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1626842

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2023
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Administration of Justice: Wales
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what approaches they have had from the Welsh Government concerning the transfer of responsibility to Senedd Cymru of (1) the police service in Wales, (2) the prison service in Wales, and (3) the court service and administration of justice in Wales.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL7763
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2023 answer text <p>Whilst the Welsh Government has called for the devolution of justice and policing to Wales, it has not made a formal request for the powers to be transferred.</p><p> </p><p>There has been no persuasive case made for how devolution would improve the operation of these services. There are therefore no plans to devolve them.</p> answering member printed Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist question first answered 18/05/2023 13:40:31 answering member 4582 label Biography information for Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1205433

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2020
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government on how many occasions the Prime Minister has discussed matters relating to securing a trade deal between the UK and the EU with the First Minister of Wales since 1 June.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL5958
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2020 answer text <p>The Prime Minister and Cabinet Ministers have regular discussions with Ministers from the Devolved Administrations on a wide range of matters, including our future trading relationships now that we have left the European Union. As part of this regular engagement the Paymaster General holds regular calls with Jeremy Miles, the Welsh Government Counsel General and Minister for Europe Transition. As set out in our approach to negotiations, the UK is looking for a deal that is in the interests of all of the UK.</p> answering member printed Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist question first answered 29/06/2020 10:47:36 answering member 4582 label Biography information for Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

450506

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2016
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	UK Membership of EU: Referendums
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of holding a referendum in June on the UK's membership of the EU on the elections to the National Assembly for Wales.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL5868
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2016 answer text <p>As the Prime Minister has consistently said, what will determine the timing of the referendum is the outcome of the negotiation. The only deadline we have set is to hold the referendum by the end of 2017. The Government has made no decisions on the date, except to specifically rule out holding it on 5 May 2016 or 4 May 2017.</p><p> </p><p>As the Foreign Secretary has said – ultimately, the decision will be made by the House, as the date will be decided by a statutory instrument brought before it.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 10/02/2016 12:51:16 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

227062

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2015
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Commission on Devolution in Wales
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will publish a table indicating, on the basis of the Secretary of State for Wales' St David's Day statement, which specific proposals of the Silk report have been rejected on the basis of failure to secure unanimity amongst the four consulted political parties; and which parties objected to each of the Silk proposals so rejected.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL5701
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>Annex A of the Command Paper <em>Powers for a Purpose: Towards a Lasting Devolution Settlement in Wales</em> (Cm9020) sets out the Silk Commission’s recommendations and indicates where there was consensus and where there was none. It is for the political parties themselves to set out their view on particular Silk II recommendations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Randerson question first answered 25/03/2015 13:28:00 answering member 4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

748881

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2017
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Hate Crime: LGBT People
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they will review the rules relating to the lending and investment powers of the government of Wales; and whether HM Treasury intervened in relation to the Circuit of Wales Project at Ebbw Vale.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL544
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government agreed a new fiscal framework for the Welsh Government in December 2016 including increasing the Welsh Government’s overall capital borrowing limit to £1bn, which came into effect in March this year.</p><p> </p><p>We discuss matters of economic and financial importance to Wales with the Welsh Government on a regular basis. However, we are clear that any support for this project is for the Welsh Government to determine.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 17/07/2017 11:38:01 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

381600

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2015
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Public Buildings: Asbestos
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with Ministers and officials in the Welsh government regarding exposure to asbestos in public buildings in Wales.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL516
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>There have been no discussions. The statutory responsibility for ensuring that risks from asbestos are managed falls to the duty holder and to any employer undertaking work on asbestos-containing materials in those premises. For public buildings in Wales this could include, but is not exclusive to, the local authority, schools or the Welsh Government.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 23/06/2015 12:02:40 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

176257

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2015
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Fracking: Wales
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect a response from (1) the Government of Wales, and (2) each of the political parties in the National Assembly for Wales, in relation to the issue of responsibility for the licensing of onshore fracking for gas to be transferred to the National Assembly.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL4515
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government is working with the four main political parties in Wales to agree a consensus on the future of Welsh devolution by St David’s Day. This includes consideration of whether Smith Commission proposals such as the devolution of the licensing of onshore oil and gas extraction warrant further consideration in the context of Wales.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Randerson question first answered 09/02/2015 16:52:26 answering member 4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1366087

