Debates between Lindsay Hoyle and Jamie Wallis during the 2019-2024 Parliament

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Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Jamie Wallis
Tuesday 8th November 2022

(2 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Speaker
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I call Dr Jamie Wallis. Not here, but can the Minister answer as though he was?

Jamie Wallis Portrait Dr Jamie Wallis (Bridgend) (Con)
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7. What steps he is taking to help protect human rights across the world.

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Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Jamie Wallis
Tuesday 14th December 2021

(2 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jamie Wallis Portrait Dr Jamie Wallis (Bridgend) (Con)
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Foreign-born criminals have long used human rights legislation to avoid deportation to their country of origin. Can my right hon. Friend confirm whether recent announcements to reform human rights will include the introduction of a British Bill of Rights?

Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Speaker
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Sorry, that question is unrelated to Question 1; it relates to Question 2. I call Peter Grant.

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Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Jamie Wallis
Tuesday 7th December 2021

(2 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Speaker
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Well done, Chancellor.

Jamie Wallis Portrait Dr Jamie Wallis (Bridgend) (Con)
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T7. The recently announced coalition deal between Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru contains a tourism tax, which is likely to do significant damage to Porthcawl, a seaside town in my Bridgend constituency. Does my right hon. Friend agree that imposing a new tax on a sector already hit hard by Welsh Government restrictions is further evidence that Labour-nationalist coalitions are bad for business, bad for the economy and bad for our United Kingdom?

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Debate between Lindsay Hoyle and Jamie Wallis
Thursday 1st July 2021

(3 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jamie Wallis Portrait Dr Wallis
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I want to draw my right hon. Friend’s attention to the issue of displaying the Union flag in the Welsh Parliament. As many will know, the Presiding Officer of the Senedd banned the display of the Union flag by Conservative Members last week. Yesterday, the First Minister, Mark Drakeford, described it as “vacuous symbolism” by

“tea towel Tories of 2021”.

Does my right hon. Friend agree that people across Wales are proud to display the Union Jack because of their pride in the country in which they live and of what the UK stands for? What actions will—

Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. I think we’ve got it. Sorry, but topical questions are to be short.