Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 05 Jul 2022
Standards in Public Life
"The events of the past week show that the Prime Minister is sadly lacking ethics. Will the Minister confirm that it is still the Prime Minister’s intention not to appoint an independent ethics adviser?..."Wayne David - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 29th June 2022
Asked by:
Wayne David (Labour - Caerphilly)
Question
to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the report by Sir Robert Francis entitled, Compensation and Redress for the Victims of Infected Blood, Recommendations for a Framework, published on 7 June 2022, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on providing additional funding allocations to ensure that compensation payments to people affected by contaminated blood products are not funded from existing health and social care budgets.
Answered by Michael Ellis
I refer the Hon. member to the answer given to PQ 16932 on 20 June 2022.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 25 May 2022
Sue Gray Report
"It is absolutely imperative that the British public are told the whole truth. Everyone hopes that there have been no redactions or changes to the report. Indeed, Downing Street said that its intention was to publish the report in full, in its entirety, unchanged. Did anyone in No.10 receive a …..."Wayne David - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 19 Apr 2022
Easter Recess: Government Update
"Many references have been made to the views of the electorate of this country, and I can tell the Prime Minister that those views are shared by my constituents as well. So I would ask the Prime Minister: would he be prepared to take a truth detection test after every …..."Wayne David - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 23 Feb 2022
Oral Answers to Questions
"The leader in this morning’s Times is a scathing criticism of the Government’s limited sanctions against Russia. If the Prime Minister will not listen to Members of this House, will he at least listen to The Times newspaper?..."Wayne David - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 31 Jan 2022
Sue Gray Report
"In the general findings of Sue Gray’s report, there is a reference to the
“failures of leadership and judgment by…No 10”.
Does the Prime Minister accept that she was largely referring to him?..."Wayne David - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 19 Jan 2022
Covid-19 Update
"Does the Prime Minister agree that unlike someone who attended bring-your-own-booze parties, the Welsh First Minister, Mark Drakeford, has behaved with decency and integrity throughout this entire pandemic?..."Wayne David - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Aug 2021
Afghanistan
"I was elected to the House in 2001, which was the year of the NATO intervention in Afghanistan. I recall very clearly that the objective clearly stated by the then Government was to stop Afghanistan being a safe haven for terrorists. In the short term, we were successful in that …..."Wayne David - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 24th March 2021
Asked by:
Wayne David (Labour - Caerphilly)
Question
to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with (a) the Welsh Government and (b) the other devolved administrations on implementing a framework for compensation for the victims of contaminated blood to ensure that there is parity of support for all the victims across the UK.
Answered by Penny Mordaunt
Work is currently underway across the government on a number of infected blood issues. I will update the House shortly on progress.
The (then) Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster wrote to the Chair of the Infected Blood Inquiry on 2 July 2018, approving legal support funding for people infected, and their families. Details of how to apply for funding are on the Inquiry’s website - Statement of Approach: Legal Representation at Public Expense.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 14 Sep 2020
United Kingdom Internal Market Bill
"I have been a Member of this House for a good many years, but this is the worst piece of draft legislation that I have ever seen brought before us. It is a shabby and dishonourable piece of legislation, and I say that for two fundamental reasons.
My first objection …..."Wayne David - View Speech
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