Ken Skates

Welsh LabourMember for Fflint Wrecsam

Recent speeches and questions

30 September 2026Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: The defence sector
I very much welcome this debate today. I support the motion and also support many of the points raised in the amendment. Indeed, I particularly welcome the reference to the importance of respecting human rights, of upholding international law and…
30 September 2026Plenary
Reform UK Debate: Default 20 mph speed limit
Thank you. So, your motion explicitly states that you want to scrap the default speed limit, which would mean going back to 30 mph outside schools, outside hospitals, outside play areas, and then you would have to pay a fortune, using traffic regulation…
30 September 2026Plenary
Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Contaminated land
Can I welcome this debate and thank those who have already spoken? There have been some powerful contributions so far. It is obviously the subject of enormous cause for concern across Wales, including in and near my constituency, and indeed in my home village…
29 September 2026Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Health and Care: Review of the Escalation and Intervention Framework
Minister, thanks for the update today on the review of the escalation and intervention framework. One thing that remains unclear to me is around the difference in outcome. What is the difference that you hope to achieve or would expect, and what will the new…
29 September 2026Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, it's still not enough. We've heard your concerns over many weeks about public finance, which begs the question why you'd squander public money on rebranding Flying Start if the only threat is to its name. But I'd like to turn to national…
29 September 2026Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Dioch, Lywydd. First Minister, there is mounting uncertainty over the future of Flying Start, amplified this week when councils across Wales were told different things about its future. Can you confirm whether today's Flying Start programme has a future under…

Recent votes

Date	Vote on	Vote	Result
30 Sept 2026	Reform UK Debate - default 20mph speed limitAmendment 1, tabled in the name of Heledd Fychan	For	Agreed
30 Sept 2026	Reform UK Debate - default 20mph speed limitMotion without amendment	Against	Rejected