Speeches by Chadwick.

“I have a question for Meirion. The Welsh Development Agency was very impactful until it was abolished in 2006. How could the Welsh Development Agency’s approach to regenerating former industrial areas inform economic renewal strategies in Wales today?”

“It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Twigg. I thank the hon. Member for Caerfyrddin (Ann Davies) for securing this important debate. Our constituencies meet around a former coalmine, so it is fitting that we are working on this issue together. The legacy of the coal industry is still all around us in Wa…”

“Will the hon. Gentleman give way?”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Turner. At a time when public trust in politics is low and confidence in Government competence is falling, I cannot think of a worse idea than a mandatory and highly expensive digital ID scheme, which inevitably will have to be delivered by private sector consultant…”

“In Wales, companies such as Bute Energy and Green GEN Cymru, which are both owned by Windward Energy Ltd, are prompting local concerns that the rules separating electricity generation and distribution are being undermined by corporate restructuring tricks. Is the Minister confident that Ofgem’s rules will deliver opera…”

“Yes.”

“Does the Crown Estate know how much money it generates from land rent?”

“What proportion of the value generated from Crown Estate assets in Wales comes from the seabed, as opposed to the land?”

“That would be great. Thank you very much. Over the summer recess, a Radnorshire farmer approached me at the Brecon show, and he showed me something that was truly shocking: a bill from the Crown Estate. It appears that the Crown Estate has been billing him for nearly 30 years to use a track that crosses his own land. I…”

“Who in your team is leading those discussions?”

“What type of discussions are you having with Bute Energy?”

“Would it be possible to publish annual data on Crown Estate investment into Wales, both on and offshore, the amount organisations pay to access Crown Estate assets in Wales, and the total revenue from Crown Estate assets in Wales?”

“Does the Crown Estate need to be charging Welsh farmers for revenue?”

“Thank you, Chair. In 2024-25, the Crown Estate generated a net revenue profit of £1.1 billion. How much of that came from Crown Estate assets in Wales?”

“Fundamentally, this is a question about resilience across British industry. These attacks are costing British industries millions of pounds a day. What are the Government doing to facilitate knowledge-sharing within industry to boost resilience and guard against operational technology attacks? I know from personal expe…”

“4. If she will meet farming representatives to discuss the potential impact of changes to agricultural property relief and business property relief on farmers.”

“Last weekend I attended the Sennybridge show, where I met young farmers from Brecknockshire who were recruiting new members and fundraising for good causes. There is one question to which they would like to hear an answer from the Chancellor: why are the Government targeting family farms for tax rises rather than going…”

“For more than two centuries, Gurkha veterans have served our country with extraordinary loyalty and bravery. Many of them and their families have strong ties to my constituency in Brecon. Yet to the shock of many, thousands who retired before 1997, despite fighting shoulder to shoulder with their British comrades, ofte…”

“2. What steps he is taking to ensure that veterans receive adequate support after leaving the armed forces.”

“I wish to declare that I have two young children under the age of four. While the expansion of free childcare is welcome news for parents in England, does the Minister recognise that families in Wales are being left at a serious disadvantage because his colleagues in Cardiff Bay have refused to match that offer, leavin…”