Ann Clwyd's Parliamentary Contributions
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- Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Afghanistan (2 Mar 2010)
Ann Clwyd: Does my right hon. Friend agree that it is important that we continue to support the Afghans in order to improve their Government's capacity? We are still undertaking a similar process in Iraq, so does he welcome the forthcoming Iraqi elections as the next stage in that? - Welsh Affairs (25 Feb 2010)
Ann Clwyd: I find it quite amusing to be lectured on regulation by a party that has constantly argued against regulation and in favour of deregulation. I cannot take the hon. Gentleman seriously when he makes such a point. Instead of making personal points to the Prime Minister, why does he not talk about the economy to the Prime Minister when he next has the opportunity? - Welsh Affairs (25 Feb 2010)
Ann Clwyd: I am afraid that daffodils are in short supply at the moment. Very few of us have been able to get the real thing, but some of us have made an attempt and compromised, with at least a flash of yellow on our coats. [ Interruption. ] The hon. Member for Chesham and Amersham (Mrs. Gillan) must have a good arrangement with the flower lady in the House of Commons then. Things are a bit... - Welsh Affairs (25 Feb 2010)
Ann Clwyd: I thank the hon. Gentleman for making that point. In my original answer, I said that I could not take seriously arguments on regulation or deregulation from the Conservative party. - Welsh Affairs (25 Feb 2010)
Ann Clwyd: The leaders of the miners' strike at that time predicted that the coal mines were going to shut. They were fighting for their very existence. It was important that they engaged in that fight and drew attention to the fact that those jobs were going to go. The hon. Gentleman knows as well as I do that the Prime Minister at the time-the leader of his party-was hellbent on bring the miners'... - Welsh Affairs (25 Feb 2010)
Ann Clwyd: No, let me continue. I saw the effect of being out of work on those people in the Cynon Valley. It was an effect that lasted for many years afterwards, because they had to borrow money to pay mortgages and to live. There were also soup kitchens, which I and several of my colleagues here in the Chamber were involved in, just to try to feed people who could no longer afford to feed their... - Welsh Affairs (25 Feb 2010)
Ann Clwyd: I had finished my argument on that point and did not expect to expand on it further. I just make the point that I am in favour of a Robin Hood tax, and I would like to hear a response from the Opposition on that. - Welsh Affairs (25 Feb 2010)
Ann Clwyd: Let me just finish my argument, please. Then I will happily give way. What most people think, and what common sense tells us, is that, after all that taxpayers' money had been used to prop up the banks, the deal was that the banks would look again at how they did things, and that they would start to behave more responsibly. As the Secretary of State said, people do not understand how the... - Welsh Affairs (25 Feb 2010)
Ann Clwyd: At least we have support from one section of the Opposition. We should also explore the idea of a high pay commission, which could be modelled on the Low Pay Commission. It would look at the effects of very high pay-people earning millions of pounds in salaries and bonuses-on the economy and wider society. Very large inequalities in pay, and people earning very high pay, distort the economy... - Welsh Affairs (25 Feb 2010)
Ann Clwyd: I know that my right hon. Friend supports the idea, as does the Prime Minister, of a Robin Hood tax on global financial transactions that would spread both benefits and risks more fairly. Will my right hon. Friend elaborate on his support for that tax? - Oral Answers to Questions — International Development: Results-Based Aid (20 Jan 2010)
Ann Clwyd: There are many examples of how DFID aid has been used to rebuild civil society in Iraq, particularly in respect of the trade unions. [Interruption.] The trade unions were corrupted under Saddam, but they are now being rebuilt with the help of DFID aid. [Interruption.] - Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Economic Activity (6 Jan 2010)
Ann Clwyd: My local authority of Cynon, Rhondda and Taff is particularly pleased with the future jobs fund and the impact it is having on employment in the Cynon valley. Will my right hon. Friend assure me that the Government will continue to protect those who are out of work-unlike the Conservative party in the 1980s, which threw people on the scrapheap? - Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Afghanistan and the EU Council (14 Dec 2009)
Ann Clwyd: I met a delegation of Afghan MPs in Geneva a few weeks ago. They are extremely grateful for the efforts being made by this country on their behalf. However, one woman in the delegation-I cannot say publicly what she told me in private-said that women are still extremely vulnerable in that country. I have raised the matter in the Chamber several times in the past. The UN has criticised the... - Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Afghanistan (1 Dec 2009)
Ann Clwyd: As my right hon. Friend knows, at the start of the conflict, considerable attention was given to the situation of women in Afghanistan. According to the report from the UN high commissioner for human rights, she is concerned that the Afghan Government do not seem to be giving enough attention to the protection of women. What can we do in this conference to bring the situation of women to the... - Points of Order (24 Nov 2009)
Ann Clwyd: On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. Can you use your good offices to see whether we can have a feed of the Chilcot inquiry into Iraq on our parliamentary channels? There is considerable interest in the inquiry. I am aware that if one has a BBC red button, one can push that, but we have no such buttons on our sets. - Debate on the Address: Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Defence (23 Nov 2009)
Ann Clwyd: We have heard much this afternoon, particularly from the Liberal Democrats, of the virtues of taking tea with people who change their point of view to one's own point of view. The Foreign Secretary is having tea with Mr. Shalom this afternoon, and I wish him luck. The last time I, as chair of the Inter-Parliamentary Union middle east committee, had tea with Mr. Shalom was in Tel Aviv. He had... - Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Social Care Green Paper (11 Nov 2009)
Ann Clwyd: As my hon. Friend knows, 17 per cent. of people in my constituency are on incapacity benefit-one of the highest percentages of disabled people in the UK. Many people are concerned that the proposed changes will threaten their allowances. Will he assure them that they will not be worse off under the proposals? - Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Social Care Green Paper (11 Nov 2009)
Ann Clwyd: What discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues on the implications of the social care Green Paper for people in Wales. - Business of the House: Social Care Green Paper (29 Oct 2009)
Ann Clwyd: Although I realise that the impact of this Green Paper mainly applies to England, parts of it also apply to Wales, particularly in respect of the benefits system. My constituency contains one of the highest percentages of disabled people in the country, and I have received an enormous number of letters from people who are particularly concerned about the withdrawal of disability living...