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Debate between Glyn Davies and John Bercow

Wednesday 24th July 2019 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I call Glyn Davies.

[Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire) (Con)]

rose—[Interruption.]

[Mr Speaker]

Don’t be shy, Mr Davies. Assert yourself, man. We must hear from you.

[Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire) (Con)]

Q7. I first met the Prime Minister when she came campaigning with me in Berriew in the difficult and dark days of the late 1990s, and she has been a great friend of Wales ever since. Only recently, her Government approved the end of the M4 tolls and several other great measures for Wales. Will she encourage her successor to introduce a Bill to extend the general election franchise to all British citizens living overseas, where there is a wide Welsh diaspora?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Glyn Davies and John Bercow

Thursday 24th January 2019 Commons Chamber

[Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire) (Con)]

rose—

[Mr Speaker]

We do not allow two bites of the cherry at substantive questions, but if the hon. Gentleman wants to chance his arm at topicals, he might be successful. We look forward to that with eager anticipation.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Glyn Davies and John Bercow

Wednesday 13th July 2016 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Order. The voice of Montgomeryshire must be heard.

[Glyn Davies]

Does the Minister share my concerns and those of the Welsh farming unions about the administration of the single farm payment scheme in Wales, particularly in relation to cross-border issues? Will he agree to meet the farming unions at the Royal Welsh show next week to discuss this serious issue?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Glyn Davies and John Bercow

Wednesday 25th May 2016 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Order. Let us hear Mr Glyn Davies.

[Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire) (Con)]

S4C is crucial to Wales, and particularly to the Welsh language. Does my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State agree that the Welsh language is too often seen as the secondary language in Wales? It is not a secondary language; it is at least equal first.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Glyn Davies and John Bercow

Wednesday 4th November 2015 Commons Chamber

[The Secretary of State for Scotland (David Mundell)]

Before I answer the question, may I begin by commending you, Mr Speaker, not just for your attendance at the Davis cup semi-final in Glasgow, but for the enthusiasm with which you got behind Team GB for that momentous win? I am sure you will join me not only in wishing our Team GB the best in the final in Ghent, but in confirming that Glasgow, as it has once again demonstrated with the world gymnastics championships, is a great sporting city.

The UK Government have given local communities the final say on new onshore wind developments in England. Planning for onshore wind is a matter fully devolved to the Scottish Parliament and sadly the Scottish Government have kept that power to themselves. I would urge them to look closely at this Government’s policy of an affordable energy mix that also protects our natural landscapes.

[Mr Speaker]

I thank the Secretary of State. I shall be there in person, all being well, to support the team.

[Glyn Davies]

True devolution means that power should rest as closely as possible to the people in Scotland, in Wales and in Northern Ireland. Does the Secretary of State deplore the centralising policies of the current Scottish and Welsh Governments, who seem to think they know better than the people and the communities of Scotland and Wales?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Glyn Davies and John Bercow

Wednesday 25th February 2015 Commons Chamber

[Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire) (Con)]

Q10. I know the Prime Minister shares my enthusiastic support for organ donation and my joy at the 63% increase in what is the most wonderful gift that anyone can give since the organ donation task force reported in 2008—[Interruption.]

[Mr Speaker]

Order. I apologise for interrupting the hon. Gentleman. It is discourteous to interrupt an hon. Member in the middle of his or her question. Let us hear what the hon. Gentleman has to say: it is a matter of manners.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Glyn Davies and John Bercow

Wednesday 11th February 2015 Commons Chamber

[Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire) (Con)]

Q6. My constituents—[Interruption.]

[Mr Speaker]

Order. The hon. Gentleman is entitled to be heard with courtesy.

[Glyn Davies]

Thank you, Mr Speaker. My constituents in Montgomeryshire are not able to see a GP as quickly as they should. Does the Prime Minister agree that we need to train more GPs to take forward our plans for surgeries to be open seven days a week and in the evenings, and will he press for similar hours of opening to be available to my constituents in Wales?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Glyn Davies and John Bercow

Wednesday 22nd January 2014 Commons Chamber

[Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire) (Con)]

T4. South Sudan won independence with great hopes of democracy and freedom, but it has collapsed into near civil war. Will the Minister tell us what steps she has taken to help deal with the humanitarian crisis in that country? [Interruption].

[Mr Speaker]

Order. Ministers can scarcely hear the questions. I appeal to the House to lower the decibel level. The Leader of the House is nodding in assent to my proposition, which is encouraging.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Glyn Davies and John Bercow

Wednesday 17th July 2013 Commons Chamber

[Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire) (Con)]

rose—[Interruption.]

[Mr Speaker]

Order. We must hear the question from Mr Davies.

[Glyn Davies]

Q6. In my Welsh constituency, patients have to wait 36 weeks for elective treatment, while the figure in the English constituency of Shropshire next door is 18 weeks. What lessons does the Prime Minister believe the Government can learn about how the NHS has been managed in Wales over recent years?

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Debate between Glyn Davies and John Bercow

Wednesday 16th January 2013 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I call Mr Glyn Davies.

[Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire) (Con)]

Thank you, Mr Speaker. The tourism industry in mid-Wales—

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Glyn Davies and John Bercow

Thursday 6th December 2012 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

I will take a point of order at the end of questions.

[Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire) (Con)]

8. What discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on measures to reduce flooding by changes in planting and drainage.

[Glyn Davies]

The River Severn rises in Plynlimon in mid-Wales but causes most of its flood damage in England. The Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust is doing magnificent work with its Plynlimon project, which benefits diversity as well as helping flood relief by holding back rainwater. Will my hon. Friend work closely with the Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust and the Welsh Government to provide support that is commensurate with that benefit?

[Mr Speaker]

Order. The hon. Gentleman should ask a question; this is not a debate.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Glyn Davies and John Bercow

Wednesday 25th January 2012 Commons Chamber

[Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire) (Con)]

11. What discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport on arrangements in Northern Ireland to mark the diamond jubilee of Her Majesty the Queen.

[Mr Speaker]

I call the Minister of State to reply. [Interruption.]

Public Bodies Bill [Lords] (Programme) (No. 2)

Debate between Glyn Davies and John Bercow

Tuesday 25th October 2011 Commons Chamber

[Glyn Davies (Montgomeryshire) (Con)]

rose—

[Mr Speaker]

Order. It is not possible to intervene on someone who has finished his speech. I think I am correct that the hon. Gentleman has finished.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Glyn Davies and John Bercow

Wednesday 23rd March 2011 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Order. I understand that the House is eagerly awaiting subsequent business, but there are far too many noisy private conversations taking place, which is very discourteous to the people of Northern Ireland.

[Glyn Davies]

While discussing donations to political parties in Northern Ireland in the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, the Minister made reference to “details of the recipient”, “the amount received” and when donations were made. Those were the reference points, so can the Minister tell us what progress has been made?