Results 181–200 of 4166 for speaker:Lord Touhig

Water Supply (Ceredigion) (14 Nov 2001)

Don Touhig: I congratulate the hon. Member for Ceredigion (Mr. Thomas) on securing the debate. He asked me at the outset to agree that Wales is wet. In all truth, I must do that, but it has shattered one of my attempts over the past six years to persuade my English colleagues that we have less rain in Wales because we are closer to the Caribbean. I pay tribute to his efforts as the hon. Member for...

Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Flooding (14 Nov 2001)

Don Touhig: My right hon. Friend and I have regular discussions with Ministers from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and those discussions cover floods and related matters. I have had recent discussions with colleagues on flood defence matters. I also represent Wales on the rural taskforce.

Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Flooding (14 Nov 2001)

Don Touhig: The unprecedented flooding last October was the worst for half a century or more. My colleague Ministers in the National Assembly provided £6.5 million to local authorities to help clear-up operations and to make damaged services secure again. An additional £15 million is being made available to local authorities to carry out major repairs and improvements over the next four years. Last...

Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Flooding (14 Nov 2001)

Don Touhig: It is essential that there is very close co-operation between the statutory and local authorities. I am aware that there have been problems in my hon. Friend's constituency, but I believe that the measures that are being implemented and the funding that is being provided will help to overcome them. If he is concerned about a specific problem, I ask him to write to me about it, and I shall...

Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Flooding (14 Nov 2001)

Don Touhig: I congratulate the right hon. Gentleman on his appointment to his Front-Bench position. It is not for me to comment on the length of his questions, but he has certainly shortened the winter. I do not accept the view that the Government have not done a great deal to overcome the problems that we faced last year. There is a short-term programme of repairs and renewals to ensure that we avoid...

Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Flooding (14 Nov 2001)

Don Touhig: I note the hon. Gentleman's point. It is in all our interests to help communities such as Ruthin, which were blighted by the events of last October. I believe that the Assembly is working very progressively with local authorities. As I said, it has provided £15 million to fund schemes for the next four years. I think that that will make an important contribution. There is never enough money...

Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Flooding (14 Nov 2001)

Don Touhig: The hon. Gentleman makes an important point. I would be most willing to use my services to facilitate such a meeting.

Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Crime (14 Nov 2001)

Don Touhig: The Government's partnership approach to fighting crime is making a significant difference in communities throughout Wales. With funding running into millions of pounds, local crime and disorder reduction partnerships are implementing projects targeted at crime hotspots, domestic violence and drug-related crime. Much of the funding is being channelled specifically into the most deprived...

Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Crime (14 Nov 2001)

Don Touhig: Tough one that. Burglaries in the Vale of Glamorgan police division have fallen by 31 per cent. in the past year. A similar reduction has occurred in the theft of motor vehicles, and there has been a reduction of 19 per cent. in thefts from vehicles. That is down to good policing and providing resources, to which the Government are committed. I congratulate Superintendent Colin Jones on the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Crime (14 Nov 2001)

Don Touhig: Since my appointment to this office in June, I have made three visits to my hon. Friend's constituency, and I have been impressed by the range of initiatives aimed at building stronger communities. I am aware of the well established neighbourhood and warden schemes in Pen-y-darren and Bedlinog, which offer good examples of what can be achieved with communities working together. I also welcome...

Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Crime (14 Nov 2001)

Don Touhig: Like most hon. Members, I represent communities that have been blighted by problems of antisocial behaviour. My hon. Friend and I share the same borough and police division, and I can tell him that the Government have introduced a number of measures to address antisocial behaviour, including antisocial behaviour orders. Such orders, which seek to curb the activities of individuals who make...

Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Crime (14 Nov 2001)

Don Touhig: I am sure that the hon. Gentleman is aware that the Government have launched an action plan to combat violent crime. Indeed, detection rates for violent crime in the South Wales police area stand at 86 per cent. Violent crime figures in that area have risen slightly, but not by anything like the national average. Most violent offences are committed in public areas—for example, brawls...

Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Crime (14 Nov 2001)

Don Touhig: I shall take the last part of the hon. Gentleman's question first. I am sure my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary will have taken note of his point but, if not, I shall draw it to his attention.

Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Crime (14 Nov 2001)

Don Touhig: Indeed, my right hon. Friend has. I take the hon. Gentleman's point about specials, but he ignores the fact that, in the last year, the number of police officers on the beat in Wales has increased by 241. Indeed, there will be a further increase of 259 police officers on the beat in Wales in the coming year. That contrasts sharply with the reduction in the number of officers on the beat when...

Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Miners' Compensation (14 Nov 2001)

Don Touhig: My hon. Friend the Minister for Industry and Energy recently attended the Welsh coal health claims monitoring group to discuss the operation of the scheme in Wales, following which he and I then met volunteer workers with the National Union of Mineworkers. My hon. Friend will be aware that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Wales established the Welsh monitoring group...

Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Miners' Compensation (14 Nov 2001)

Don Touhig: I am aware of the case to which my hon. Friend referred. Mr. Evans had a spirometry test in October 1999; in December 2000, the test was declared invalid and he was given the option of being re-tested. He declined the offer and, as a result, went on to apply for the full second-phase test, the MAP test. I am given to understand by IRISC, the Government's claim handlers, that it wrote to Mr....

Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Miners' Compensation (14 Nov 2001)

Don Touhig: May I, in the friendliest possible way, warn the hon. Gentleman to be wary of statistics? There are various reasons for the comparative figures that he gave on full and final settlements in Wales and the United Kingdom. Although it is true that 7 per cent. of claims in Wales have been settled fully and finally, there are reasons for the delays. There can, for example, be delays because of the...

Public Bill Committee: NHS Reform and Health Care Professions Bill: Clause 6 - Local Health boards (29 Nov 2001)

Don Touhig: I beg to move amendment No. 93, in page 8, line 10, at end insert— '( ) Section 1 of the National Health Service (Private Finance) Act 1997 (c.56) (powers to enter into externally financed development agreements) applies to Local Health Boards as it applies to National Health Service trusts.'. This is a technical amendment. It simply allows local health boards to enter into private...

Public Bill Committee: NHS Reform and Health Care Professions Bill: Clause 6 - Local Health boards (29 Nov 2001)

Don Touhig: Clause 6 will insert three new sections into the National Health Service Act 1977. New section 16BA will enable the National Assembly for Wales, by order, to establish statutory bodies to be known as local health boards and for those boards to exercise functions directed by the Assembly. Each board will be established in an area of Wales specified in the establishment order. New section 16BB...

Public Bill Committee: NHS Reform and Health Care Professions Bill: Clause 6 - Local Health boards (29 Nov 2001)

Don Touhig: That is the way devolution works. The Assembly has set its own timetable for reform of the health service, and has already agreed, under the powers given to it in the Government of Wales Act 1998, to abolish health authorities in March 2003.


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