Wales round-up: 18 December 2009

Written questions

• Commons Hansard: Non-Welsh residents admitted for treatment in Welsh NHS Trusts
• Commons Hansard: Helicopter rescue services in Pembrokeshire
• Commons Hansard: Options for the generation of tidal power in the Severn Estuary
• Commons Hansard: Numbers of animal experiments in Wales

In addition to oral questions, MPs and Peers can ask government ministers questions for written answer. These are often used to obtain detailed information about policies and statistics on the activities of government departments.

Debate

• Commons Hansard: Draft National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Welsh Language) Order 2009

Early Day Motions

• EDM 467: Network Rail redundancies in Wales
• EDM 482: South Wales signal workers strike

Early Day Motions (EDMs) are formal motions submitted for debate in the House of Commons. However, very few EDMs are actually debated. Instead, they are used for reasons such as publicising the views of individual MPs, drawing attention to specific events or campaigns, and demonstrating the extent of parliamentary support for a particular cause or point of view

Welsh Affairs Committee

• Video: Evidence session on cross-border provision of public services for Wales
• Video: Evidence session on proposed National Assembly for Wales (Legislative Competence) (Housing and Local Government) Order 2010
• Welsh Affairs Committee home page

The Welsh Affairs Committee's remit is to examine matters within the responsibility of the Secretary of State for Wales (including relations with the National Assembly for Wales).