Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Oral Answers to Questions

Liz Saville Roberts Excerpts
Wednesday 11th January 2023

(1 year, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Rishi Sunak Portrait The Prime Minister
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My hon. Friend is a fantastic champion for the steel industry, and this Government remain committed to a thriving UK steel industry. That is why our support for steel includes nearly £800 million in relief for electricity costs and steel companies are eligible to bid for up to £1.5 billion in capital grant to speed their transition to net zero steel production.

Liz Saville Roberts Portrait Liz Saville Roberts (Dwyfor Meirionnydd) (PC)
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I am sure the whole House will want to join me in wishing all the best to Gareth Bale, the former captain of the Wales men’s soccer team, who has been a national inspiration and who took Wales to the football World Cup.

This Tory Government attack dedicated health and ambulance staff, but disruption from strikes is as nothing compared with the chronic disruption caused every day by their 13 years of butchering health budgets. Meanwhile, Labour’s Health Secretary in Wales follows the Tory playbook, blaming patients themselves for standards of health. The reality is this: health services in Wales suffer from a combination of mismanagement by Labour and a Westminster funding system that perpetuates poverty. The Prime Minister used to talk about levelling up—[Interruption.]

Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. The question is far too long. The Prime Minister must have got the drift.

Liz Saville Roberts Portrait Liz Saville Roberts
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Will the Prime Minister therefore commit himself to funding Wales’s public—

Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. I call the Prime Minister.