Campaign Responses

Every day, I receive dozens of campaign emails from constituents concerned about a huge variety of national issues. While individual constituency enquiries will be answered by email or letter, due to the vast increase in the volume of campaign emails now being generated, I can no longer guarantee replying to these individually and am therefore posting my responses on this section of my website.

Planning Policy Wales

Thank you for contacting me regarding Plaid’s motion to update Planning Policy Wales. My Welsh Conservative colleagues and I will be supporting Plaid’s debate motion on Wednesday 12th June which asks the Welsh Government to update Planning Policy Wales paragraph 5.7.9 to remove the existing caveat

Factory chicken farming.

Thank you for writing to me concerning factory chicken farming.   I am aware of the legal challenge that was brought forward by River Action concerning pollution in the River Wye.   I would like to assure you that my Welsh Conservative colleagues and I take issues of animal welfare and

Endometriosis Action Month

Thank you for writing to me concerning Endometriosis Action Month.   My Welsh Conservative colleagues and I share your deep concern for the poor provision of care for endometriosis here in Wales.   Endometriosis is a complex disease that can vary in symptoms for different people, makin

Access to public toilets

Thank you for contacting me regarding the lack of provision of, and access to, public toilets. I completely agree with you about the importance of ensuring that everyone has access to appropriate toilet facilities. Public toilets are a key part of public health.

Criminalisation of homelessness

Thank you for contacting me regarding the criminalisation of homelessness. Homelessness is a big issue facing many people from all walks of life. There is a firm commitment across the UK Government to end rough sleeping once and for all.

Welsh Government’s Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS).

Thank you for writing to me in relation to the Welsh Government’s Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS).   As you’ll be aware, the Welsh Government’s SFS will result in 122,200 reductions in Welsh livestock numbers, 5,500 jobs on Welsh farms lost, and a £199m loss to Wales’ rural economy.  

Undercover action taken by Israeli operatives

   Thank you for writing to me concerning the undercover action taken by Israeli operatives in Jenin Hospital, Gaza.    I understand that the Israeli Defence Force (IDF)  have claimed that the targeted attack was against a member of Hamas who had planned an attack inspired by

Postgraduate funding cuts

Thank you for writing to me concerning Postgraduate funding cuts.    I am aware of the many disappointing cuts that feature in the Welsh Government’s 2024-25 Draft Budget, and that Postgraduate grants and bursaries feature among them.

Crohn’s and Colitis

Thank you for contacting me about support for people living with Crohn’s and Colitis and to invite me to attend the Crohn’s and Colitis UK Awareness Week drop-in event in the Senedd. As you have outlined, research shows more than half a million people could be living with Chron’s Disease or Ulcerat

Bovine TB

Bovine TB has been a scourge on Welsh agriculture for well over a decade, and successive Labour governments here in Wales have failed to get to grips with the disease.