Owen Smith
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Thursday 28th February 2013
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The following is the answer given by the Secretary of State for Wales, the right hon. Member for Clwyd West (Mr Jones), to a question from the hon. Member for Pontypridd (Owen Smith) during Wales Question Time on 27 February 2013.
Owen Smith (Pontypridd) (Lab)
Last week the Joseph Rowntree Foundation warned that Wales faces a decade of destitution as a result of policies pursued by this Government, and the Welsh Government said that £600 million is being taken out of the pockets of ordinary Welsh people. Is the Secretary of State telling the Prime Minister and his Cabinet colleagues what people are saying about his Government in Wales, or is he just there to cheerlead for policies that are hammering his country?