Business of the House Debate

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Department: Leader of the House

Business of the House

Hywel Williams Excerpts
Thursday 23rd June 2011

(12 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Young of Cookham Portrait Sir George Young
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The short answer is no, but I will write to my hon. Friend outlining the procedures available to him to pursue this important matter.

Hywel Williams Portrait Hywel Williams (Arfon) (PC)
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May we have an urgent statement on the newly leaked plans to close seven of the eight HMRC offices in Wales, leading to a possible 1,000 redundancies and affecting the quality not only of the service in Wales generally but in particular of the service through the medium of Welsh provided in Porthmadog?

Lord Young of Cookham Portrait Sir George Young
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Of course I understand the hon. Gentleman’s concern, which I will convey to the appropriate Minister and ask him to write to the hon. Gentleman as soon as he can.