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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 26 Nov 2014
Government Policies (Wales)

"I disagree. I would have a referendum tomorrow. If that is the Secretary of State’s real argument, let us have a referendum tomorrow. The idea of holding off for two years and having some nebulous renegotiation when we have not even set the terms of what we want and are …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 26 Nov 2014
Government Policies (Wales)

"rose—..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 26 Nov 2014
Government Policies (Wales)

"No, I am quite calm, actually. This is calm.

Will the Secretary of State tell me precisely when we shall see the electrification of the valleys lines? I have heard successive Ministers make promises about it, but absolutely nothing has happened...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 26 Nov 2014
Government Policies (Wales)

"If we are going to talk about speeches that other Members have made, I remember the Prime Minister saying that the deficit would be cut completely by the end of this Parliament. I remember him saying that the debt would be falling. I remember him saying that net migration to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 26 Nov 2014
Government Policies (Wales)

"The Prime Minister even said that no disabled people would be affected by the bedroom tax, but two thirds of those affected by it in Wales are disabled...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 26 Nov 2014
Government Policies (Wales)

"It has gone up...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 26 Nov 2014
Government Policies (Wales)

"Does not this argument miss the fundamental point, which is that if the Government have to create a system in which there is a discretionary housing payment, which means that some local authorities will be mean at the beginning of the year and generous towards the end of the year, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 22 Oct 2014
Oral Answers to Questions

"If Conservative Members are so keen on improving poor wages, why did they do everything in their power to prevent the national minimum wage from coming into law? Why do Conservative Ministers regularly accuse the poor of being workshy when actually, in my constituency, many of the most hard-working are …..."
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Written Question
Education Maintenance Allowance
Monday 14th July 2014

Asked by: Chris Bryant (Labour - Rhondda and Ogmore)

Question to the Wales Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made on the potential effect of universal credit on the education maintenance allowance in Wales.

Answered by Stephen Crabb

Whilst the Department for Work and Pensions has discussed the treatment of Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) in assessing entitlement to Universal Credit with the Welsh Government, setting criteria for EMA eligibility is a matter for the Welsh Government.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 31 Mar 2014
Wales Bill

"Will the hon. Gentleman give way?..."
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