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765376

	registered interest
	date	06/10/2017
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	EU Grants and Loans: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2017 to Question 7156, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on specific recommendations as to which EU programmes operating in Wales the Government should contribute towards to continue to access after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	105963
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2017 answer text <p>As the Prime Minister set out in her speech in Florence, we want to continue to work together in ways that promote the long-term economic development of the continent, including continuing to take part in those specific policies and programmes which are of significant advantage to the whole of the UK and the EU, such as those that promote science, education and culture – and those that promote our mutual security.</p><p>Our involvement in such programmes will of course be subject to the outcome of the negotiations with the EU.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 11/10/2017 15:53:44 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

768201

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2017
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Wales Office: Brexit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what his Department's estimate is of the amount of EU legislation and regulation that can be incorporated into UK law without amendment.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	107014
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill will convert European Union law into UK law as it applies in the UK at the moment of exit. This will ensure that, wherever possible, the same rules and laws will apply the day after exit as they did before.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is making a detailed assessment of what corrections will be required to make that law function appropriately on exit day. The Department for Exiting the European Union are working closely with departments across Government to ensure we make the changes required to deliver a functioning statute book on exit in the most efficient manner possible.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 17/10/2017 09:01:22 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

768202

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2017
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Public Sector: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on lifting the public sector pay cap.
	tabling member constituency	Aberavon
	tabling member printed	Stephen Kinnock
	uin	107040
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The Chief Secretary to the Treasury set out the Government’s position on public sector pay in the House of Commons on 12 September 2017.</p><p>A copy of this statement is available at: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-09-12/HCWS127" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-09-12/HCWS127</a></p><p>I have discussed this issue with other members of the Government, including the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 16/10/2017 10:32:40 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock

769758

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2017
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Ports: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment his Department has made of the readiness of Welsh ports to facilitate any added procedural processes in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a withdrawal agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	107429
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>Since the vote to leave the EU I, as well as a number of ministerial colleagues, have visited ports in Wales to discuss a number of issues, including their operational readiness for our leaving the European Union.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring that withdrawal from the EU is a successful and smooth process for all parts of the UK, and we are conscious that a significant proportion of the traffic at some ports is not currently subject to customs controls. We want to ensure that traffic continues to flow freely at all UK ports and airports, including Holyhead, Fishguard and Pembroke Dock, and we will seek to ensure that customs arrangements and mechanisms are as frictionless as possible, and that trade fluidity is maintained. Officials in the Wales Office and colleagues across Government are working with port operators and other stakeholders in Wales to support the smooth and orderly implementation of these new arrangements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 17/10/2017 09:04:30 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

770103

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2017
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	UK Trade with EU: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect on each sector of the Welsh economy of changes in the UK's participation in the single market over the next 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	107701
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Exiting the European Union, working with officials across Government, is undertaking a wide range of analysis covering the entirety of the UK economy in order to support negotiations. We are looking at over 50 sectors as well as cross-cutting regulatory issues.</p><p> </p><p>As Parliament has agreed, we will not publish anything that would undermine our ability to negotiate the best deal for the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>The Office of the Secretary of State for Wales will continue to work with other Government departments, and the Welsh Government, to support the Welsh economy and promote a prosperous Wales within a strong United Kingdom.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 18/10/2017 09:52:50 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

771613

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2017
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	EU Grants and Loans: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many meetings he has had with organisations and campaigners from Wales since June 2016 on European Structural Investment Funds after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	108026
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>My ministerial colleagues and I regularly meet with stakeholders across Wales, including discussing with representatives of business, the third sector and universities how funding for growth across the UK can best be designed and delivered after we leave the European Union. Since the referendum result in June 2016, the impact on Wales of the UK leaving the EU has been a standing agenda item.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 19/10/2017 13:06:34 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

771614

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2017
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Exports: Middle East
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what proportion of total Welsh exports in (a) goods and (b) services went to the Middle East in 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	108060
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>In 2016, 8.5% of all goods exported from Wales went to the Middle East. Figures for service exports are not yet available for 2016. In 2015, 14.2% of all services exported from Wales went to Asia, which is where the Office for National Statistics (ONS) categorises Middle Eastern countries in its service exports release. The ONS does not publish data detailing what percentage of the service exports that are sent to Asia go specifically to the Middle East.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 23/10/2017 13:20:59 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

