My work in Parliament - Nick Smith MP

Business of the House

Commons debates

Can we have a statement, or indeed, a Government U-turn, on TV licences, so that over 3 million pensioners continue to receive free TV licences?

Network Rail: Accountability

Oral Answers to Questions - Transport

Nick Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

The Ebbw Vale to Cardiff line is a successful train service, but future improvements will require joint working between the Welsh Government, Network Rail and the Department for Transport, so...

Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme

Commons debates

I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Easington (Grahame Morris) for securing this important debate about miners’ pensions, and I praise my hon. Friend the Member for Barnsley East...

Ford in Bridgend

Commons debates

Some 27% of our output in the Gwent valleys comes from manufacturing, and some of our leading employers in Blaenau Gwent are in the automotive sector. Can the Secretary of State guarantee that...

Knife Crime

Oral Answers to Questions - Home Department

Nick Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

I have been working with Gwent police and local residents regarding alleged criminality in the village of Cwm. The local police have been great, but clearer 101 call information would ease...

Business of the House

Commons debates

There are reports today that Ford is planning to close its plant in south Wales. This would be a devastating blow to the 1,700 people who work there and for supply chains across Wales. May we...

Topical Questions

International Trade

Nick Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

In Blaenau Gwent, we have been working with Fujitsu to encourage our young people to go into cyber-security, but I have learned that there is a real shortage of cyber-security specialists here in...

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Iron and Steel

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate he has made of the proportion of UK steel and steel products procured by his Department in (a) 2017 and...

Wales Office: Iron and Steel

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what proportion of steel and steel products procured by his Department in (a) 2017 and (b) 2018 was sourced from (i) the UK and (ii) Wales.

Ministry of Defence: Iron and Steel

Ministry of Defence

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the proportion of UK steel and steel products procured by his Department in (a) 2017 and (b) 2018.

Cyber-security

Oral Answers to Questions - Cabinet Office

Nick Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

Providing national insurance data can be at the root of the difficulties that young people face when registering to vote. Will the Minister identify how Departments can better share data with...

Cabinet Office: Iron and Steel

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

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the proportion of UK steel and steel products procured by his Department in (a) 2017 and (b) 2018.

Department for Transport: Iron and Steel

Department for Transport

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the proportion of UK steel and steel products procured by his Department in (a) 2017 and (b) 2018.

British Steel

Commons debates

The Government need to buy more UK-produced steel, yet the Ministry of Defence has refused to confirm that it will buy UK steel for the Navy’s solid support ships. Less than half of the...

Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Bill

Commons debates

On this topic of possible cost overruns, a number of colleagues have talked about the possibility of the northern estate being delayed because of planning problems, which could be very expensive...

Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Bill

Commons debates

My hon. Friend is making some very thoughtful remarks. Has she given thought to how parliamentary questions can be laid and a Minister respond to scrutiny from the Chamber?

British Steel

Commons debates

The Minister talks about the steel pipeline, but only half the steel that the UK Government buy is from the UK. What steps will the Government take to increase dramatically the share of UK steel...

Ebola Outbreak: DRC

Commons debates

I thank the Secretary of State for his statement, which was very helpful. I understand that in Sierra Leone’s most recent Ebola outbreak nearly 10% of that country’s health...

Armed Forces Personnel

Oral Answers to Questions - Defence

Nick Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

The Welsh Guards 1st Battalion are 30% below their target strength. Overall, the Army has shrunk. How does that fit with the Conservative manifesto commitment to “maintain the overall size...

Armed Forces Personnel

Oral Answers to Questions - Defence

Nick Smith made a speech in the House of Commons

What recent assessment she has made of trends in the number of armed forces personnel.