The Lichfield Blog (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
MP Michael Fabricant has challenged the Government over their commitment to helping the work of the Lichfield and Hatherton Canal Restoration Trust. His question came during a debate in the House of Commons on the subject of British Waterways. Mr Fabricant asked Huw Irranca-Davies – Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for the Environment, Food and [...]
Merthyr Express (icWales) (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
GREEN-FINGERED politician Huw Irranca-Davies is to get his hands dirty at a tree planting day.
Glamorgan Gazette (icWales) (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
HUW Irranca-Davies MP said: “I was honoured to attend the unveiling ceremony of a plaque paying tribute to the workers of Bridgend’s Royal Ordnance Factory, known as the Welsh Arsenal.
Bridgend Patriot (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
Glamorgan Gazette BRIDGEND MP Madeleine Moon has been told to pay back almost £600 she claimed for moving furniture from her constituency home to her London flat. She has agreed to return the cash following an investigation by auditor Sir Thomas Legg into all MPs’ expense claims. Ogmore MP Huw Irranca-Davies has been asked to repay overpayments on his mortgage interest, although the exact...
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
Agreement on a new fisheries control regulation in Luxembourg means that the UK fishing sector is a step closer to a sustainable future without adverse impacts or unnecessary burdens on fishermen. At the Agriculture and Fisheries Council meeting in Luxembourg, Fisheries Minister Huw Irranca-Davies said today’s result was the culmination of nine months of industry and [...]
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Shark finning regulations have been strengthened by new permit controls announced by Fisheries Minister Huw Irranca-Davies. Special fishing permits for English, Welsh and Northern Irish registered fishing boats allowing the removal of shark fins at sea are to be stopped. Scotland will simultaneously be announcing plans to cease issuing permits to their fleet. Any sharks [...]
Labour.org.uk (Free subscription) | 28/09/2009
Hilary Benn MP, Labour's Environment Secretary, has announced that he will give water companies the power to reduce bills. This Follows complaints from faith groups, amateur sports clubs, village halls and other community organisations that they face unaffordable water bill increases for surface drainage. Labour is standing up for voluntary organisations that sit at the heart of our communities by...
Hadleigh Roberts (Free subscription) | 28/09/2009
I was a little dismissive last time I mentioned urban seagulls in Bath. (Remember? I was talking about sandwiches.) However, I am pleased to report there has been a development. Lib Dem MP for Bath Don Foster has finally secured a meeting with a DEFRA minister, Huw Irranca-Davies, to have a meeting to discuss things that can [...]
Peter Black AM (Free subscription) | 04/09/2009
The article by Huw Irranca Davies in yesterday's Western Mail calling for a referendum on changing Britain's voting system within the next few months is a strange one. Mr. Davies has been around long enough to know that you cannot just launch into a referendum. For a start you need an Act of Parliament to authorise it, you need a clear position to be voted on and the approval of the Electoral Commission...
Green Options (Free subscription) | 21/07/2009
Huw Irranca-Davies, the British Fisheries Minister has joined a list of actors, celebrities and activists demanding the Japanese restaurant Nobu stop serving the endangered bluefin tuna on their menus. Read more of this story »
The Church Mouse (Free subscription) | 19/07/2009
Mouse has commented before that the Government had been making encouraging noises about the surface water drainage charges. This is the change in the way water companies charge non-residential customers that takes into account the amount of surface water that drains off their property. This has meant that some churches have faced huge hikes in their bills. This week Huw Irranca-Davies, speaking at...
The Croydonian (Free subscription) | 23/06/2009
Hain is back . Boo and indeed hiss: Mr. Blunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many breaches of information security there have been in his Department in the last five years. [281095] Mr. Hain: There have been no breaches of information security in the Wales Office in the last five years. Shouldn't that be 'as far as we know'? The cost of running the CAP : Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary...
The Observer (Free subscription) | 19/06/2009
Europeans are killing whales in increasing numbers as Norway, Denmark and Iceland propose to hunt 1,478 whales compared to Japan's 1,280 in 2009 Europe plans to hunt more whales than Japan for the first time in many years, dividing EU countries and dismaying conservationists who say that whaling is escalating in response to the worldwide recession . Figures seen by the Guardian before a meeting of...
Peter Black AM (Free subscription) | 19/06/2009
I finally got around to looking at the expenses of the seven MPs who represent constituencies within my region last night and found a lot of....black. From what I see in this morning's press, on blogs and elsewhere my experience is not unique. What were the Parliamentary authorities thinking? This must be their most spectacular own-goal yet though there is some close competition. What saddens me most...
This is my truth (Free subscription) | 19/06/2009
Today's Western Mail claims that the Bevan Foundation received £4,000 from Dai Havard MP for a study on 'Common Health Conditions in Merthyr Tydfil'. Unfortunately, a quick check of Dai's invoices shows that the bill was in fact from Cardiff University not the Bevan Foundation. The report is correct that the Bevan Foundation did undertake a different piece of research that was part funded by...
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