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Wednesday 11th February 2026 2 p.m. Welsh Affairs Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The work of the Secretary of State for Wales At 2:30pm: Oral evidence Rt Hon Jo Stevens MP - Secretary of State for Wales at Wales Office Anna McMorrin MP - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at Wales Office Ciarán Hayes - Director at Wales Office View calendar - Add to calendar

Select Committee Documents
Monday 2nd February 2026 Oral Evidence - Department for Business and Trade at UK Government, and Department for Business and Trade at UK Government Promoting Wales for inward investment - Welsh Affairs Committee
Wednesday 4th February 2026 Correspondence - Correspondence to and from Network Rail, relating to the evidence session on 29 October, dated 23 January. Welsh Affairs Committee
Wednesday 4th February 2026 Correspondence - Correspondence to and from Swansea Bay University Health Board, relating to the inquiry into Prisons, Probation, and Rehabilitation in Wales, dated 8 January. Welsh Affairs Committee
Wednesday 11th February 2026 Correspondence - Correspondence from Scarlets Supporters Trust, relating to the evidence session on 21 January Welsh Affairs Committee
Wednesday 11th February 2026 Correspondence - Correspondence from CF10 Rugby Trust, relating to the evidence session on 21 January Welsh Affairs Committee
Wednesday 11th February 2026 Correspondence - Correspondence from Ospreys Supporters Club, relating to the evidence session on 21 January Welsh Affairs Committee
Wednesday 11th February 2026 Correspondence - Correspondence from Lord Harrington, relating to the inquiry Promoting Wales for Inward Investment, dated 22 January Welsh Affairs Committee
Wednesday 11th February 2026 Correspondence - Correspondence to and from S4C, relating to the evidence session on 14 January, dated 3 February and 6 February Welsh Affairs Committee
Wednesday 11th February 2026 Correspondence - Correspondence to and from Natural Resources Wales, relating to the inquiry The environmental and economic legacy of Wales’ industrial past, dated 27 January Welsh Affairs Committee
Wednesday 11th February 2026 Correspondence - Correspondence from Dragons Official Supporters Club, relating to the evidence session on 21 January Welsh Affairs Committee

Select Committee Inquiry
4 Feb 2026 Cross-border healthcare arrangements between England and Wales Welsh Affairs Committee (Select) Submit Evidence (by 27 Mar 2026) Cross-border healthcare affects individuals living in both England and across Wales, who travel between the nations for GPs, specialist care, hospitals, and more. Cross-border healthcare arrangements between England and Wales offer unique challenges, some of which the Welsh Affairs Committee heard during a one-off evidence session conducted in January 2025. This inquiry is building on the Committee’s previous evidence session on cross-border healthcare to explore in greater depth the issues affecting patients. It will look at the progress that has been made with cross-border healthcare arrangements as well as identify areas of improvement. It will also seek to address the impact of recent policy healthcare announcements on cross-border healthcare arrangements. Read the call for evidence to find out more about the inquiry.

Select Committee Inquiry

4 Feb 2026
Cross-border healthcare arrangements between England and Wales
Welsh Affairs Committee (Select)

Submit Evidence (by 27 Mar 2026)

Cross-border healthcare affects individuals living in both England and across Wales, who travel between the nations for GPs, specialist care, hospitals, and more. Cross-border healthcare arrangements between England and Wales offer unique challenges, some of which the Welsh Affairs Committee heard during a one-off evidence session conducted in January 2025.

This inquiry is building on the Committee’s previous evidence session on cross-border healthcare to explore in greater depth the issues affecting patients. It will look at the progress that has been made with cross-border healthcare arrangements as well as identify areas of improvement. It will also seek to address the impact of recent policy healthcare announcements on cross-border healthcare arrangements.

Read the call for evidence to find out more about the inquiry.

Written Answers
Devolution: Wales Asked by: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) Monday 2nd February 2026 Question to the Wales Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the answer of 27 January 2026 to Question 107737 on Devolution: Wales, the future devolution of which specific key policy areas have been discussed; when each of those discussions took place with Welsh Government Ministers since July 2024 Answered by Jo Stevens - Secretary of State for Wales I have regular discussions with Welsh Government Ministers on a wide range of policy issues, including on the devolution settlement. Unlike Plaid Cymru, who wish to force their costly, separatist ideology on the people of Wales, Labour is the party of devolution. We created devolution, we defend devolution from parties who wish to destroy it, and we will always update the devolution settlement to ensure it delivers the best outcomes for people and communities across Wales.
Police: Wales Asked by: Lord Wigley (Plaid Cymru - Life peer) Thursday 5th February 2026 Question to the Wales Office: To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have received from the Welsh Government about the devolution of responsibility for the police service in Wales to Senedd Cymru; and on what dates they received those representations. Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) The Secretary of State for Wales and her Cabinet colleagues engage with Welsh Ministers frequently on a wide range of issues, including the future of devolution in key policy areas. Established intergovernmental mechanisms also provide ongoing opportunities for the UK and Welsh Governments to engage on matters relating to policing, and to ensure that Welsh priorities are fully considered within the existing devolution settlement.
Devolution: Wales Asked by: Lord Wigley (Plaid Cymru - Life peer) Thursday 5th February 2026 Question to the Wales Office: To ask His Majesty's Government, with regard to the speech by the First Minister of Wales on 22 January about devolution, what consideration they have given to introducing a constitutional reform bill to define the responsibilities of the Welsh Government in law. Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip) The UK Government has regular discussions with the Welsh Government on a range of issues, including the Welsh devolution settlement. It is in our shared interests that the settlement clearly defines the responsibilities of our respective governments and that it delivers for the people of Wales.

Written Answers

Devolution: Wales
Asked by: Liz Saville Roberts (Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
Monday 2nd February 2026

Question to the Wales Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to the answer of 27 January 2026 to Question 107737 on Devolution: Wales, the future devolution of which specific key policy areas have been discussed; when each of those discussions took place with Welsh Government Ministers since July 2024

Answered by Jo Stevens - Secretary of State for Wales

I have regular discussions with Welsh Government Ministers on a wide range of policy issues, including on the devolution settlement. Unlike Plaid Cymru, who wish to force their costly, separatist ideology on the people of Wales, Labour is the party of devolution. We created devolution, we defend devolution from parties who wish to destroy it, and we will always update the devolution settlement to ensure it delivers the best outcomes for people and communities across Wales.

Police: Wales
Asked by: Lord Wigley (Plaid Cymru - Life peer)
Thursday 5th February 2026

Question to the Wales Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have received from the Welsh Government about the devolution of responsibility for the police service in Wales to Senedd Cymru; and on what dates they received those representations.

Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

The Secretary of State for Wales and her Cabinet colleagues engage with Welsh Ministers frequently on a wide range of issues, including the future of devolution in key policy areas. Established intergovernmental mechanisms also provide ongoing opportunities for the UK and Welsh Governments to engage on matters relating to policing, and to ensure that Welsh priorities are fully considered within the existing devolution settlement.

Devolution: Wales
Asked by: Lord Wigley (Plaid Cymru - Life peer)
Thursday 5th February 2026

Question to the Wales Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, with regard to the speech by the First Minister of Wales on 22 January about devolution, what consideration they have given to introducing a constitutional reform bill to define the responsibilities of the Welsh Government in law.

Answered by Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

The UK Government has regular discussions with the Welsh Government on a range of issues, including the Welsh devolution settlement. It is in our shared interests that the settlement clearly defines the responsibilities of our respective governments and that it delivers for the people of Wales.

Draft Secondary Legislation
The Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2026 This Order is made under section 150(1)(a) and (b) and (2)(a) of the Government of Wales Act 2006 which, among other things, enables the Secretary of State to make provision to modify enactments in consequence of an Act of Senedd Cymru or any subordinate legislation made under such Acts. Wales Office

Wales Office mentioned

Select Committee Documents
Wednesday 11th February 2026 Estimate memoranda - MHCLG 2025-26 Supplementary Estimates Memorandum Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee Found: (Freeports)-0.4=SUM(B100:C100)-0.3Welsh Assembly Government for Port Talbot -1.3=SUM(B101:C101)Wales Office
Wednesday 4th February 2026 Written Evidence - Advanced Care Research Centre, University of Edinburgh SPA0012 - Transition to State Pension age Transition to State Pension age - Work and Pensions Committee Found: to pension age. 3 ONS 2025, Healthy life expectancy by national area deprivation, England and Wales, Office

Department Publications - Transparency
Tuesday 10th February 2026 HM Treasury Source Page: Vote on Account 2026-27 Document: (PDF) Found: Resource Capital Total Net Budget Resource Capital Non-Budget Expenditure Net Cash Requirement Wales Office
Tuesday 10th February 2026 HM Treasury Source Page: Vote on Account 2026-27 Document: (PDF) Found: 500 23 Non-Budget Expenditure 52,531,534 23,639,190 Net Cash Requirement 52,548,035 23,646,616 Wales Office
Tuesday 10th February 2026 HM Treasury Source Page: Supplementary Estimates 2025-26 Document: (PDF) Found: Treasury 455 Cabinet Office 477 Scotland Office and Office of the Advocate General 497 Wales Office
Tuesday 10th February 2026 HM Treasury Source Page: Supplementary Estimates 2025-26 Document: (PDF) Found: Treasury 455 Cabinet Office 477 Scotland Office and Office of the Advocate General 497 Wales Office

Department Publications - Statistics
Wednesday 4th February 2026 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Source Page: Energy efficiency characteristics of new dwellings Document: (ODS) Found: Wales MHCLG EPC Statistics - quarterly statistics on the number of EPC lodgements for England and Wales Office