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Debate between Nia Griffith and Lindsay Hoyle
Wednesday 12th March 2025

(3 weeks ago)

Commons Chamber
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Nia Griffith Portrait Dame Nia Griffith
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As the hon. Gentleman knows, my good friend the Deputy First Minister of Wales has spent a lot of time talking to farmers. We have absolutely protected the budget for farmers, as have the Welsh Government, so the full £337 million will go directly to farmers, despite his colleagues in the Senedd trying to block it last week.

Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Speaker
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I call the Chair of the Welsh Affairs Committee.

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Nia Griffith Portrait Dame Nia Griffith
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Indeed, my hon. Friend is absolutely right. It is an utter disgrace that Opposition parties decided to vote against the budget last week. They were effectively trying to block money going to farmers—what a disgrace.

Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Speaker
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I call the shadow Secretary of State.

Mims Davies Portrait Mims Davies (East Grinstead and Uckfield) (Con)
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The Government have said that they are concerned, as we all are, about our future security, so why is food security expendable in Wales and beyond? That is the message from farmer Stella Owen of the National Farmers Union Cymru, who has said that the Government’s actions are “destructive” and

“threaten the future of family farms”

across Wales. How many of those family farms is the Minister prepared to see go under before she and the Secretary of State step up and act in the interests of that key sector by helping the men and women who are livid, worried and fearing for their livelihoods?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Nia Griffith and Lindsay Hoyle
Wednesday 11th December 2024

(3 months, 3 weeks ago)

Commons Chamber
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Nia Griffith Portrait Dame Nia Griffith
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As my hon. Friend says, the Welsh Government’s violence against women and girls strategy has been pioneering delivery on that important issue for two years now. The UK Government’s aim of halving violence against women and girls in a decade is ambitious, and learning lessons from the Welsh Government will help. As part of their long-standing commitment to tackling violence against women and girls, South Wales police have introduced new measures, including the Cardiff safety buses, which have received national recognition for safeguarding more than 3,000 vulnerable people on the streets of Cardiff since September 2021.

Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Speaker
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I call Jim Shannon.