Inward Investment (Wales)

The Welsh Affairs Committee is perfectly entitled to have an interest in anything affecting Wales...

Throughout the long history of Denbighshire county council, its longest ever meeting, which went ...

First, although I was a mere boy at the time, I seem to remember that the hon. Gentleman was eith...

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Which I shall do after I have given way to the hon. Gentleman for the third time.

The hon. Gentleman is being very generous. The nuclear-free Wales policy was a remarkable united ...

How times have changed, as Labour councils now seem to be very supportive of nuclear weapons and ...

Does my hon. Friend share my concern that the Welsh Assembly Government failed to make any repres...

I am extremely concerned about that, but I welcome the announcement by the Secretary of State for...

I warmly welcome the decision to extend electrification from Cardiff to Swansea, which we recomme...

The Swansea bay region would be an excellent place to invest. The Government are doing a huge amo...

It is important that we have Swansea city hub super-connectivity before broadband in rural Monmou...

I note what the hon. Gentleman says from a sedentary position, but let me turn to the Severn brid...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

I will, but may I finish my point first, because I think that the hon. Gentleman will be likely t...

Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the Government should commission a report from the Treasury to...

The hon. Gentleman puts me on the spot. I would certainly support a report from the Government gi...

It is a pleasure to welcome this report, which I was pressing for. Wales sits within the UK econo...

Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the big headwind in household expenditure has more to do with ...

I was not expecting to hear cries for austerity from Plaid Cymru, but there you go. They come fro...

On a point of information, the debt had already gone from £350 billion to £650 billion before the...

As the hon. Gentleman knows, the real rise in debt started in 2008 after the financial tsunami, a...

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

It is the case that debt is now going up. I give way first to the hon. Member for Monmouth, as he...

May I direct the hon. Gentleman, and anyone else who is interested, to, dare I say it, my website...

I have seen the European version of his website—it is called “Mon mouth”. Moving swiftly forward,...

On the specific point about the lack of consumer demand in the economy, we had a consumer-driven ...

We do not want a debt-driven, borrowing-driven economy—obviously not. We need people to be given ...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for giving way. As he will recall, when we travelled to Bruss...

I am grateful for that intervention. When we saw the Welsh Government office in Brussels, it made...

What’s wrong with fish and chips?

There is nothing wrong with fish and chips—

Order. Chuntering should not occur at all and should definitely not be heard from those sitting b...

That is kind of you, Mr Bone; thank you.

I want to mention the issue of city regions. In te...

I just want to add to the excellent point being made by the hon. Gentleman. As colleagues know, I...

I bet the hon. Gentleman’s wife was happy about that, with him shouting for a goal, but there we ...

I share many of the hon. Gentleman’s concerns in relation to regional pay. Certainly, in an area ...

That is a very well rehearsed intervention—“How can you have this, that and the other?” Obviously...

The hon. Gentleman is wrong to suggest that there is any link between Tata’s sad announcement of ...

I do not accept that at all. Certainly, the main driver of the Tata job reductions was, as I ment...

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Before I call the next speaker, hon. Members might find it useful to know that I anticipate two D...

It is a pleasure, Mr Bone, to serve under the chairmanship of the star strike bowler of the parli...

I admire the skill of the Select Committee in choosing a day for this debate when there is no oth...

As always, the hon. Gentleman makes a fantastic contribution.

When I close my remarks, I sh...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship in this rather intimate and select gathering, M...

Having been on holiday every year of my life to Aberystwyth, I would concur that there is a great...

I am grateful for that endorsement. Of course, there are Dylan Thomas connections, as well, if we...

I invite Jonathan Edwards to resume his speech, which was interrupted by the Division.

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Diolch yn fawr, Mr Rosindell. First, may I apologise to Members for rudely interrupting proceedin...

Is the hon. Gentleman’s position that Wales should have devolved power over income tax, and that ...

The hon. Gentleman has a long-standing position on this. He has explained my position on the impo...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Rosindell. I congratulate the hon. Member f...

The hon. Lady mentioned that it was important to increase investment in infrastructure and we agr...

I will be honest with the hon. Gentleman. I am not able to give him the total details and I am no...

Although I welcome the efforts to promote Wales through trade missions, does the hon. Lady agree ...

I am sure that the Welsh Government and the Wales Office are able to discuss such initiatives. I ...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Rosindell, and a privilege to round off thi...

Does the Minister agree that the UK, and UKTI in particular, are in a position to do a lot of the...

I agree with the hon. Gentleman. UKTI is the agency that is best placed, given its network of rel...

The UK Government, to be fair, have the laudable aim of rebalancing the economy geographically an...

With the significant action of the UK Government to rebalance the economy geographically, we reco...

On the Minister’s slightly earlier point about foreign connections and foreign students, does he ...

The hon. Gentleman makes an important point. We as a Government were elected with a mandate to br...

The Minister is probably aware that Hewlett-Packard is the biggest computer company in the world ...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his remarks. I will follow that up outside this debate.

My h...

I will be brief. I thank all hon. Members who have taken part in our debate and prioritised Wales...