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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 22 Nov 2022
Energy (oil and gas) profits levy

"I am grateful for the opportunity to speak in this final debate on the Chancellor’s autumn statement and I would like to pay tribute to my right hon. Friend the Member for Leeds West (Rachel Reeves) for her fantastic response to the statement last Thursday. Let us not forget that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 12 Oct 2022
Economic Situation

"My son currently pays £612 a month for his mortgage. Next year, when his fixed rate comes to an end, he will be paying at least £1,300 a month. My daughter, a hard-working junior doctor, cannot even look at buying a property on her salary of £23,000 a year. The …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 19 Jul 2022
Cost of Living Crisis: Wales

"I thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. The workshops sound an excellent idea. People are desperate and need such ideas. She is quite right that the obvious inactivity of the Government is the problem. This debate today is not about party politics or short-term political gain; it is about …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 19 Jul 2022
Cost of Living Crisis: Wales

"My hon. Friend makes a powerful point. Prescriptions, medicines and HRT are so important to people—[Interruption.] Absolutely, they are free in Wales.

The average band D council tax bill in England is £167 more than in Wales. Even with the UK Government’s recently announced council tax rebate, …..."

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 19 Jul 2022
Cost of Living Crisis: Wales

"Although I understand the point that the Minister just made, the last two Cobra meetings have been all about the climate emergency, which is happening now. I am surprised that the Prime Minister should not be in his place at these Cobra meetings and I suspect the whole country is …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 19 Jul 2022
Cost of Living Crisis: Wales

"I thank you, Ms Nokes, for your astute and wise chairing this afternoon. I thank the Minister for his speech; I am quite sure that the debate could have gone on all afternoon. I also thank all hon. Members who have spoken on the Opposition side: they have made such …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 19 Jul 2022
Cost of Living Crisis: Wales

"I beg to move,

That this House has considered the impact of the cost of living crisis in Wales.

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship this afternoon, Ms Nokes. Thank you for the warning about the heat. I am grateful for the opportunity to lead the debate …..."

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 May 2022
Economy Update

"I thank the Chancellor for his statement; the constituents of Newport West will be grateful that he has acted to help them in some small way at long last. However, can he confirm that only those who are already receiving benefits or who started a claim before 25 May will …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 May 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"17. What recent steps he has taken to help reduce economic inequality in Newport West constituency. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 17 May 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"Women across the UK are the “shock absorbers of poverty,” as the Women’s Budget Group puts it. Women are cutting essentials for themselves so that their kids do not go without, and this is happening in Newport West, too. My inbox is full of emails from anxious families who are …..."
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