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- Dec 15, 2011:
- [Mr Dai Havard in the Chair] - backbench Business - Remploy (15 Dec 2011)
Roger Williams: It is a great pleasure to take part in the debate under your chairmanship, Mr Havard. I congratulate the right hon. Member for Cynon Valley (Ann Clwyd) on obtaining this timely debate, which has given hon. Members an opportunity to express their views on employment for disabled people and on how it affects their constituencies. The right hon. Lady reminisced about her time in the European...
- [Mr Dai Havard in the Chair] - backbench Business - Remploy (15 Dec 2011)
- Oct 18, 2011:
- Badgers and Bovine TB (18 Oct 2011)
Roger Williams: I apologise for being late, and I declare an interest in that I am responsible for a herd of bovine animals in Wales. That is not the Minister's responsibility because we are discussing an England-only issue, but it is a herd that has been affected by TB. The hon. Gentleman referred to Professor Krebs's contribution, with which I agree. We must take a view on it. Does he agree...
- Badgers and Bovine TB (18 Oct 2011)
- Sep 15, 2011:
- [Sir Alan Meale in the Chair] - Scientific Advice (Emergencies) (15 Sep 2011)
Roger Williams: I apologise to hon. Members that I was not present at the beginning of the debate, but I was engaged in activities elsewhere in the House. The Minister makes a good point. At times, medical scientists may offer advice that would be hard to deliver in terms of social science. There could be a conflict between pieces of advice that are properly given by two proponents of the same profession.
- [Sir Alan Meale in the Chair] - Scientific Advice (Emergencies) (15 Sep 2011)
- Sep 14, 2011:
- Consumer Focus Wales (14 Sep 2011)
Roger Williams: I support my hon. Friend in his views on Consumer Focus Wales, but I do not think that the alternative model would work to represent my constituents. Citizens Advice does not have that reach into the rural areas or that way of tapping into the problems. For instance, in Brecon an alternative organisation called the Brecon Advice Centre has set itself up to replace the citizens advice bureau.
- Consumer Focus Wales (14 Sep 2011)
- Jun 30, 2011:
- Backbench Business: Co-operatives and Mutuality (30 Jun 2011)
Roger Williams: I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing this debate. The setting up of the co-operative movements was perhaps not as utilitarian as he suggests. A key aspect of the miners' welfare halls in my constituency was libraries and the ambition of self-advancement, and we might have to return to a similar system in the future.
- Backbench Business: Co-operatives and Mutuality (30 Jun 2011)
- Jun 8, 2011:
- Single Payment Scheme (8 Jun 2011)
Roger Williams: My hon. Friend makes an important point, but does he not agree that the direct single payment is also a buffer against volatile commodity prices? While commodity prices except for milk are reasonably buoyant at the moment, there could come a time when they are in decline, which would be difficult for farmers to sustain.
- Single Payment Scheme (8 Jun 2011)
- May 19, 2011:
- [Philip Davies in the Chair] - Constitutional Reform (Wales) (19 May 2011)
Roger Williams: Cheltenham is a Liberal Democrat seat.
- [Philip Davies in the Chair] - Constitutional Reform (Wales) (19 May 2011)
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- [Philip Davies in the Chair] - Constitutional Reform (Wales) (19 May 2011)
Roger Williams: I agree that we should have had the opportunity to debate this matter in full-whether it be on the Floor of the House, in a St David's day debate or a Grand Committee debate. However, I am in disagreement with the right hon. Gentleman. When Welsh MPs come together on a particular matter, it does not matter whether we number 30 or 40. But if we started off with 30 Welsh MPs, could...
- [Philip Davies in the Chair] - Constitutional Reform (Wales) (19 May 2011)
Roger Williams: The hon. Gentleman makes a very important point. A number of hon. Members have campaigned to increase registration for a long time, not just in relationto this issue. We have just had a census. Will the Electoral Commission be able to use the information revealed by the census in its calculations and judgments?
