Severn Bridges

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. This is a critical stage to get this right for the future. Gi...

I congratulate the hon. Lady on securing this debate again; she has had many debates on the topic...

The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right; this issue has ramifications for the whole economy of Wal...

I pay tribute to my hon. Friend for securing this debate and for the campaigning she has done on ...

My hon. Friend is right. House prices in Bristol mean that more and more people are choosing to l...

I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate and making a powerful argument for reducing...

I thank my hon. Friend. He anticipates a point that I was going to make later in my speech about ...

The hon. Lady touches on a point of principle there. The people of Wales pay taxes the same as ev...

The hon. Gentleman makes an important point, which I will come to later when I talk about the deb...

My hon. Friend is being very generous in giving way. I agree with her point about rail. I and oth...

I absolutely agree, and I will come to the issue of free flow later. The fastest transaction at t...

I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate. On that point, if one of the many other br...

I agree with my hon. Friend—I agree with everyone. That is clearly something the Government shoul...

Probably every Welsh MP has some sympathy with the points that the hon. Lady is making—not necess...

I think that, after many years of pretty eye-watering tolls on this bridge, it is time we looked ...

It seems to me that we need some transparency from the Government about the finances, because at ...

My hon. Friend is completely right. More clarity would be most welcome so that, when statutory in...

Moving from Newport East to Newport West, I call Mr Paul Flynn.

2.50 pm

Thank you very much, Mr Davies. I think this is the first time I have served under your chairmans...

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Newport East (Jessica Morden) on securing this impor...

Absolutely, because both those things would have a major effect. It is a matter of great regret t...

My hon. Friend speaks with the greatest eloquence, as ever, and his example is one for readers of...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. I wish the Government would not try to pose as generous peopl...

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I thought that might excite the hon. Gentleman. I will give way in a moment. We must get through ...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for allowing me to interject in his colourful presentation. I read an ...

Mr Waters takes a view that is very much on the side of the environment and so on, but the vote i...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his quick canter through the history of the Rebecca riots, wh...

Absolutely. It is a mega-disincentive to all forms of activity and commercial life. It is seen as...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies. I congratulate my hon. Friend the M...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Davies.

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I am sure that is very welcome.

Will the right hon. Gentleman elevate himself to a star in the political firmament by abandoning ...

I was hinting at that already and I have done so many times previously. Although I would not clai...

It depends how we look at history. I once read a book that asserted that only the future is certa...

I confirm this is in order because it is a bridge to the future.

I did not want any historical inaccuracy—I have used the word now—to stand on the record uncorrec...

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I will give way first to my hon. Friend.

Does the Minister accept that many, like me, will be concerned about the issue? A huge number of ...

That was the point that I was making—less concisely and persuasively than my hon. Friend. As I sa...

Tolling at £3, in part, to pay back the £63 million cost to the Government of the latent defects ...

The reason I said I wanted to break down the costs is that, as the hon. Lady will understand, as ...

How was the £3 figure arrived at? What are its components? Past examinations have suggested that ...

The £3 cost brings the charge much more closely into line with the Humber estuary, the Dartford c...

The Minister just referred to the handover in January 2018. Can he be specific about the date? Th...

The hon. Lady is right to say that we need to set out the process, and that responsibility will p...

We will finish where we started: I call Jessica Morden to wind up briefly.

3.32 pm

Thank you for ably chairing the debate, Mr Davies. My thanks to all hon. Friends who took part an...

I am sorry to interrupt the hon. Lady. I have spoken already, but I omitted to pay tribute to the...

That sets a precedent—an intervention on a wind-up.

I appreciate the Minister’s intervention. I thank him for his comments, but I am not sure whether...