Speeches by Griffith.

“I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Paisley and Renfrewshire South (Johanna Baxter) on her excellent work on the stolen Ukrainian children, whom we all want returned as soon as possible. Does the Minister agree that only greater resolve, unity and support from the west can drive back Russia’s outrageous demand…”

“That sounds very sensible. The other thing that has been announced recently is the refresh of the women’s health strategy. What do you all want to see from that? Do you feel that over the long term the Government are going to give it the importance and the centrality that you would like to see?”

“And unnecessary pain and suffering.”

“Continuing on the 10-year strategy, we hear that the costs of the integrated care boards are supposed to be reduced by 50%. What impact do you think that might have on women’s reproductive healthcare?”

“The other strand is this idea of using far more digital—what the Government call the move from analogue to digital. Where do you see the opportunities and possible difficulties there?”

“You will be very aware that in the 10-year health strategy there is an emphasis on moving from hospital to community, and from sickness to prevention and early intervention. You have talked about waiting lists, the specialisms that gynaecologists now have which make them even rarer and make it more difficult to give ac…”

“Thank you for explaining so well the whole effect of the disproportionality that you encounter there. I do not know if others want to add anything. I should say, like my colleagues, I have worked with HOPE not hate.”

“5. What recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the life sciences sector on economic growth.”

“We have already touched on this a little, but I just wanted to explore a bit further. To what extent do you feel that social media and the very powerful algorithms that it now has are leading to the spread of extremist views? Do you want to start, Sunder?”

“Do you see conspiracy theories as a vehicle for pushing far-right ideology?”

“To follow up a little on that, I have two main questions. Does the power of those algorithms create complacency in the rest of society because they are not fed the same things, so they are not aware of the extent and the power? Secondly, we talked about US influence. Do you think there are other hostile state actors th…”

“In Llanelli, we are eagerly watching the Swansea Bay city deal-funded Pentre Awel complex nearing completion, where it is planned that life sciences will be a central focus in partnership with universities such as Cardiff, Swansea and Trinity Saint David. What assurances can the Secretary of State give me that life sci…”

“Let me pay a huge tribute to all those who have fought so hard for this day: the Hillsborough families, who fought and fought and fought for 36 years. I pay particular tribute to Margaret Aspinall for her feisty and determined campaigning. It is hard to believe it has taken this long; in fact, it is scandalous. I also …”

“Workers at Tata’s Trostre site in my constituency have been hard hit by the five-week annual stoppage, leaving them short of money over Christmas. Despite reassurances from Tata, the Minister will understand that they are worried that this is a sign of worse to come. What is he doing to bring down energy prices, negoti…”

“I welcome my hon. Friend to her place. Was she as shocked as I was last year that Plaid Cymru and Conservative Senedd Members voted against the £300 million funding for Welsh farmers? Will she join me in urging them to stop playing political games, put the people of Wales first, and work with the Welsh Government const…”

“It is a real pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mrs Harris, not least because you will be very familiar with many of the places I will mention. I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Hamble Valley (Paul Holmes) for securing this important debate on Government support for independent lifeboats. I have the great privilege o…”

“12. If he will take legislative steps to ensure that companies who previously provided indexation of pension rights accrued before April 1997 but have since lapsed, reintroduce indexation from April 2026.”

“As a result of the efforts of pensioner associations, we know that there have been unintended consequences of the Pensions Act 1995, which made it legal to stop payment of indexation to the pre-1997 pensioners of successful multinationals such as 3M and Hewlett Packard Enterprise, who, having been recruited with the pr…”

“Does the hon. Lady acknowledge the leadership of the Welsh Government, who have used their planning powers to become the first part of the UK to completely ban fracking?”

“Does the shadow Minister accept that his party’s ban on onshore wind in England, plus no experimental hydrogen stations, has contributed to the slowness of the transition? The way he is talking now is a bit rich.”