Speeches by Chadwick.

“Given that it sits on an active geological fault line, is perched above several villages and has now been filled with possibly millions of tonnes of water, what safety assessments have been carried out to evaluate the risk of land movement, wall failure or flooding, and what ongoing monitoring is in place to protect ne…”

“Nicola, the Coal Action Network reported that restoration plans for East Pit and Margam opencast mines were put in place for less money than the operators originally agreed. I have the statistics in front of me. East Pit was originally to cost £115 million but only cost £22.4 million; Margam was originally supposed to …”

“What people living there really want to know is whether that site is safe. In your opinion, is East Pit safe?”

“I have one further question on this point. The Welsh Government’s 2016 guidance defines restoration as returning land to a natural form, including the replacement of subsoil and topsoil to support plant growth, yet East Pit remains a large water-filled void surrounded by overburden. Given the council’s position that re…”

“The border we share with England is porous, and that is of critical importance to our agricultural community in mid-Wales, and particularly to livestock farmers, whose supply chain reaches from one side of the border to the other. The Secretary of State will be aware that the farming community is concerned about the ou…”

“This week, I uncovered the Government’s shocking decision to designate the Oxford to Cambridge railway line as an England and Wales project. It is clearly nothing of the sort, and the decision will cost Wales £360 million-worth of funding for our own network. Will the Minister commit to devolving full rail infrastructu…”

“I thank the hon. Member for Blyth and Ashington (Ian Lavery) for securing this debate. One of the most meaningful moments I have had so far as a Member of Parliament was hearing the elderly residents of a nearby care home thank me for securing a banking hub in Ystradgynlais. That hub is now open and working, providing …”

“T1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”

“I have a very straightforward question. We have a lot of Government MPs in the room. What steps should the UK Government take to ensure that any inheritance tax reforms do not negatively affect people wanting to hand down the farms? Should the family farm tax be scrapped?”

“I have a question for all three of you, starting with Aled. Many sheep farmers in Wales do not make much of a profit from their core farming activity. We saw stats saying that last year farming incomes fell. What steps should the UK Government be taking to sustain this part of the farming sector, and can it sustain any…”

“In my constituency, I have been very fortunate to see the sterling work that Brecknock YFC and Radnor YFC do. Dominic, what types of support do young or new entrants into Welsh farming require from the UK Government that is not currently being offered? What would you say is the typical route into farming for young farm…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. I sincerely thank and congratulate the hon. Member for Wolverhampton North East (Mrs Brackenridge) on securing this debate on behalf of communities that have been left behind across Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Too often, rural disadvantage is overloo…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Dr Allin-Khan. I thank the right hon. Member for South Holland and The Deepings (Sir John Hayes) for securing this debate—he is right to describe the supermarkets as an “economic tyranny.” We Liberal Democrats are also concerned about concentrations of power, and there is…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Vickers. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Waveney Valley (Adrian Ramsay) for securing this important debate. The Welsh Liberal Democrats have always championed the highest standards in animal welfare, not just because it is the right thing to do but because it refl…”

“What do prisons need to stop the threat?”

“Prisons, by their very nature, are designed to keep people in. That is a description I am sure everybody would agree with on a very basic level. One of the really astonishing revelations has been the fact that they are struggling to keep things out, which implicitly we would expect prisons to be very capable of doing. …”

“To follow up on that—you mentioned January 2024—the second half of the question was about how issues have evolved since last year. Can you answer that part of the question?”

“Good afternoon, prynhawn da. Our predecessor Welsh Affairs Committee ran an inquiry into prisons in 2024. Since then, clearly, there has been a change in Government and the capacity crisis has continued to mount significant operational challenges. What are the most significant challenges facing the Welsh prison estate …”

“I am grateful for the opportunity to speak in this debate, Mr Dowd. I refer hon. Members to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I thank the hon. Member for Farnham and Bordon (Gregory Stafford) for securing this important debate. Nearly half a million UK pensioners living overseas are being penali…”

“David Lloyd George created the social contract on which our pension scheme still runs, and I am sure he would be proud to hear my hon. Friend calling for that social contract to be adhered to. Several hon. Members have drawn attention to the fact that we now have many constituents living abroad who have the right to vo…”