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1421470

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date	09/02/2022
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Platinum Jubilee 2022: Publications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what is the estimated total cost to the public purse of publishing and distributing a commemorative book to mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	121696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>The published value of the contract, which is being funded by the department, is £12 million to develop, print and distribute sufficient books for all children in primary state funded education across the UK. Costs have not been broken down on a country by country basis. We are producing a near double-length bilingual book for Wales which will cost the UK government more to produce than single language versions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 21/02/2022 15:17:13 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1003633

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Welsh Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what discussions he has had with the (a) Secretary of State for Wales, (b) Welsh Government and (c) Welsh Language Commissioner on the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on (i) Welsh speakers and (ii) Welsh-speaking communities.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	189593
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>As the Prime Minister has made clear, we are committed to securing a deal that works for the whole of the United Kingdom including Welsh-speaking communities. The UK Government has been working closely and effectively with the Welsh Government, the Secretary of State for Wales and Welsh stakeholders on EU Exit to ensure this.</p><p>This includes, for example, the Joint Ministerial Committee on EU Negotiations and the Ministerial Forum on EU Negotiations. The Ministerial Forum recently discussed the UK Government’s proposals for continued cooperation with the EU on culture and education as well as options for continued participation in successor schemes to EU funding programmes, such as Creative Europe, which I understand has played a role in supporting a number of Welsh language projects. We welcomed the Welsh Ministers’ contributions to this discussion.</p><p>While the Welsh language is a devolved matter, we fully recognise its importance as part of the United Kingdom’s rich culture and will continue working with the Welsh Government, the Secretary of State for Wales and Welsh stakeholders to ensure their concerns on this matter are taken into account as we leave the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 189595 question first answered 20/11/2018 16:18:11 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1003635

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Welsh Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what representations he has received from (a) the Secretary of State for Wales, (b) the Welsh Government and (c) the Welsh Language Commissioner on the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on (i) Welsh speakers and (ii) Welsh-speaking communities.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	189595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>As the Prime Minister has made clear, we are committed to securing a deal that works for the whole of the United Kingdom including Welsh-speaking communities. The UK Government has been working closely and effectively with the Welsh Government, the Secretary of State for Wales and Welsh stakeholders on EU Exit to ensure this.</p><p>This includes, for example, the Joint Ministerial Committee on EU Negotiations and the Ministerial Forum on EU Negotiations. The Ministerial Forum recently discussed the UK Government’s proposals for continued cooperation with the EU on culture and education as well as options for continued participation in successor schemes to EU funding programmes, such as Creative Europe, which I understand has played a role in supporting a number of Welsh language projects. We welcomed the Welsh Ministers’ contributions to this discussion.</p><p>While the Welsh language is a devolved matter, we fully recognise its importance as part of the United Kingdom’s rich culture and will continue working with the Welsh Government, the Secretary of State for Wales and Welsh stakeholders to ensure their concerns on this matter are taken into account as we leave the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 189593 question first answered 20/11/2018 16:18:11 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

902124

registered interest
date	11/05/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Financial Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what the options for an agreement on the terms for the UK's financial services industry after the end of the transition period are.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	143118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2018 answer text <p>Earlier this year, the Prime Minister set out the UK’s vision for its future economic partnership with the EU at Mansion House and the Chancellor detailed how this would work for financial services during a speech at HSBC.</p><p> </p><p>We will be seeking a bold and ambitious free trade agreement between the UK and the EU. Such a deal will be of greater scope and ambition than any such agreement before it, so that it covers sectors crucial to our linked economies such as financial services. This will require detailed technical talks, but as the UK is an existing EU member state, both sides have regulatory frameworks and standards that already match, with full alignment on Day One of our exit.</p><p> </p><p>As the Prime Minister set out, we will not be seeking passporting, because we understand this is intrinsic to the single market of which we would no longer be member. Also, the Chancellor has been clear that a deal based on the EU’s existing third-country equivalence regimes would be inadequate for the scale and complexity of UK-EU trade.</p><p> </p><p>Instead, given the highly regulated nature of financial services, and our shared desire to manage financial stability risks, we will need a collaborative, objective framework that is reciprocal, mutually agreed, and permanent and therefore reliable for business.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has said that the principle of mutual recognition and reciprocal regulatory equivalence, provided it is objectively assessed, with proper governance structures, dispute resolution mechanisms, and sensible notice periods for market participants, could provide an effective basis for such a partnership.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 21/05/2018 15:02:28 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

894914

registered interest
date	30/04/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Energy: UK Trade with EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what recent discussions he has had with the EU on maintaining membership of the EU’s Internal Energy Market after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	139408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2018 answer text <p>At the March European Council the EU adopted guidelines on the framework for the future EU-UK relationship. Discussions on the future relationship are now being taken forward.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>As the Prime Minister set out in her Mansion House speech, while any agreement on our future relationship with the EU must respect the sovereignty of both the UK’s and EU’s legal orders, the UK would like to secure broad energy cooperation with the EU, including exploring options for the UK’s continued participation in the EU’s Internal Energy Market.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 09/05/2018 16:47:53 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

845615

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
answering body	Department for Exiting the European Union
answering dept id	203
answering dept short name	Exiting the European Union
answering dept sort name	Exiting the European Union
hansard heading	Department for Exiting the European Union: Welsh Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, what translation arrangements his Department has put in place to enable efficient and accurate handling of Welsh language correspondence from (a) MPs and (b) the general public.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	128587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Exiting the European Union is committed to dealing with all Welsh language correspondence efficiently and accurately. When we receive Welsh language correspondence we seek advice from the Wales Office on a case by case basis.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker question first answered 28/02/2018 16:33:57 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams