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431624

registered interest
date	23/11/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Telecommunications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when his Department plans to publish its proposed reforms to the Electronic Communications Code.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	17213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to delivering a reformed Electronic Communications Code that is clear, fit for purpose, and supports a UK network that provides consumers with a choice of high quality telecommunications services. We will update Parliament on plans in due course.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 26/11/2015 15:51:08 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

431625

registered interest
date	23/11/2015
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadband: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with Ofcom on its proposals to open up BT fibre for business lines in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	17309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2015 answer text <p>Ofcom has proposed that competitors be granted access to BT’s fibre network in Wales and across the UK. It has consulted on this proposal and expects to publish its decision in early 2016. This is a matter on which the regulator must decide.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 26/11/2015 16:05:34 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

431772

registered interest
date	23/11/2015
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Cremation: Welsh Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether it is his policy to allow members of the public to make an application for a cremation in Welsh.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	17308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2015 answer text <p>The Cremation (England and Wales) Regulations 2008 require that, in order for a cremation to proceed, the crematorium medical referee must scrutinise the application and associated medical or coroner forms before authorising a cremation.</p><br /><p>An application made in Wales may be for a cremation in Wales or a cremation in England. A medical referee in Wales may not be a Welsh speaker, and a medical referee in England will almost certainly not be a Welsh speaker.</p><br /><p>Applications in Wales must therefore be made in English, to make sure that the medical referee can understand and authorise the cremation in a timely manner wherever the cremation is to take place.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 26/11/2015 14:44:50 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

431824

registered interest
date	23/11/2015
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	Department for Work and Pensions: Welsh Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of the forms of his Department's website are available in Welsh.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	17307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2015 answer text <p>The DWP has 40 published forms on gov.uk. <del class="ministerial">O</del><ins class="ministerial">o</ins>f<del class="ministerial"> those </del><ins class="ministerial">which 27 are </ins><ins class="ministerial"></ins>covered by the Welsh Language Act<del class="ministerial">,</del><ins class="ministerial">.</ins> <ins class="ministerial">Of these 9</ins> <del class="ministerial">22</del> are <ins class="ministerial">currently</ins> available in Welsh and the rest will be by January 2016.</p><br /> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 26/11/2015 09:58:00 question first ministerially corrected 14/12/2015 15:08:10 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel previous answer version 32184 answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

429146

registered interest
date	18/11/2015
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much his Department spent on (a) temporary agency staff, (b) consultants, (c) non-payroll staff, (d) administration and (e) marketing and advertising (i) in 2014-15 prices and (ii) as a proportion of his Department's expenditure in each year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	16787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>The Wales Office spend on (a) temporary staff, (b) consultants, (c) non-payroll staff, (d) administration and (e) marketing and advertising as a proportion of Wales Office expenditure in each year since 2010-11 is shown in the table attached.</p><p>The numbers shown are actual spend as published in the Wales Office Departmental Annual Report and Accounts.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 23/11/2015 16:01:16 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns attachment 1 file name UIN 16787.docx title UIN 16787: Table - Wales Office Expenditure
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

429147

registered interest
date	18/11/2015
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what estimate he has made of his Department's expected underspend against Departmental Expenditure Limits in 2015-16; what his Department's forecast is of total Annually Managed Expenditure in 2015-16; and what that forecast was at the time of the (a) Summer Budget 2015 and (b) March Budget 2015.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	16914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>As recommended by the Treasury, Departments are encouraged to maintain a reserve. The Wales Office maintains a reserve of around 5% of its annual Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL), which represents our forecast underspend. This underspend can increase or decrease if planned expenditure is higher or lower than expected. In 2015-16, our DEL is £4.432m which includes the Departmental reserve of £0.222m. Our forecast of Annually Managed Expenditure (AME) is £-0.020m.</p><br /> <br /><p>The reserve stated above was also our forecast underspend at the time of the summer budget in 2015. The Department does not forecast underspends for the following financial year at the March budget. Each March, the Wales Office focuses on completing the financial transactions and processes of that current financial year.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns question first answered 23/11/2015 13:17:02 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

426625

registered interest
date	05/11/2015
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Devolution: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how the Government plans to monitor and enforce clause 2 of the draft Wales Bill.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	14991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>Clause 2 of the draft Wales Bill will place the existing convention that Parliament will not normally legislate with regard to devolved matters without the consent of the National Assembly for Wales on a statutory footing. The Government will continue to work with the Welsh Government to obtain the Assembly’s consent (via legislative consent motions) to legislation in devolved areas included in parliamentary Bills. Similarly,where Welsh Government is legislating in relation to the functions of reserved authorities, they should seek the consent of UK ministers, and the draft bill makes this clear.</p><p><br></p> answering member constituency Preseli Pembrokeshire answering member printed Stephen Crabb question first answered 10/11/2015 16:54:55 answering member 1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

426626

registered interest
date	05/11/2015
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Devolution: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, for what reasons the draft Wales Bill would seek to change the criteria on which the Assembly could legislate outside its normal competence, as set out in section 108(5) of the Government of Wales Act 2006.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	14989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>The purpose of the reserved powers model in the draft Wales Bill is to define clearly the legislative competence reserved to the UK Parliament. At the same time, it enables the Assembly to modify the law in areas that would otherwise be reserved to enforce, or otherwise give effect to, its legislation.</p><p>It is right that this freedom should be balanced by a test to be applied when the Assembly seeks to modify the law in areas that are not devolved. For that reason the draft Bill defines the circumstances in which it can do so and the test to be applied – the test of necessity. This gives the Assembly flexibility to modify the law in areas outside devolved competence in order to enforce its legislation effectively, whilst ensuring the effect on these areas goes no further than necessary.</p><br /><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Preseli Pembrokeshire answering member printed Stephen Crabb question first answered 10/11/2015 17:05:00 answering member 1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

426627

registered interest
date	05/11/2015
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Devolution: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, with reference to the draft Wales Bill, for what reason it is his policy to remove the wording of the Government of Wales Act 2006 which states that an Act of the Assembly may make any provision that could be made by an Act of Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	14990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>The current conferred powers model of Welsh devolution sets out what an Assembly Act can do. In contrast, a reserved powers model need only set out what an Assembly Act cannot do. Under the draft Wales Bill an Assembly Act would be able to include any provision that is not outside the Assembly’s legislative competence. The wording is not therefore needed.</p> answering member constituency Preseli Pembrokeshire answering member printed Stephen Crabb question first answered 10/11/2015 16:56:45 answering member 1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith

426137

registered interest
date	04/11/2015
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Devolution: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, with reference to the Written Statement by the Secretary of State for Scotland, HCWS282 whether he plans to bring forward proposals to amend the draft Wales Bill to include a requirement that the National Assembly for Wales and the Welsh Government should not be abolished except on the basis of a decision of the people of Wales.
tabling member constituency	Llanelli
tabling member printed	Nia Griffith
uin	14775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2015 answer text <p><strong></strong></p><p>Clause 1 of the draft Wales Bill reflected the equivalent clause in the Scotland Bill on the date of publication. The Government will consider carefully whether any changes to the wording of the Scotland Bill clause should be reflected for Wales in the Wales Bill</p> answering member constituency Preseli Pembrokeshire answering member printed Stephen Crabb question first answered 09/11/2015 15:42:47 answering member 1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb
tabling member	1541 label Biography information for Dame Nia Griffith