772313

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2017
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Travel: Republic of Ireland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what estimate his Department has made of the number of journeys by (a) people and (b) freight between ports in Wales and the Republic of Ireland in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	108154
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2017 answer text <p>Data on the number of sea passenger journeys between Wales and the Republic of Ireland is published in the UK international sea passengers dataset in tables <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/spas01-uk-international-sea-passengers" target="_blank">SPAS0108 and SPAS0102</a>. The figures are summarised below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swansea - Cork</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Milford Haven - Rosslare</p></td><td><p>325</p></td><td><p>313</p></td><td><p>329</p></td><td><p>328</p></td><td><p>322</p></td><td><p>335</p></td><td><p>339</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fishguard - Rosslare</p></td><td><p>419</p></td><td><p>410</p></td><td><p>364</p></td><td><p>333</p></td><td><p>351</p></td><td><p>327</p></td><td><p>298</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Holyhead - Dublin</p></td><td><p>1,821</p></td><td><p>1,781</p></td><td><p>1,709</p></td><td><p>1,766</p></td><td><p>1,875</p></td><td><p>1,970</p></td><td><p>1,927</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Holyhead - Dun Laoghaire</p></td><td><p>252</p></td><td><p>238</p></td><td><p>189</p></td><td><p>188</p></td><td><p>139</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total Wales-Rep. Ireland </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,911</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,801</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,591</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,615</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,686</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,632</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,564</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>For freight, the published statistics relate to tonnage and units moved between Welsh ports and the Republic of Ireland (rather than freight journeys), with detailed figures available in table <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/641263/port0499.xlsx" target="_blank">Port0499</a> of the UK international sea passengers dataset. The figures for units and tonnage moved between Welsh ports and the Republic of Ireland for every year between 2010 and 2016 are summarised below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total units moved between Welsh ports and the Republic of Ireland (thousand units)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total tonnage moved between Welsh ports and the Republic of Ireland (thousand tonnes)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>1110.153</p></td><td><p>7242.835</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>1093.807</p></td><td><p>7164.287</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>1025.653</p></td><td><p>6981.91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>1062.61</p></td><td><p>8288.563</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>1117.096</p></td><td><p>7748.732</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>1158.477</p></td><td><p>8469.233</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>1191.576</p></td><td><p>8299.612</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Please note that units include passenger vehicles.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 24/10/2017 10:08:51 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

772314

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2017
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Parking Offences: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether the power to legislate to make parking on the pavement an offence in Wales is a reserved or devolved matter.
	tabling member constituency	Torfaen
	tabling member printed	Nick Thomas-Symonds
	uin	108183
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2017 answer text <p>Road traffic offences are not devolved under the current <em>conferred</em> model of Welsh devolution, and will be reserved under the new reserved powers model which comes into effect on 1 April 2018. This means that whilst the National Assembly for Wales cannot legislate to make parking on the pavement a traffic offence it could legislate to make it a traffic contravention subject to civil enforcement.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 20/10/2017 11:41:38 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	4479 label Biography information for Nick Thomas-Symonds

773314

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2017
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Ports: Wales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2017 to Question 107429, whether the Government plans to allocate additional funds in financial year 2018-19 to either the (a) Ports Authorities in Wales or (b) Welsh Government to ensure operational readiness at Welsh ports in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a withdrawal agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	108404
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>We are confident that a future partnership between the UK and EU is in the interests of both sides, so we approach the negotiations anticipating success. We do not want or expect a no deal outcome. However, a responsible Government should prepare for all potential outcomes, including the unlikely scenario in which no mutually satisfactory agreement can be reached, and that is exactly what we are doing across the whole of government.</p><p> </p><p>Plans are well developed and have been designed to provide the flexibility to respond to a negotiated agreement, as well as preparing us for the unlikely eventuality of leaving without a deal. That’s why we are working with businesses across the economy, including ports in Wales, to provide the certainty they need to understand the challenges and opportunities they may face in the coming months and years.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 23/10/2017 13:30:06 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens