My work in Parliament - Nick Smith MP

Probation Reform

Commons debates

I have had terrible problems getting hold of local probation service data in Blaenau Gwent, so I hope the Secretary of State’s promise about improving digital management comes to something....

Probation Reform

Commons debates

Business of the House

Commons debates

May we have a statement from a Treasury Minister about how the Financial Conduct Authority is dragging its feet over contingent charging by independent financial advisers? We need urgent action...

Mineworkers' Pension Scheme

Nick Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he plans to respond to the open letter of 11 April 2019 on the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme ;and if he will meet with the signatories of that letter.

EU Withdrawal: Welsh Economy

Oral Answers to Questions - Wales

Nick Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

Some 12,000 jobs in the Welsh economy rely on steel. Given the crisis in this sector, how will the right hon. Gentleman work with the Business Secretary to get the steel sector deal over the line?

Health

Commons debates

Will the Secretary of State give way?

Health

Commons debates

Will the Secretary of State give way?

Health

Commons debates

May I take up that issue of prevention? Earlier this afternoon, the Secretary of State said that he would move heaven and earth to achieve healthy outcomes. When will we see a ban on junk food...

Health

Commons debates

My hon. Friend is doing very well. Does he agree that movement is medicine and we need far more physical activity strategies in our NHS? For instance, if we had more ParkRun activities,...

TV Licences for over-75S

Commons debates

I thank my hon. Friend for giving way—eventually. Four in 10 older people say that their TV is their main source of company, and Age UK says that cutting their access to it would be an...

TV Licences for over-75S

Commons debates

Will my hon. Friend give way?

Electoral Register

Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

Nick Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the hon. Member for Houghton and Sunderland South, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assessment the Commission has made of the effect on trends in the...

Wales: Regional Development Funding

Westminster Hall debates

The Minister seems reluctant to give us a date for when exactly the consultation will begin, but does he agree that it should begin, and finish, before the comprehensive spending review is delivered?

Wales: Regional Development Funding

Westminster Hall debates

I congratulate the Minister on his role, and say “Well done” for travelling around Wales and hearing people’s concerns about the future. When will the consultation on the shared...

Wales: Regional Development Funding

Westminster Hall debates

My hon. Friend is making an important point about the consultation. Does he agree that it is important that the consultation occurs as soon as possible, so that it can be fed into the...

Wales: Regional Development Funding

Westminster Hall debates

I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Aberavon (Stephen Kinnock) for securing this important debate. The future of regional funding is crucial for Wales, and in the past it has been serious...

Refuges: Finance

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Nick Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department holds information on the amount of Government funding planned for women's refuges for the next...

Refuges: Finance

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Nick Smith received a response to a question they put to the government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department holds information on the amount of Government funding allocated to women's refuges for each...

British Steel: EU Emissions Trading Compliance

Commons debates

British Steel: EU Emissions Trading Compliance

Commons debates

British Steel workers will be glad that the Government have stepped in here, but in Wales 9,000 jobs rely on this whole sector, and many workers and their families in south Wales will be troubled...