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1642215

registered interest
date	06/06/2023
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	River Wye: Pollution Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the Welsh Government reduces pollution in the River Wye.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Bill Wiggin
uin	187905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>Water quality is a devolved matter in Wales. However, the UK Government is working closely with the Welsh Government on cross-border rivers like the River Wye.</p><p> </p><p>On 30 May 2023, the DEFRA Secretary of State and Welsh Government’s Deputy Minister for Climate Change, Lee Waters MS, visited Hereford to discuss the River Wye at a roundtable with Hereford Council local environmental groups and farming representatives. The roundtable agreed to consider water quality issues in the Wye, including how national policies and closer cooperation between UK Government and the Welsh Government could better help local actors to restore the river.</p> answering member constituency Monmouth answering member printed David T C Davies question first answered 12/06/2023 13:56:14 answering member 1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1642329

registered interest
date	06/06/2023
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, with reference to his Department’s publication of government procurement card spending over £500 for March 2023, what items his Department purchased from Barrow Hepburn and Gale on 19 March 2023; and for what purpose those items were purchased.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	188044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>The items purchased from Barrow Hepburn and Gale on 19 March 2023 were: Ministerial box (x2), Ministerial box repair (x1), normal Ministerial folder (x4), narrow Ministerial folder (x4) and Privy Seals box repair (x1).</p><p>The purpose of these purchases was to update and replace the folders and boxes used by Wales Office Ministers with His Majesty The King’s cypher, following the passing of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.</p> answering member constituency Monmouth answering member printed David T C Davies question first answered 12/06/2023 10:05:05 answering member 1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1641784

registered interest
date	05/06/2023
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Remote Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, with reference to the Civil Service headquarters occupancy data, updated on 1 June 2022, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of occupancy rates on his Department's performance during May 2023.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	187706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>During May 2023, the Wales Office was fully focused on delivering the Government’s key priorities for Wales; supporting economic growth in Wales, strengthening and sustaining the Union and Wales’s role within it, and increasing the visibility of the Government’s commitment to Wales.</p><p> </p><p>This included visits by the Ministerial team to highlight UK Government investment in Wales, including in grassroots sporting facilities; meeting key Welsh businesses, including Airbus; launching the Government’s National Semiconductor Strategy with the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology; engaging with local partners following our success in securing two freeports for Wales and continuing to work closely with local authorities to ensure our £790 million investment in City and Regional Growth Deals in Wales delivers jobs and economic growth.</p><p> </p><p>The Wales Office is keeping our ways of working under review, taking into account a variety of factors including current performance.</p> answering member constituency Monmouth answering member printed David T C Davies question first answered 12/06/2023 13:58:24 answering member 1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1641060

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Wales Office: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many people were employed by his Department to work on matters relating to equality, diversity and inclusivity in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	187030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>The Wales Office had no staff employed to work solely on matters relating to equality, diversity, and inclusivity in 2021 and 2022.</p> answering member constituency Monmouth answering member printed David T C Davies question first answered 12/06/2023 10:03:30 answering member 1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1639729

registered interest
date	23/05/2023
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Sewage: Waste Disposal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how many sewage leaks have been recorded within their Department's estate in the last twelve months.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	186485
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2023 answer text <p>None.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Clwyd answering member printed Dr James Davies question first answered 01/06/2023 09:29:29 answering member 4476 label Biography information for Dr James Davies
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1639467

registered interest
date	22/05/2023
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Novel Foods: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Welsh Government's decision to spend £440,082 on (a) insect and plant-based proteins and (b) other alternative food sources.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	186248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2023 answer text <p>It is for the Welsh Government to determine appropriate policies and spend in areas devolved to them.</p> answering member constituency Monmouth answering member printed David T C Davies question first answered 31/05/2023 09:13:38 answering member 1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1626564

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	Sewage and Water: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the Answer of 9 May 2023 to Question 183233 on Sewage and Water: Wales, if he will take steps with the Welsh Government to publish a timetable for commencing section 48(1) of the Wales Act 2017.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	184296
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/05/2023 answer text <p>The devolution boundary for water and sewerage is aligned along water and sewerage undertaker appointment areas, some of which straddle the border. Where those areas are wholly or mainly in Wales they are devolved.</p><p> </p><p>My Department will work with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Welsh Government to agree a timetable for commencing section 48(1) of the Wales Act 2017 that best meets the needs of both governments and the water industry.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Monmouth answering member printed David T C Davies question first answered 15/05/2023 09:54:54 answering member 1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

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

1625609

registered interest
date	03/05/2023
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Churches: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much funding Cadw has provided to Christian places of worship excluding Cathedrals in each of the last five financial years.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	183647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2023 answer text <p>We do not hold this information as heritage is devolved and therefore the operation of Cadw is the responsibility of the Welsh Government.</p> answering member constituency Monmouth answering member printed David T C Davies question first answered 10/05/2023 08:45:30 answering member 1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1624743

registered interest
date	28/04/2023
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Sewage and Water: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, for what reason the provisions of section 48(1) of the Wales Act 2017 have not been brought into force.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	183233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2023 answer text <p>Following the Wales Act 2017, DEFRA and the Welsh Government established a joint programme of work to consider the legislative and practical implications of commencing section 48(1) which would realign the Senedd’s competence over water with the national border of Wales.</p><p> </p><p>In 2020, both governments agreed to postpone this work as resources were reprioritised to our response to the Covid-19 pandemic and a timetable has yet to be set for commencing section 48(1) of the 2017 Act.</p> answering member constituency Monmouth answering member printed David T C Davies question first answered 09/05/2023 09:51:50 answering member 1545 label Biography information for David T C Davies
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams