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1599966

registered interest
date	28/02/2023
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	UK Internal Trade: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to he Windsor Framework, published on 27 February 2023, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Framework on time-sensitive exports coming from Northern Ireland, including ready meals, via Holyhead to the south east of England.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	155045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>The Windsor Framework guarantees unfettered access for Northern Ireland's businesses to the UK market on a permanent basis. This removes any proposed requirement to provide export declarations, or equivalent information, for goods moving from Northern Ireland to Great Britain.</p> answering member constituency Aldershot answering member printed Leo Docherty question first answered 06/03/2023 15:26:03 answering member 4600 label Biography information for Leo Docherty
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1469099

registered interest
date	09/06/2022
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Electronic Equipment: Electric Cables and Waste
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an assessment of the impact on (a) electronic waste by 2050 and (b) consumer costs of standardising phone charging cables to USB-C type.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	15193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government is aware of the EU’s proposal for a single charging solution for certain electronic devices. While there are no current plans to introduce similar requirements in domestic law, we will monitor developments in this area.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 14/06/2022 13:54:37 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1463685

registered interest
date	17/05/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Cost of Living
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department will introduce further targeted affordability funding to help address the cost of living pressures.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	3487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>The government appreciates the challenges people are facing as a result of how the rising cost of living is making life harder for people. These are global challenges however, as set out in the Spring Statement, the government is providing support worth over £22 billion this financial year to help families with these pressures.</p><p> </p><p>We stand ready to take further action as the pressures the UK faces become clearer.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 23/05/2022 16:36:46 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1462610

registered interest
date	12/05/2022
answering body	House of Commons Commission
answering dept id	18
answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
hansard heading	Opening of Parliament: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the cost to the House administration has been in (a) preparing and conducting the State Opening of Parliament and (b) providing officials with ceremonial garments for the State Opening of Parliament in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	1111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2022 answer text <p>The main costs incurred for State Opening relate to maintenance works to support areas such as broadcasting and digital, as well as the installation works for the Royal Gallery, Robing Room, House of Lords Chamber and other areas. Costs are incurred for labour, both directly employed and specialist contractors, as well as transportation for items held in storage off site and the works required to the security barriers around St Stephens entrance.</p><p>Costs are split between the House of Commons, who pay 60%, and the House of Lords, who pay 40%. The table shows the House of Commons share for the last five years. Data for May 2022 is not yet available. In 2018 and 2020 there was no State Opening, while there were two in 2019.</p><p /> <p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em>£, House of Commons share</em></p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staff salaries</p></td><td><p>25,216</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>33,516</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>18,740</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other staff costs</p></td><td><p>224</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>309</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Direct works</p></td><td><p>125,545</p></td><td><p>4,374</p></td><td><p>320,090</p></td><td><p>-594</p></td><td><p>107,628</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other</p></td><td><p>10,341</p></td><td><p>11,050</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10,622</p></td><td><p>10,710</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total (House of Commons)</p></td><td><p>161,326</p></td><td><p>15,424</p></td><td><p>353,606</p></td><td><p>10,028</p></td><td><p>137,387</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>Other minor identifiable costs for the House of Commons not related to maintenance for State Opening in 2022 are shown in the table below.</p><p /> <p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Security pass provision (Commons share of 70%): £2,500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>British Sign Language provision and audio description: £1,400</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>Ceremonial dress is purchased for roles in the House of Commons when needed during the year or when postholders change. Data on ceremonial uniform costs cannot be separated from other uniform spending.</p><p /> <p>Chamber related teams, including Clerks, the Speaker and their office, the Serjeant and their team of doorkeepers, require uniform supplies throughout the year. Total uniform expenditure for these functions over the last five years is shown below. Most of this spend relates to uniform for day to day use during the normal business of the House as well as supporting events and work outside the Chamber.</p><p /> <p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018/19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020/21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021/22</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uniform expenditure (Clerks, Speaker team, Serjeant team)</p></td><td><p>£17,824</p></td><td><p>£13,403</p></td><td><p>£25,607</p></td><td><p>£25,197</p></td><td><p>£23,285</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This answer does not represent the full cost of State Opening, or costs directly incurred by the House of Lords. Costs will also have been incurred by other bodies, which may include Westminster City Council, the Metropolitan Police and the Royal Household.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker question first answered 20/05/2022 12:32:46 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker previous answer version 816 answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Sir Charles Walker answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1253481

registered interest
date	18/11/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Ports: Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has conducted an assessment of the readiness of UK ports and their associated infrastructure in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a trade deal.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	117187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government is working closely with ports to ensure they have the required infrastructure ready for the end of the transition period. Details of the recipients of the Port Infrastructure Fund will be announced in due course.</p><p>I refer the hon. Member to the published Border Operating Model, available on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-border-operating-model#history" target="_blank">gov.uk</a> and the <a href="https://bit.ly/3kJR8MF" target="_blank">statement</a> made by my Rt Hon friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on 23 September.</p><p>For January 2021, HMRC is putting in place temporary arrangements to support Common Transit Convention movements through Holyhead. For July 2021, there needs to be a multi-functional site dealing with transit, customs and SPS checks to serve Holyhead. Details will be announced in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 117186 117188 question first answered 25/11/2020 17:05:40 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1253483

registered interest
date	18/11/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Port of Holyhead
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the Port of Holyhead’s state of readiness for the UK’s changed trading status in (a) January and (b) July 2021.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	117188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government is working closely with ports to ensure they have the required infrastructure ready for the end of the transition period. Details of the recipients of the Port Infrastructure Fund will be announced in due course.</p><p>I refer the hon. Member to the published Border Operating Model, available on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-border-operating-model#history" target="_blank">gov.uk</a> and the <a href="https://bit.ly/3kJR8MF" target="_blank">statement</a> made by my Rt Hon friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on 23 September.</p><p>For January 2021, HMRC is putting in place temporary arrangements to support Common Transit Convention movements through Holyhead. For July 2021, there needs to be a multi-functional site dealing with transit, customs and SPS checks to serve Holyhead. Details will be announced in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt grouped question UIN 117186 117187 question first answered 25/11/2020 17:05:40 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1196214

registered interest
date	14/05/2020
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Ports: Milford Haven
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether an economic impact assessment has been undertaken on a potential free port in Milford Haven.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	47198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2020 answer text <p><em>We will take on board suggestions and feedback about our proposed policy from stakeholders during the Freeport consultation to ensure the policy is grounded in local needs and ambitions.</em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><em>Specific locations will then be chosen in due course according to a fair, transparent and robust allocation process</em><em>. </em><em>HM Treasury will not be assessing the detail of individual ports’ infrastructure requirements ahead of that.</em></p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Steve Barclay question first answered 20/05/2020 09:22:52 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1185356

registered interest
date	16/03/2020
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	Agricultural Products: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with (a) agricultural trades unions and (b) his counterparts in the Welsh Government on the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on agricultural exports.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	29837
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government fully supports Welsh farmers and recognises the importance of Welsh agricultural businesses to the UK economy.</p><p>We are actively monitoring the impacts of COVID-19 and related control measures with significant input from industry stakeholders.</p><p>The Chancellor has announced an initial £330 billion will be made available to support UK businesses. He also set out a package of temporary, timely and targeted measures to support public services, people and businesses through this period of disruption caused by COVID-19.</p><p>We acknowledge concerns about the effect of the COVID-19 outbreak and its effect on agricultural exports and are working closely with key stakeholders from across the agri-food sector to help mitigate its impact. The National Farmers’ Union and the Devolved Administrations form part of Defra’s Food Chain Emergency Liaison Group (FCELG). This forum has and will continue to meet regularly to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the food and farming sectors across the UK, and what actions are needed to support the sector.</p> answering member constituency Taunton Deane answering member printed Rebecca Pow question first answered 19/03/2020 17:42:00 answering member 4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1174246

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Financial Services: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2020 to Question 5387, if he will publish the top 10 export destinations for Welsh financial services.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	9597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. I have therefore asked the Authority to respond.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 03/02/2020 18:01:53 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith attachment 1 file name PQ9597.pdf title UKSA Response
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1173403

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
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	Food: Imports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) tonnage and (b) value of (i) beef, (ii) sheep meat, (iii) pork, (iv) dairy and (v) poultry products have been imported in the last three years, by country of source.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	8153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>According to Defra analysis of HM Revenue &amp; Customs overseas trade statistics, UK imports in the last three years were as follows:</p><p> </p><p>Beef &amp; veal and beef products:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tonnes</p></td><td><p>340,000</p></td><td><p>360,000</p></td><td><p>360,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Value</p></td><td><p>£1.2bn</p></td><td><p>£1.3bn</p></td><td><p>£1.4bn</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Irish Republic was the top import market for beef and veal, with 700,000 tonnes worth £2.6 billion over the three years. Second was Brazil with 80,000 tonnes worth £274 million. Third was the Netherlands with 60,000 tonnes worth £262 million.</p><p> </p><p>Sheep meat:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tonnes</p></td><td><p>90,000</p></td><td><p>80,000</p></td><td><p>78,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Value</p></td><td><p>£345m</p></td><td><p>£369m</p></td><td><p>£373m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>New Zealand was the top import market for sheep meat, with 170,000 tonnes worth £790 million over the three years. Second was Australia with 32,000 tonnes worth £140 million. Third was the Irish Republic with 23,000 tonnes worth £78 million.</p><p> </p><p>Pork, bacon &amp; ham:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tonnes</p></td><td><p>680,000</p></td><td><p>690,000</p></td><td><p>670,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Value</p></td><td><p>£1.3bn</p></td><td><p>£1.5bn</p></td><td><p>£1.4bn</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Denmark was the top import market for pork, bacon and ham, with 690,000 tonnes worth £1.3 billion over the three years. Second was the Netherlands with 450,000 tonnes worth £890 million. Third was Germany with 360,000 tonnes worth £754 million.</p><p> </p><p>Dairy products:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tonnes</p></td><td><p>1,400,000</p></td><td><p>1,500,000</p></td><td><p>1,600,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Value</p></td><td><p>£2.6bn</p></td><td><p>£3.0bn</p></td><td><p>£3.3bn</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Irish Republic was the top import market for dairy products, with 1,300,000 tonnes worth £2.2 billion over the three years. Second was France with 840,000 tonnes worth £1.5 billion. Third was Germany with 700,000 tonnes worth £1.1 billion.</p><p> </p><p>Poultry meat and poultry products:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tonnes</p></td><td><p>860,000</p></td><td><p>850,000</p></td><td><p>860,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Value</p></td><td><p>£2.0bn</p></td><td><p>£2.2bn</p></td><td><p>£2.4bn</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Netherlands was the top import market for poultry meat and poultry products, with 700,000 tonnes worth £1.9 billion over the three years. Second was Thailand with 440,000 tonnes worth £1.3 billion. Third was Poland with 380,000 tonnes worth £929 million.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 30/01/2020 16:50:05 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams