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Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009)

Mark Williams: The hon. Gentleman has alluded to Sir Emyr Jones Parry's report and to the LCO process, which some of us would say we endure, rather than celebrate. One of the points that Sir Emyr Jones Parry made was about the lack of clarity in the government of Wales-in the transfer of powers. What does the hon. Gentleman feel about that, given what the hon. Member for Thurrock (Andrew Mackinlay) said...

Written Answers — Home Department: Telephone Services (12 Nov 2009)

Mark Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his Department's policy is on call charge rates for hon. Members for use of a telephone hotline on behalf of their constituents; and if he will make a statement.

Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Offender Management (11 Nov 2009)

Mark Williams: Further to the question from the hon. Member for Meirionnydd Nant Conwy (Mr. Llwyd), will the Minister consider the case of Dyfed Powys probation service, where only one of seven trained individuals has been given a full-time job, and six have been given temporary contracts until next March? What assurance can the Minister give us about funding after next March?

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Telephone Services (9 Nov 2009)

Mark Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what her Department's policy is on call charges for hon. Members for use of a telephone hotline on behalf of their constituents; and if she will make a statement.

Petitions: Scallop Dredging, Cardigan Bay (4 Nov 2009) has video

Mark Williams: I have a petition of 2,200 signatures on behalf of the Save Our Sea group based in the Ceredigion constituency. The petition declares: The Petition of people of Ceredigion, Declares that dredging of the sea bed has been banned and restricted in several areas of the marine environment due to the proven damage that can be caused by intensive and large-scale dredging; further declares that the...

Farm Animal Welfare (3 Nov 2009)

Mark Williams: Does that not go to the heart of the matter? The new draft standards for the Government's healthier food mark still assert that those bulk-buying products have been subject to "high standards of animal welfare", despite the fact that we are still using battery eggs and factory-farmed pork and chicken.

[Robert Key in the Chair] — Affordable Housing (Rural Areas) (3 Nov 2009)

Mark Williams: It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr. Key. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale (Tim Farron) on securing this critical debate. This subject is one of the biggest issues in my constituency postbag and at my surgeries. It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Stroud (Mr. Drew), who spoke about council housing. A large part of Aberystwyth...

[Robert Key in the Chair] — Affordable Housing (Rural Areas) (3 Nov 2009)

Mark Williams: I thank the hon. Gentleman for that intervention. I can trace my ancestry to the Isle of Wight, although not to that particular community. I accept the point that local initiatives need to be taken, and I will come on to that later. I simply wish to make the point that there is also a requirement for council housing and that we have lost a huge amount of that stock. Like much of rural Wales,...

[Robert Key in the Chair] — Affordable Housing (Rural Areas) (3 Nov 2009)

Mark Williams: That is precisely the point. The situation is worse than that. There has been a marked lack of communication within the banks, which means we have reached a ludicrous situation where mortgage offers are given to constituents when they have meetings in the high street branch, but when the offer is forwarded on to offices higher up the banking structure, it is told that it was not entitled to...

[Robert Key in the Chair] — Affordable Housing (Rural Areas) (3 Nov 2009)

Mark Williams: Does my hon. Friend accept that the knock-on effect is that such communities—I empathise with them; my constituency has similar problems—become seasonal service providers? As a result, the banks shut, the post offices shut and many stores and other shops shut, which means a worse quality of life for those who are able to stay in those communities.

Written Answers — Business, Innovation and Skills: Broadband: Wales (2 Nov 2009)

Mark Williams: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent discussions he has had with Welsh Assembly Government Ministers on meeting the universal broadband commitment contained within the Digital Britain report.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Infrastructure Planning Commission (27 Oct 2009)

Mark Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether the Welsh Assembly Government has been consulted on the appointment of any Commissioners to the Infrastructure Planning Commission.

Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Telephone Services (20 Oct 2009)

Mark Williams: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the Government's policy is on call charges by Government Departments for hon. Members for use of a telephone hotline on behalf of their constituents; and if she will make a statement.

Written Answers — Home Department: Police: Football (15 Oct 2009)

Mark Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent discussions he has had with police forces on the effects of the compensation paid to football supporters on the application of section 27 of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006.

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (14 Oct 2009) has video

Mark Williams: I know that the Prime Minister is aware of the extent of the affordable housing crisis across rural Britain and many of the innovative ways in which local authorities are trying to address the problem through section 106 agreements. Does he share the sense of bewilderment and anger of many of my constituents that despite the bail-out of the banks, many mortgage providers are still operating a...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Morocco (14 Oct 2009)

Mark Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will instruct HM Ambassador in Rabat to investigate the abduction and torture by Moroccan security agents on 27 August 2009 of Ms Hassawina Nguyia, a 19 year-old Sahrawi woman who had previously been prevented from travelling to London to participate in the programme, Youths talk together about Western Sahara.

Written Answers — Energy and Climate Change: Devolution: Energy (14 Oct 2009)

Mark Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent discussions there have been between officials of his Department, the Wales Office and the Welsh Assembly Government on the devolution to the Welsh Assembly of energy consents above 50MW.

Written Answers — Wales: Legislative Competence: Wales (12 Oct 2009)

Mark Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what guidance his Department has issued on the status of proposed legislative competence orders which have not completed the process of Parliamentary approval at the point of a dissolution of Parliament; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Algeria: Asylum (12 Oct 2009)

Mark Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the Head of his Department's Middle East and North Africa Department has plans to visit the Saharawi refugee camp in Algeria.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Western Sahara: Human Rights (12 Oct 2009)

Mark Williams: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his Department's policy is on the establishment of a human rights monitoring mechanism in the Western Sahara.