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993896

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	A55: Road Traffic
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What assessment he has made of the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU without a deal on traffic flows on the A55 in North Wales.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	907192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises the strategic importance of the A55 to the Welsh economy, particularly to the port of Holyhead. After leaving the EU we want to ensure that traffic continues to flow freely at all UK ports and airports, and we will seek to ensure that customs arrangements and mechanisms are as frictionless as possible.</p> answering member constituency Eastleigh answering member printed Mims Davies question first answered 24/10/2018 14:14:09 answering member 4513 label Biography information for Mims Davies
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

982514

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of whether low-income families will benefit more from childcare vouchers or tax-free childcare.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	176018
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answers I gave on 25 June 2018 and to the Honourable Member for Newcastle upon Tyne North (155282).</p><p> </p><p>I also refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 17 September 2018 to the Honourable Member for Barnsley East (173624).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 176019 question first answered 12/10/2018 09:31:15 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

982515

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many families have paid into a tax-free childcare account as at 11 September 2018.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	176019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member to the answers I gave on 25 June 2018 and to the Honourable Member for Newcastle upon Tyne North (155282).</p><p> </p><p>I also refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave on 17 September 2018 to the Honourable Member for Barnsley East (173624).</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss grouped question UIN 176018 question first answered 12/10/2018 09:31:15 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

968116

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Cold Weather Payments: North Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of using an alternative weather station to the Mona weather station when determining eligibility for cold weather payments for postcode areas LL33 and LL54-LL61.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	170716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The linkages between postcodes and weather stations are reviewed every year, with the last review being submitted in July 2018. In addition to this year’s review I have commissioned a supplementary review of the LL33 and LL54-61 postcodes, which will be communicated when the Met Office have finalised their thorough re-assessment of the postcodes links.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 10/09/2018 15:10:55 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

964293

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Nappies: Waste Disposal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25 July 2018 to Question 165481, what the outcomes were of his recent meeting with the Nappy Alliance; and if he or other Ministers of his Department will meet with the Nappy Alliance again to learn more about reusable nappy products.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	169121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>Reusable nappies make a valuable contribution to reducing residual waste that has to be disposed of to landfill or incineration. Officials from Defra’s waste and recycling team met representatives from the Nappy Alliance on 13 June. They discussed the benefits of reusable nappies in the context of single-use plastic and reducing waste. There are no plans for further meetings.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 06/09/2018 11:39:17 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

947458

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Government plans to bring forward legislative proposals on immigration.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	167930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government plans to bring forward an Immigration Bill in the first two-year Parliamentary Session as announced in the Queen’s Speech on 21 June 2017. The timing for introduction has yet to be confirmed and is subject to the Parliamentary timetable.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 07/09/2018 18:11:50 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

946815

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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	Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, when he plans to publish the Withdrawal and Implementation Bill White Paper.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	167161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>A White Paper titled ‘Legislating for the Withdrawal Agreement between the United Kingdom and the European Union’ was published 24th July 2018. This is available on the Government <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/legislating-for-the-withdrawal-agreement-between-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union" target="_blank">website</a>.</p><p><strong><strong></strong><br></strong></p> answering member constituency Fareham answering member printed Suella Braverman question first answered 04/09/2018 15:53:12 answering member 4475 label Biography information for Suella Braverman
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

944003

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Nappies: Waste Disposal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his Department will consider in its definition of single-use plastics the effect of disposable nappies on the residual waste stream that goes to landfill.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	165480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>The government has recently closed a call for evidence on how the tax system or charges can be used to tackle single-use plastic waste. The government received over 130,000 responses, including many views on the definition of single-use plastics. These responses are currently being reviewed. The government is committed to taking action in this area, and will announce its next steps regarding specific policy proposals in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 25/07/2018 13:27:24 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

944005

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Nappies: Waste Disposal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to support the use of reusable nappies and their effect on removing plastics from the residual waste stream.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	165481
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government is determined to achieve zero avoidable plastic waste and will set out our policies and proposed actions in our Resources and Waste Strategy published later this year. To inform this, Defra officials have recently met the Nappy Alliance which supports the use of reusable nappies, and I have met with Proctor &amp; Gamble to learn about their disposable nappy recycling technology.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 25/07/2018 16:15:13 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

942527

registered interest
date	16/07/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Passports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when after receiving refugee status people can expect to have their passports returned.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	164294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>Where a decision is taken to grant leave, documents will be returned in accordance with current processes. These processes act as a checklist to ensure that relevant documents are collected and returned in a timely manner.</p><p>Home Office officials have worked with Royal Mail to ensure the process to return documents is secure and timely.</p><p>Section 17 of the Asylum &amp; Immigration (Treatment of Claimants etc) Act 2004 gives the power to retain documents, such as a passport, where the Secretary of State or an immigration officer suspects a migrant is liable to removal and the retention of the document may facilitate removal.</p><p>The 2004 Act does not allow for the indefinite retention of documents. Where a person is later granted leave, in whatever capacity, the document must be returned to the holder unless it is a forgery.</p><p>The Home Office guidance can be found at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/640156/Retention-of-documents-v8.0ext.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/640156/Retention-of-documents-v8.0ext.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes grouped question UIN 164295 164296 question first answered 23/07/2018 17:29:17 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams