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1355638

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date	15/09/2021
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on lorry driver shortages in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	903363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2021 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Wales and I have a wide range of discussions with Ministerial colleagues, including how to solve the current shortage of lorry drivers.</p><p>That is why the government is increasing the availability of HGV driving testing. However, I would like to remind the honourable Member that the HGV driver shortage is not exclusive to the UK and is a Europe wide issue.</p> answering member constituency Monmouth answering member printed David T C Davies question first answered 15/09/2021 16:16:48 answering member 1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1355639

registered interest
date	15/09/2021
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on the potential merits of a separate independent public inquiry into the handling of the covid-19 outbreak in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Bolsover
tabling member printed	Mark Fletcher
uin	903365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2021 answer text <p>It is for the Welsh Government to consider the merits of a separate public inquiry. It is vital that all such inquiries rigorously examine public bodies’ handling of the Covid crisis and provide at least the same level of scrutiny as the UK public inquiry.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government is working closely with the devolved administrations on the scope of the UK public inquiry. I look forward to this beginning its work next year.</p> answering member constituency Monmouth answering member printed David T C Davies question first answered 15/09/2021 16:17:51 answering member 1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies
tabling member	4774 label Biography information for Mark Fletcher

1355640

registered interest
date	15/09/2021
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Devolved Matters: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 on the ability of the Senedd to legislate effectively in devolved policy areas.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	903366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2021 answer text <p>The UK Internal Market Act has not taken a single power away from the devolved administrations.</p><p>What it has done is protect seamless trade within our United Kingdom which is vital to Welsh business and the Welsh economy, with Wales selling more to the rest of the UK than to the rest of the World put together.</p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 15/09/2021 14:36:03 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

1355641

registered interest
date	15/09/2021
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Coronavirus: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What estimate he has made of the total funding provided by the Government to Wales to help tackle the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	903369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2021 answer text <p>The funding provided to Wales by the UK Government demonstrates the value of the Union to Wales and reflects Wales’ value to the Union.</p><p>The UK Government has provided over <strong>£3.4 billion</strong><strong> </strong>in direct support to businesses across Wales, an additional <strong>£8.6 billion</strong><strong> </strong>to the Welsh Government to tackle the pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire answering member printed Simon Hart question first answered 15/09/2021 14:06:30 answering member 3944 label Biography information for Simon Hart
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman