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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 23 Feb 2016
Motability Car Scheme

"I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing this very important debate. As he develops his speech, will he reflect on the particularly bad impact that the loss of Motability vehicles has had on people living in rural areas, to the extent that when constituents are waiting for an appeal to …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 14 Oct 2015
Welfare Benefit Changes

"I congratulate the hon. Lady on her excellent speech, which has covered so many matters, but I want to ask about a couple more. Does she share the concerns expressed by organisations such as Parkinson’s UK about, first, the appropriateness of progressive disease sufferers being placed in the work- related …..."
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Written Question
Welsh Language
Thursday 6th November 2014

Asked by: Mark Williams (Liberal Democrat - Ceredigion)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the need to provide access to his Department's services in Welsh.

Answered by Steve Webb

This Government is fully committed to the Welsh language and fully committed to providing Government services in the Welsh language where there is demand for them.

The Department for Work and Pensions has a Welsh Language Scheme which was approved by the former Welsh Language Board on 25th March 2010.

The Department has a dedicated Welsh Language Unit to oversee the requirements of the scheme. The scheme is kept under constant review and the Department has reported annually each June to the Welsh Language Commissioner on progress against its objectives when delivering services in Wales.

Written Question
Disadvantaged: EU Grants and Loans
Thursday 12th June 2014

Asked by: Mark Williams (Liberal Democrat - Ceredigion)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons the UK Government voted against the establishment of a Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived.

Answered by Esther McVey

The UK did not refuse any money, it simply voted against adopting the regulation establishing the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived on the basis that we think MemberStates, and not the European Union, should decide how the money is spent. This was in line with the reasoned opinions adopted by both the House of Commons and the House of Lords.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 11 Jun 2014
Jobs and Work

"As the hon. Member for Cleethorpes (Martin Vickers) did, I apologise at the outset; following the stipulations from the Chair, my intended speech has been ditched and replaced by a more ad hoc one, although I hope to touch on one of my original points a little later.

In Ceredigion, …..."
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Written Question
Disadvantaged: EU Grants and Loans
Tuesday 10th June 2014

Asked by: Mark Williams (Liberal Democrat - Ceredigion)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of a Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived on deprived communities in the UK.

Answered by Esther McVey

The Government is currently considering the best use of the money. It is therefore too early to assess what impact it might have.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 01 May 2014
Housing Benefit (Wales)

"The hon. Lady will be aware that large tracts of Wales are very rural. She referred to distances, and the distances that people might be expected to move are unacceptable. As the Chairman of the Select Committee said, they could amount to 50 miles...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 01 May 2014
Housing Benefit (Wales)

"It is a privilege to serve under your chairmanship this afternoon, Sir Roger. Given the interest in the subject and the number of people here, I will be as brief as I can and focus my remarks on bedroom tax, or spare room subsidy—or whatever we choose to call it.

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 01 May 2014
Housing Benefit (Wales)

"We could well have attended the same surgeries. It is certainly my experience that I have had people willing to move, but there is simply nothing available for them...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Thu 01 May 2014
Housing Benefit (Wales)

"I agree. The key point, as the hon. Gentleman said, is that the housing is in those communities. What we have in front of us, were the proposal to be actioned, is communities unfortunately being split up and disrupted, and that cannot be appropriate.

I have not had many people …..."
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