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2021
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what funding they will provide to the Welsh Government to replace the (1) European Regional Fund, (2) European Structural and Investment Fund, and (3) European Social Fund, for (a) 2022–23, (b) 2023–24, and (c) 2024–25.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL3706
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2021 answer text <p>The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) will replace the European Regional Development Fund and the European Social Fund. It will ramp up to £1.5 billion a year in 2024-25 as EU Structural Funds tail off and total funding will at a minimum match the size of EU Funds in all nations, each year. UKSPF funding in the next Spending Review period will total over £2.6 billion.</p><p> </p><p>The UKSPF is key to levelling up the whole of the UK. It will help people access opportunity in places in need, such as former-industrial areas, deprived towns, rural and coastal communities and for people in disadvantaged groups across the UK. Further details about the Fund will be set out later this year.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the UKSPF, Wales will also receive £121 million from the first round of the Levelling Up Fund, £46 million from the UK Community Renewal Fund and £464,000 from the Community Ownership Fund. We are also providing the Welsh Government with an additional £2.5 billion per year on average through the Barnett formula, on top of its annual baseline funding of £15.9 billion. These are the largest annual block grants of any spending review settlement since devolution began.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist question first answered 10/11/2021 15:55:03 answering member 4582 label Biography information for Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1366079

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2021
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Coal: Mining
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations, if any, they have received from the Welsh Government requesting financial assistance to make safe coal-tips that existed prior to 1999.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL3703
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2021 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Wales has regular discussions with colleagues in the Welsh Government on a wide range of subjects, including the request for additional financial assistance to make coal tips safe.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State for Wales met with the Welsh Government Minister for Finance and Local Government on 20 October 2021, where they discussed this matter, among others. The matter was also discussed at the recent Coal Tip Safety Summit which was co-chaired by the Secretary of State for Wales and the First Minister. The Secretary of State reiterated that the management of coal tips in Wales is a devolved matter and therefore not a matter the UK Government would expect to provide additional funding for. Nevertheless, as a testament to our commitment, we provided £31 million to the Welsh Government to ensure that vital work to help with the unforeseen consequences of Storm Dennis could be delivered.</p><p> </p><p>The Welsh Government is more than adequately funded to manage the costs of its devolved responsibilities. The UK Government has provided the Welsh Government with an additional £2.5 billion a year over the SR21 period through the Barnett formula. This spending review settlement provides Welsh Government with around £120 per person for every £100 of equivalent funding in England, which is over 20% higher than equivalent funding in England. This is around £1 billion per year more than the agreed level of fair funding set out in the Welsh Government's fiscal framework. Therefore, the Welsh Government can pay for coal tip maintenance and still have more than fair funding for their other devolved responsibilities.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist question first answered 16/11/2021 16:17:02 answering member 4582 label Biography information for Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley

1696595

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2024
	answering body	Wales Office
	answering dept id	28
	answering dept short name	Wales
	answering dept sort name	Wales
	hansard heading	Territorial Waters: Wales
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had in the past 12 months with Welsh Ministers on issues relating to the trawling of the sea bed for rare minerals within territorial waters of the Welsh coast.
	tabling member printed	Lord Wigley
	uin	HL3352
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>UK Government Ministers have regular discussions with Welsh Government Ministers on a wide range of issues. In addition, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs engages regularly at official level with the Welsh Government on areas of shared interest, including marine licensing.</p><p>The licensing regime for mineral extraction from the seabed within Welsh waters is a devolved matter for the Welsh Government, and therefore the responsibility of Natural Resources Wales (NRW).</p> answering member printed Lord Harlech question first answered 27/03/2024 11:35:48 answering member 4928 label Biography information for Lord Harlech
	tabling member	547 label Biography information for Lord Wigley