Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 13 Jun 2018
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
"Does the Solicitor General not accept that the answer he has just given to the right hon. Member for Belfast North (Nigel Dodds), on the nature of the border between Dublin and Belfast, necessitates similar arrangements between Dublin and Holyhead if we are to sustain the Union between Northern Ireland …..."Hywel Williams - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 13 Jun 2018
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
"It is a pleasure to follow the right hon. Member for Broxtowe (Anna Soubry). I rise to speak to Plaid Cymru’s amendments to Lords amendment 2, which would clarify that “a customs union” was the customs union. Plaid Cymru campaigned to remain, and we have been consistent in our support …..."Hywel Williams - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 18 Apr 2018
Leaving the EU: Scotland and Wales Continuity Bills
"In December, I asked the Secretary of State for Wales what he would do if he failed to gain legislative consent from Wales, and he replied, in his usual way, that he was very confident of success. And now the case is going to the Supreme Court. Is the Attorney …..."Hywel Williams - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 22nd February 2018
Asked by:
Hywel Williams (Plaid Cymru - Arfon)
Question
to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how much his Department plans to spend on projects relating to the UK leaving the EU in the next five years; and if he will list the projects to which that funding has been assigned.
Answered by Robert Buckland
Given the role of the Attorney General’s Department, it does not lead on specific projects related to the UK leaving the EU and therefore has not incurred any additional expenditure. None of the Law Officers’ Departments has received direct funding therefore for work relating to the UK leaving the EU. Members of staff across the Law Officers’ Departments provide advice and analysis on different issues as required, and different Government departments bid for funding from HMT to pay for their resource needs, including the services of the Government Legal Department (GLD).
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 16 Jan 2018
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
"Will the hon. Lady agree that a symbol of how seriously this is being taken by the Welsh Government and Welsh parties and in Scotland is the fact that consideration is now being given to continuity Bills to ensure that those powers are retained? In fact, my colleague Steff Lewis …..."Hywel Williams - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 16 Jan 2018
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
"I shall return, for a moment, to the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill.
I rise to speak to amendments 12 and 13 and the consequential 11 in my name and those of my hon. Friends. Amendment 12 to clause 19 would require the UK Government to gain the consent of the …..."Hywel Williams - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 16 Jan 2018
European Union (Withdrawal) Bill
"I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. It brings me to the very point I was going to make. The Joint Ministerial Committee (EU Negotiations), to which she was referring, had a very rocky start. Some hon. Members will know that it met last February and then not again …..."Hywel Williams - View Speech
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Written Question
Thursday 27th July 2017
Asked by:
Hywel Williams (Plaid Cymru - Arfon)
Question
to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, what amount of the Law Officers' Departments' annual expenditure is allocated to work relating to the UK's exit from the EU.
Answered by Jeremy Wright
The Law Officers' Departments use their resource flexibly and a number of staff from across the organisations have been involved in work that supports the UK’s exit from the EU.
The Government Legal Department has a team that specifically provides legal services to the Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEU). Currently, there are 41.5 full-time-equivalent staff in this team and GLD would expect to charge DExEU £3.731m for the services of this team in the 2017/18 financial year.
The remaining Law Officers' Departments (Attorney General’s Office, Crown Prosecution Service, Serious Fraud Office and Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate) do not keep a separate record of expenditure for work relating to the UK’s exit from the EU. It would not be proportionate to quantify the number of staff involved and calculate costings, – particularly as the numbers of staff involved and the time requirements from each vary over time.
Written Question
Thursday 27th July 2017
Asked by:
Hywel Williams (Plaid Cymru - Arfon)
Question
to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how many staff in the Law Officers' department have responsibilities relating to the UK's exit from the EU.
Answered by Jeremy Wright
The Law Officers' Departments use their resource flexibly and a number of staff from across the organisations have been involved in work that supports the UK’s exit from the EU.
The Government Legal Department has a team that specifically provides legal services to the Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEU). Currently, there are 41.5 full-time-equivalent staff in this team and GLD would expect to charge DExEU £3.731m for the services of this team in the 2017/18 financial year.
The remaining Law Officers' Departments (Attorney General’s Office, Crown Prosecution Service, Serious Fraud Office and Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate) do not keep a separate record of expenditure for work relating to the UK’s exit from the EU. It would not be proportionate to quantify the number of staff involved and calculate costings, – particularly as the numbers of staff involved and the time requirements from each vary over time.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 26 Apr 2016
European Convention on Human Rights: UK Membership
"In his reply to my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Edinburgh South West (Joanna Cherry), the Attorney General conceded that there would be substantial proposals in respect of devolution, but that there would also be “full consultation”. Does he accept that it is not a matter of full …..."Hywel Williams - View Speech
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