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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 06 Jul 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"The Global Centre for Rail Excellence that is being developed in Onllwyn in Neath will become the first and only rail infrastructure testing facility in the UK. It recently secured a memorandum of understanding with an Association of American Railroads subsidiary, US venture MxV Rail, to work together to advance …..."
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Written Question
Railways: Wales
Thursday 10th March 2022

Asked by: Christina Rees (Labour (Co-op) - Neath)

Question to the Wales Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, on what date the Government will release funding for the Global Centre for Rail Excellence in Wales.

Answered by Lord Hart of Tenby

As announced at last year’s spending review, the Global Centre of Rail Excellence (GCRE) will receive up to £30 million for a new, world-class rail technology and innovation centre.

Funding for GCRE will be released at the appropriate times between 2022-23 and 2023-24, as agreed between the UK Government, the Welsh Government and GCRE.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 03 Mar 2022
Welsh Affairs

"I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Caerphilly (Wayne David) for securing this St David’s day debate on Welsh affairs. It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Montgomeryshire (Craig Williams). My hon. Friend the Member for Caerphilly and I went to the same school: Cynffig Comprehensive …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 03 Mar 2022
Welsh Affairs

"My hon. Friend makes a good point. Hywel worked behind the scenes; he did not like to be in the limelight, but I totally agree that there should have been a place for him in the film.

Hywel and the support group organised the annual commemoration of the start of …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 03 Mar 2022
Welsh Affairs

"I am glad that the Secretary of State is in such a celebratory mood. I am sure that he is as excited as I am that the global centre of rail excellence is coming to Wales, in fact to Onllwyn in my constituency. When will the Government release the funds …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 22 Feb 2022
Cost of Living in Wales

"Does my hon. Friend agree that things would be a lot worse in Wales if it were not for the Welsh Labour Government’s £330 million package to tackle the cost of living crisis, targeted at helping the most vulnerable through the winter support scheme and the discretionary assistance fund?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 22 Feb 2022
Cost of Living in Wales

"My hon. Friend might have been about to come on to this point. Will she also congratulate the Welsh Labour Government on their basic income pilot scheme for care leavers in Wales? That will give care leavers the support they deserve to develop and become independent young adults...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 19 May 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

"Does the Secretary of State accept that it is Mark Drakeford’s superb stewardship of the Welsh economy and the Welsh NHS that has secured Mark’s overwhelming re-election? Will he welcome the Welsh Labour Government’s new 10-year infrastructure investment plan for a zero-carbon economy and release the promised UK Government funding …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 25 Feb 2021
Welsh Affairs

"I echo the remarks about my dear friend Hywel Francis, whose legacy spreads across south Wales and beyond. I will miss Hywel more than words can say, and my thoughts are with Mair, Hannah, Dafydd and Hywel’s many friends and comrades.

Wales is a special country. Its people are parochial, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 27 Feb 2020
Welsh Affairs

"I thank the Government for bringing forward this debate on Welsh affairs. Of course, the calendar dictates that we are unable to hold the debate on St David’s Day, as 1 March falls on a Sunday this year. Nevertheless, the debate remains a firm fixture in our parliamentary business, providing …..."
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