Parliament - Geraint Davies

No Confidence in Her Majesty’s Government

Business of the House (Today)

Geraint Davies made a speech in the House of Commons

Margaret Thatcher famously quoted Attlee in saying that referendums were the instruments of “demagogues and dictators” because Hitler used them to adopt supreme power and, basically,...

Leaving the EU - [David Hanson in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

Just to clarify, obviously it is not me.

Leaving the EU - [David Hanson in the Chair]

Westminster Hall debates

May I say that you have only 45 minutes?

[6th Allotted Day]

European Union (Withdrawal) Act

Geraint Davies made a speech in the House of Commons

On standards, is my hon. Friend as concerned as I am that, if we do Brexit, rather than negotiating with the US as part of team EU, which is a big conglomerate, we will be in a much weaker...

[6th Allotted Day]

European Union (Withdrawal) Act

Geraint Davies made a speech in the House of Commons

The Secretary of State mentions that we will move out of the orbit of the ECJ. Instead, for trade deals, particularly on fracking, we will be in the orbit of international investment tribunals....

Business of the House

Commons debates

In the event that the deal is voted down next Tuesday and there is a vote of no confidence, with the Opposition parties joined by those on the Government Benches who want a no-deal Brexit, what...

Renewable Energy

Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Geraint Davies made a speech in the House of Commons

It would have been useful to have had that publication before Question Time to enable informed questions to be asked. I put it to the Minister that some 60 MW of solar energy in Wales alone rely...

Renewable Energy

Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Geraint Davies made a speech in the House of Commons

When his Department plans to publish its proposals on rewards for small-scale renewable energy exports to the grid.

Disability Support

Commons debates

In Swansea, some of the most vulnerable people are going through the most dreadful anguish and anxiety. They are chronically ill, yet they think they will not end up with benefits. Is that not...

Leaving the EU: No Deal

Leaving the Eu: No Deal

Geraint Davies made a speech in the House of Commons

What we are witnessing is the most expensive hoax in history. Some £2 billion is being wasted preparing for a no-deal situation that would have a catastrophic impact on our economy: medicine...

Leaving the EU: No Deal

Leaving the Eu: No Deal

Geraint Davies made a speech in the House of Commons

Will the hon. Gentleman then confirm his support for my European Union (Revocation of Notification of Withdrawal) Bill, which I presented yesterday? The Bill would basically rule out no deal, and...

Leaving the EU: No Deal

Leaving the Eu: No Deal

Geraint Davies made a speech in the House of Commons

Will the Minister confirm or deny reports put out that the Army is on standby to slaughter thousands of lambs in the event of a no deal? We put that to the Secretary of State for Environment,...

Pupil Exclusions

Department for Education

Geraint Davies received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of excluding a child from school.

Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [Lords]

Commons debates

I was going to make precisely that point. The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists has said that the list of professionals should include such therapists and that all professionals...

Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [Lords]

Commons debates

I speak as the chair of the all-party parliamentary group on speech and language difficulties, so my primary concern is that people will have their freedom taken away simply because they cannot...

Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [Lords]

Commons debates

I have the privilege of chairing the all-party parliamentary group on speech and language difficulties. The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists is concerned about the conflation of...

EU Withdrawal Agreement

Geraint Davies made a speech in the House of Commons

I am doing it because 25,000 jobs in Swansea depend on EU exports, and Swansea will be a lot worse off with Brexit.

EU Withdrawal Agreement

Geraint Davies made a speech in the House of Commons

My own view is that Brexit is a betrayal of conservatism, because we are withdrawing from the most well-constructed market in the world. It obviously denies the Union, because any Brexit will...

EU Withdrawal Agreement

Geraint Davies made a speech in the House of Commons

It is a great pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Putney (Justine Greening). On her challenge, on the Order Paper today I have tabled the European Union (Revocation of Notification of...

EU Withdrawal Agreement

Geraint Davies made a speech in the House of Commons

In that spirit of solidarity, will the right hon. Gentleman join the hon. Member for Glenrothes (Peter Grant) in supporting my European Union (Revocation of Notification of Withdrawal) Bill? The...

When I arrived 1997 the background was public school boys who arriving with a hierarchical view of the world alongside a system where there was no career structure, no human resources no appraisals no support for staff or even MPs. Geraint Davies

Geraint Davies