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Good morning conference. Bore da. I bring you greetings from Newport, capital of the golfing world!
Last weekend's Ryder Cup was a triumph for Europe. For Sir Terry Matthews, for Newport, and the Celtic Manor Resort. And for Wales.
It showed just what we can achieve if we have ...
Speech to the Welsh Conservative Party conference, Venue Cymru, Llandudno.
"Good morning conference.
It's good to be back in Llandudno and I would like to wish you all a very happy St David's Day.
I would like to begin by paying tribute to Peter Thomas, who sadly passed ...
To the Conservative Party conference fringe meeting Welsh Conservatives – New Opportunities
"Cast your mind back ten years. As a party in Wales, we reached rock bottom. Why?
Labour had sought to poison Wales against us. It suited Labour to portray us - quite unfairly - as anti-Wales. As though supporting a United ...
Speech to the Welsh Conservative Party conference in Cardiff.
"Ladies and Gentlemen. It is really good to be back home in Cardiff and looking at such an enthusiastic audience.
This venue at Sophia Gardens holds a special place in my heart as I spent hours watching cricket sitting on the ...
Speech in the St David’s Day debate to the House of Commons.
"It is good to welcome the Secretary of State for Wales who has taken time off his busy campaigning schedule to join us and make a guest appearance.
So little does he ever mention Wales these days ...
Private squalor, public affluence
"Very many thanks for inviting me to speak here today. The Centre for Policy Studies is one of the most important institutions of British politics. You led the fight for economic reform in our country, freeing labour and capital to generate wealth and higher living standards ...
Speech to the Welsh Grand Committee.
"The Opposition welcomes the opportunity to debate the implications of the Gracious Speech for Wales.
Let me deal with one issue at the outset - the Secretary of State's increasingly frantic attempts to distort Conservative policy when everyone knows he's simply trying to ...
Speech to the Conservative Party conference in Bournemouth.
"Good afternoon conference. Good afternoon Wales.
It is a great tribute to David Cameron and the new direction that he is forging for the Conservative party, that today, Wales and localism can proudly take centre stage at our party conference.
Having been ...
To the Welsh Conservative Party conference in Llandudno.
"It is a great pleasure for me to begin our Party conference here in Llandudno.
I feel like a Welsh export returning home.
And I have no doubt that over the next two days, this conference will show the Welsh Conservative Party ...
Speech during the second reading of the Government of Wales Bill in the House of Commons.
"I join the Secretary of State in the tributes paid to Merlyn Rees and to Lord Stratford. In Merlyn Rees we have lost a man who was admired across all parts of the political ...
