by Griffith.

“Are there any particular changes in the types or patterns of things that are coming to you since the last inquiry, or is it very similar to what you have already brought to the Committee?”

“And more recently, since our last report?”

“We have been looking particularly at music. Have there been any significant improvements in the music industry, or is there still a long way to go?”

“I very much welcome the fact that Llanelli, along with the rest of Wales, will be in the pilot expansion of the victims’ right to review scheme. However, as the Minister will know, it is often very difficult for children who have suffered neglect and abuse, or adults who suffered it as children, to report such incident…”

“I am sure, and I am going to look at the reverse of that in a moment. Dr Mann, I understand that back in November 2024 you actually told this Committee that a call had been issued for femtech proposals. I wondered what had actually come of that, and if you have any more to say about the femtech strategy being set out i…”

“If I can return to a couple more general things. Minister, you said that 85% of people on gynaecological waiting lists should actually be treated in the community, not in hospitals. Does that beg the question about whether there should be a huge input into GP training, followed by a suggestion that anybody on a waiting…”

“One last question—but definitely not least—is with the new strategy coming out, what steps are you taking to ensure and involve disabled women in helping to design and improve the opportunities they have for access to the right information and treatment for their menstrual and gynaecological care?”

“Minister, I am delighted to see you. If I can turn first to femtech and just pick up on some things that the Committee has looked at before I joined it, so I can take no credit. First if we start with the 2022 strategy and ask you really whether you think it got the right balance between embracing potential benefits of…”

“I am going to touch on compensation, which you have already mentioned several times. I think that Dr Giulia, in particular, wanted to add a bit, so, in answering my first question, if there is something that you want to add to what you have already said, please do so. It is a general question: to what extent does the c…”

“I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Leeds Central and Headingley (Alex Sobel) for all the work he is doing on Ukraine and for securing this important debate on the non-recognition of the Russian occupied territories, allowing me and other Members of Parliament to state on the record that we utterly condemn Putin’s in…”

“Thank you. Are there any other pressures, or do you think you have already covered the main pressures that might affect women’s decisions?”

“Clearly, the primary motivation of a woman who is going to share is either to have a baby or to freeze her eggs. Is there a temptation for the price of the IVF to be inflated in order to make women more likely to want to take advantage of the discount for having shared their eggs?”

“T7. I thank my right hon. Friend the Chancellor for bringing us record investment, financial stability and repeated interest rate cuts, but does she share my astonishment that Reform is not only welcoming treacherous Tories who did so much to wreck our economy and public services, but actually entrusting them with econ…”

“The capping of ground rent at £250 will give certainty and relief to leaseholders in Llanelli, who face unpredictable and unjustifiable hikes in ground rent and for whom the reform simply cannot come soon enough. Will the Minister give us a bit more detail on the timetable for the Bill and assure us that he will do eve…”

“A constituent of mine disclosed full details of her change in circumstances to the Department, but although the Department admitted it was its mistake—it had received that information and had repeatedly failed to update its records—it still sent her a very threatening letter. Although I fully support the need to protec…”

“I congratulate my right hon. Friend on doing so much to bring housing back under control and to upgrade it, as well as on the roll-out of Valour centres—the Links charity in Llanelli has put in an excellent application. I also welcome the fact that the Bill will strengthen the armed forces covenant by ensuring that it …”

“6. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce the cost of living in Wales.”

“The cost of living is still a major concern for my constituents in Llanelli, so I very much welcome the decision by this Labour Government to give households £150 to help with their domestic energy bills, but can the Secretary of State explain exactly who is eligible and when and how they will receive the money?”

“Thank you very much indeed for coming in. Obviously, there has been considerable concern about the proportions of research that are devoted to various different things. Has there been any progress in increasing the volume of research into women’s reproductive health?”

“On that note, I was a bit surprised to learn that training in sexual and reproductive health is not a standard or compulsory part of nurse training. Why is that, and have steps been taken to make it universal, rather than something that can potentially be left out?”