Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between David T C Davies and John Bercow

Thursday 2nd March 2017 Commons Chamber

[David T. C. Davies (Monmouth) (Con)]

13. As the Minister will know, current EU regulations prevent farmers from trimming hedges in August. Does he agree that Brexit therefore offers a great opportunity for trimming the regulations and rules that prevent hedge cutting at that time?

[Mr Speaker]

I was hoping that there would be some linkage between hedge cutting and fishing previously unknown not only to the Chair but to humankind, but we will have to leave that for another occasion.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between David T C Davies and John Bercow

Wednesday 18th January 2017 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

At this Scotland Office questions, I am pleased to inform the House that I have just been notified that Andy Murray has won his second round match in Melbourne.

[David T. C. Davies (Monmouth) (Con)]

7. What assessment he has made of the potential effect on the Scottish economy of the UK leaving the EU.

Rights of EU Nationals

Debate between David T C Davies and John Bercow

Wednesday 19th October 2016 Commons Chamber

[David T. C. Davies (Monmouth) (Con)]

On a point of order, Mr Speaker. [Interruption.]

[Mr Speaker]

Order. The hon. Member for Airdrie and Shotts (Neil Gray) will resume his seat. We will be with him in a moment. There is a point of order from Mr David T.C. Davies.

[David T. C. Davies]

I am the Conservative MP who has just been referred to. This is not a matter that is before us today. I wanted to speak about EU migrants, being married to one myself. If the hon. Member for Airdrie and Shotts (Neil Gray) wants to raise a completely unrelated matter, will I be able to answer that in the speech that I hope you will call me to make later on, Mr Speaker, even though it has nothing to do with this debate?

[Mr Speaker]

I did not judge the remark to be disorderly, although it needs to be made briefly. I did not and do not think it was disorderly, but I give the hon. Member for Monmouth (David T. C. Davies) the assurance, which he is entitled to seek, that he will have an opportunity in his remarks to respond as he thinks fit. No one should deny him that opportunity. Briefly, Mr Gray; let us hear it.

Points of Order

Debate between David T C Davies and John Bercow

Wednesday 15th June 2016 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I shall save up the hon. Member for St Albans (Mrs Main) for later. I call Mr David T. C. Davies.

[David T. C. Davies (Monmouth) (Con)]

Further to that point of order, Mr Speaker. You seem to have confirmed that you are not aware of any such Budget. That being the case, is it in order for members of the Government to be going around telling the press that there is such a Budget when it does not in fact exist?

[Mr Speaker]

The hon. Gentleman is being a bit cheeky. I know of no such plan. The hon. Gentleman is an assiduous constituency representative and he is a politician. He knows very well that all sorts of things are speculated upon and made the subject of conversation and rumour. All I know is what concerns the business of the House today. What people say outside the House is a matter for them. If people have important things to say on public policy—between now and next Thursday, for example—it would perhaps be prudent and judged to be courteous to say them in the House of Commons.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between David T C Davies and John Bercow

Thursday 7th January 2016 Commons Chamber

[David T. C. Davies (Monmouth) (Con)]

rose—

[Mr Speaker]

David “Top Cat” Davies. [Laughter.]

[David T. C. Davies]

That’s fine by me, Mr Speaker.

Does my right hon. Friend agree that renewable energy sources are two to three times more expensive than fossil fuels and therefore the more renewables we use, the more fuel poverty we will create?

[Mr Speaker]

The explanation should be intelligible to the people beyond, and the explanation is that the middle initials are T. C. My apologies to the hon. Gentleman, who seems duly delighted.

Tax Credits

Debate between David T C Davies and John Bercow

Tuesday 27th October 2015 Commons Chamber

[David T. C. Davies (Monmouth) (Con)]

rose—

[Mr Speaker]

Just before I respond to the right hon. Gentleman, I will hear the hon. Member for Monmouth (David T. C. Davies).

[David T. C. Davies]

Further to that point of order, Mr Speaker. I looked through the Standing Orders last night and discovered that what the hon. Member for Banff and Buchan (Dr Whiteford) called an “unelected, unaccountable and somewhat bloated” second Chamber actually has no power at all to reject European Union treaties, such as that on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, but it seems that it does have the power to reject the will of this elected House. As a doughty defender of elected Members of Parliament, will you issue guidance as to how we may ensure that the will of this elected House prevails?