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Hywel Williams
Plaid Cymru MP for Arfon
- Also represented Caernarfon
- Entered Parliament on 7 June 2001 — General election
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- Voting record
- Topics of interest
- Most recent appearances
- Numerology
- Register of Members’ Interests
- Expenses
Voting record (from PublicWhip)
How Hywel Williams voted on key issues since 2001:
- Voted strongly against increasing the rate of VAT. votes
- Voted moderately against introducing ID cards. votes
- Voted very strongly against introducing foundation hospitals. votes
- Voted very strongly for removing hereditary peers from the House of Lords. votes
- Voted moderately for a wholly elected House of Lords. votes
- Voted very strongly against the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly for an investigation into the Iraq war. votes
- Voted very strongly against replacing Trident. votes
- Voted strongly for a smoking ban. votes
- Voted moderately against greater autonomy for schools. votes
- Voted very strongly for a more proportional system for electing MPs. votes
- Voted very strongly against allowing ministers to intervene in inquests. votes
- Voted moderately for more EU integration. votes
- Voted moderately for a transparent Parliament. votes
- Voted very strongly against a stricter asylum system. votes
- Voted strongly for equal gay rights. votes
- Voted for automatic enrolment in occupational pensions. votes
- Voted moderately for encouraging occupational pensions. votes
- Voted very strongly against university tuition fees. votes
- Voted against raising England’s undergraduate tuition fee cap to £9,000 per year. votes
- Voted strongly against Labour's anti-terrorism laws. votes
- Voted very strongly for laws to stop climate change. votes
- Voted strongly against the hunting ban. votes
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- Hardly ever rebels against their party in this parliament.
Topics of interest
Asks most questions about
- Departments: Treasury, Wales, Work and Pensions, Culture Media and Sport, Health
- Subjects (based on headings added by Hansard): Welsh Language, Departmental Public Expenditure, Departmental Staff (Bicycles), Tax Credits, Prisons
(based on written questions asked by Hywel Williams and answered by departments)
Public Bill Committees (sittings attended)
- Chairman, Education Bill Committee (10 out of 22)
- Live Music Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Pensions Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
- Local Government Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Public Bodies Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
- Sunbeds (Regulation) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
- Marriage (Wales) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Chairman, Children and Young Persons Bill Committee (2 out of 7)
- Mental Health Bill Committee (11 out of 12)
- Equality Bill Committee (6 out of 8)
- Chairman, Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
- Transport (Wales) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Public Audit (Wales) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Employment Relations Bill Committee (1 out of 9)
- Children Bill Committee (5 out of 8)
- Carers (Equal Opportunities) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
- Hunting (Re-committed) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
- Health (Wales) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
- Hunting Bill Committee (18 out of 31)
- Employment Bill Committee (13 out of 17)
- Homelessness Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
Most recent appearances
- Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Ministerial Code (Culture Secretary) (30 Apr 2012)
“People in Wales will compare the privileged access that Mr Murdoch and his friends had to the Culture Secretary with the cavalier way in which the right hon. Gentleman treated campaigners for public sector television in Wales. That is a small matter in the grand scheme of things, but is it not just another example of his double dealing and double standards?”
- Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Traffic Commissioners: Wales (30 Apr 2012)
“To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the location of the Traffic Commissioner for Wales in Birmingham; and if he will consider relocating the post to Wales.”
- Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Broadband Technology (25 Apr 2012)
“The South Wales chamber of commerce has called for a more ambitious target for broadband speeds in Wales for 2015, at 50 megabits per second from the previous target of 30. What are the Government doing here, in conjunction with the Welsh Government, to achieve such a target, which could clearly be very beneficial for Welsh business?”
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Numerology
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- Has spoken in 40 debates in the last year — above average amongst MPs.
- Has received answers to 31 written questions in the last year — average amongst MPs.
- Replied within 2 or 3 weeks to a medium number of messages sent via WriteToThem.com during 2008, according to constituents.
- Has voted in 64.23% of votes in this Parliament with this affiliation — below average amongst MPs. (From Public Whip)
- People have made 1 annotation on this MP’s speeches — below average amongst MPs.
- This MP's speeches, in Hansard, are readable by an average 16–17 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
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- Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "she sells seashells") 242 times in debates — average amongst MPs. (Why is this here?)
Register of Members’ Interests
Nil
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View the history of this MP's entries in the Register
Expenses
Figures in brackets are ranks.Data from parliament.uk (source). Read 2004/05 – 2008/09 and 1st quarter 2009/10 receipts.
| Type | 2008/09 (ranking out of 647) | 2007/08 (ranking out of 645) | 2006/07 (ranking out of 645) | 2005/06 | 2004/05 (ranking out of 659) | 2003/04 (ranking out of 658) | 2002/03 (ranking out of 657) | 2001/02 (ranking out of 657) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staying away from main home | £19,885 (289th) | £23,078 (153rd) | £22,024 (254th) | £21,634 | £20,553 (271st) | £20,329 (joint 166th with 2 others) | £19,722 (joint 1st with 230 others) | £18,009 (joint 2nd with 55 others) |
| London costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Office running costs | £18,389 (293rd) | £20,875 (187th) | £20,395 (321st) | £19,103 | £19,311 (127th) | £18,712 (338th) | £17,868 (396th) | £35,671 (12th) |
| Staffing costs | £83,063 (543rd) | £93,136 (joint 98th with 1 other) | £87,057 (198th) | £72,521 | £66,458 (joint 496th with 11 others) | £57,630 (616th) | £44,602 (638th) | £25,774 (642nd) |
| Communications Allowance | £3,824 (514th) | £6,007 (414th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Travel | £11,994 (136th)1 | £15,976 (59th)2 | £12,851 (116th)3 | £12,925 | £15,343 (131st) | £15,192 (142nd) | £12,796 (210th) | £8,742 (289th) |
| Members' Staff Travel | £1,442 (48th) | £3,109 (11th) | £2,810 (12th) | £2,799 | £2,006 (76th) | £1,526 (97th) | £2,619 (26th) | £1,725 (54th) |
| Members' Spouse Travel | £0 | £0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Members' Family Travel | £168 (66th) | £254 (57th) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Centrally Purchased Stationery | £3,708 (303rd) | £852 (joint 288th with 1 other) | £1,040 (268th) | £675 | £940 (312th) | £865 (322nd) | £772 (443rd) | £1,400 (199th) |
| Stationery: Associated Postage Costs | £1,460 (478th) | £2,694 (315th) | £640 | £1,044 (567th) | £2,030 (407th) | N/A | N/A | |
| Centrally Provided Computer Equipment | £1,018 (564th) | £407 (634th) | £0 | £1,682 (521st) | £1,682 (511th) | £1,682 (481st) | £1,682 (402nd) | |
| Other Costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Total | £142,472 (420th) | £165,765 (39th) | £149,278 (92nd) | £130,297 | £127,337 (245th) | £117,966 (351st) | £100,061 (543rd) | £93,003 (210th) |
1 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £3,553 (218th). Rail £8,111 (76th). Misc £330 (105th).
2 Regular journeys between home/constituency/Westminster: Mileage £4,304 (176th). Rail £7,860 (91st). Air £662 (111th). Misc £203 (120th). Other: Mileage £350 (19th). European £2,597 (6th).