Results 1-20 of 1,031 for in the 'Written Answers' speaker:David Jones
- Written Answers — Wales: Fire Extinguishers (20 May 2013)
David Jones: I have received representation from Ann Jones AM, expressing support for the Domestic Fire Safety measure. Welsh specific building regulations, including the requirement for all new homes in Wales to be fitted with sprinklers, was also a matter I discussed with the Welsh Government Finance Minister at our bilateral on 29 April 2013. Wales's largest independent house builder Redrow has...
- Written Answers — Wales: Regulation (20 May 2013)
David Jones: Due to the nature of its role, the Wales Office rarely introduces, amends or revokes regulations. Most of the Statutory Instruments that the Department introduces relate to elections to the National Assembly for Wales. These are either amended or revoked before each Assembly election, following discussion with the Welsh Government, Electoral Commission, political parties and electoral...
- Written Answers — Wales: Regulation (20 May 2013)
David Jones: The Wales Office has not introduced, amended or revoked any regulations since May 2010.
- Written Answers — Wales: UK Trade and Investment (20 May 2013)
David Jones: The UK Government has extended the secondments of two UKTI officials into the Welsh Government to ensure that trade promotion activities are coordinated in Wales. I am delighted that preliminary figures from UKTI show that foreign investment created 2,605 new jobs in Wales and helped to safeguard a further 4,857 in 2012-13. The total number of jobs secured through foreign investment increased...
- Written Answers — Wales: National Assembly for Wales (16 May 2013)
David Jones: I refer the hon. Gentleman to the answer I gave on 15 May 2013, Official Report, columns 625-26, to my hon. Friend the Member for Lichfield (Michael Fabricant).
- Written Answers — Wales: Higher Education: Research (13 May 2013)
David Jones: My ministerial team and I have regular and ongoing discussions with Welsh vice-chancellors and the Minister of State for Universities and Science. I also took the opportunity during a recent visit to South East Asia to highlight opportunities for Welsh higher education institutions with Ministers at the South-East Asian Ministers of Education Organisation conference in Vietnam and academics...
- Written Answers — Wales: Scotland (25 April 2013)
David Jones: Work on the Scotland Analysis Programme is being carried out across Government by policy experts in relevant areas. There is a small team in the Treasury coordinating the programme. The Wales Office has not engaged with any external organisations or individuals as part of the Scotland Analysis Programme, nor have any Wales Office staff been allocated to work on the Programme. Neither I nor my...
- Written Answers — Wales: Liver Diseases (24 April 2013)
David Jones: As health is a devolved matter, it is for the Welsh Government to determine its own health policies to meet the needs of the people of Wales. The Wales Office, the Department of Health and the Welsh Government have been working together to agree long term solutions to some of the cross-border issues which have emerged since devolution. The Protocol for Cross-Border Healthcare Services was...
- Written Answers — Wales: National Assembly for Wales (24 April 2013)
David Jones: I am content that the Government of Wales Act 2006 sets out appropriate mechanisms for the scrutiny of Assembly legislation without the need to introduce a second chamber. These include powers for the Secretary of State to intervene in certain cases and for the Attorney-General or the Counsel General to refer questions of whether a Bill or any provision of a Bill is within competence to the...
- Written Answers — Wales: Public Sector: Redundancy (24 April 2013)
David Jones: Since the end of Q1 2010 public sector employment in Wales has fallen by 19,000, the smallest reduction of any region of the UK. This has been more than offset by the 35,000 increase in private sector employment in Wales over the same period. The Office for National Statistics preferred source of statistics for public sector employment is the Quarterly Public Sector Employment Survey (QPSES)....
- Written Answers — Wales: Treasury (24 April 2013)
David Jones: I have regular discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, my right hon. Friend the Member for Tatton (Mr Osborne).
- Written Answers — Wales: Treasury (24 April 2013)
David Jones: In line with the practice of previous Administrations, details of internal discussions are not disclosed.
- Written Answers — Wales: M4 (22 April 2013)
David Jones: I have regular discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, my right hon. Friend the Member for Tatton (Mr Osborne), on a range of issues including the funding of an M4 relief road. The Chancellor and I have both made clear the importance with which we view this project, and we are continuing to work with the Welsh Government to progress it.
- Written Answers — Wales: Public Expenditure (17 April 2013)
David Jones: The Government established the Commission on Devolution in Wales in October 2011 to review the present financial and constitutional arrangements in Wales. The Commission reported on the first part of its remit, relating to the financial accountability of the National Assembly for Wales, in November 2012, and the Government is currently considering the recommendations made in that report. The...
- Written Answers — Wales: Visits Abroad (17 April 2013)
David Jones: Details of overseas travel by Wales Office Ministers are published in our quarterly transparency returns. All visits undertaken have been in support of UK inward investment.