- [Philip Davies in the Chair] - Constitutional Reform (Wales) (19 May 2011)
- May 10, 2011:
- [Mrs Linda Riordan in the Chair] - Wind Farms (Mid-Wales) (10 May 2011)
Roger Williams: I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Montgomeryshire (Glyn Davies) on securing this debate. I have to be in a Standing Committee at 10.30 am, so I will leave before the Minister winds up the debate. None the less, I welcome the opportunity to make a few points. I have been opposed to on-land wind farms for a long time. I am not opposed to microgeneration that serves individual houses...
- [Mrs Linda Riordan in the Chair] - Wind Farms (Mid-Wales) (10 May 2011)
Roger Williams: The hon. Member makes a very good point. I have been involved with the national park movement for many years, and there is indeed a lot of countryside in and around Wales that would qualify for national park status if it was looked at again. The point that I want to make about Cefn Croes is that it has not delivered the energy that was promised. I was pleased to object to that project and I...
- [Mrs Linda Riordan in the Chair] - Wind Farms (Mid-Wales) (10 May 2011)
Roger Williams: I welcome the hon. Gentleman back after his operation. It is good to see that he is vertical, even if he needs a bit of assistance. I opposed TAN 8 and its implementation. One of my critical concerns was that, unlike most planning policies, it was not open to a public inquiry; there was only consultation in the Assembly, which was judge and jury in this matter. It is quite exceptional for a...
- [Mrs Linda Riordan in the Chair] - Wind Farms (Mid-Wales) (10 May 2011)
- Apr 5, 2011:
- Groceries Code Adjudicator - [ Mr Roger Gale in the Chair] (5 Apr 2011)
Roger Williams: I hope that the Minister realises that Easter is very late this year.
- Groceries Code Adjudicator - [ Mr Roger Gale in the Chair] (5 Apr 2011)
Roger Williams: I will try to keep my comments relatively brief so that the Minister can address many of the questions that have been asked. I want to place on the record my entries in the Register of Members' Financial Interests. I am a producer of beef cattle and sheep. My beef cattle go to the St Merryn slaughterhouse in Merthyr, which supplies Tesco and McDonald's. My sheep go to Farmers...
- Groceries Code Adjudicator - [ Mr Roger Gale in the Chair] (5 Apr 2011)
Roger Williams: I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing the debate. In response to the comments of the hon. Member for Shipley (Philip Davies), I wish to say that there should be fairness in marketing practices across the board-whether we are talking about small or large companies. It just so happens that the smaller a company is, the less likely it is that it will be able to employ the legal...
- Groceries Code Adjudicator - [ Mr Roger Gale in the Chair] (5 Apr 2011)
- Mar 29, 2011:
- Financial Services (Rural Communities) (29 Mar 2011)
Roger Williams: I thank the Minister for his comments on the debate. On a practical issue, people tell me that the one thing they value about banks is that they can talk in private about their financial concerns. That facility is not available in post offices. If the Post Office is to deliver more financial services, it must address that issue, as well as availability, with the public.
- Financial Services (Rural Communities) (29 Mar 2011)
Roger Williams: One concern relayed to me by mutual societies, particularly building societies, is about the burden of reporting that has to be done on a regular basis, presumably to the Financial Services Authority. That seems to be out of proportion to the risk that building societies present, and certainly to that presented by large commercial organisations.
- Financial Services (Rural Communities) (29 Mar 2011)
Roger Williams: One of the points on which I could have expanded is that there does not seem to be a root from which a credit union can progress to become a larger, more responsive financial service, such as the mutual building societies, which, of course, originated in small communities such as ours.
- Financial Services (Rural Communities) (29 Mar 2011)
Roger Williams: I am very pleased to have the opportunity to bring this matter to Westminster Hall today. I can understand why the Minister might be a little reluctant to interfere in it, because presumably he would not want to micro-manage the affairs of many of our financial institutions. However, I may be able to suggest one or two ways in which the Government could have influence in the matter and...
- Financial Services (Rural Communities) (29 Mar 2011)
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