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It is 10 years since the Pontcysyllte aqueduct and canal became a UNESCO world heritage site, thereby joining sites such as the Taj Mahal, the Great Barrier Reef and the Great Wall of China—although Pontcysyllte is of course superior to all of them. It was built in 13 years by...

Member
Susan Elan Jones (Labour)
Type
Business questions
Date
20 June 2019
Reference
662 c363
House
House of Commons

That was a wonderful question. I will not attempt to pronounce the name of the canal, on the basis that I will probably not do it as well as the hon. Lady, but it is a marvellous construction and was the work of Telford and Jessop, as she said. I...

Member
Mel Stride (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
20 June 2019
Reference
662 c363
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average wait is for mandatory reconsideration of (a) personal independence payment and (b) employment support allowance claims in each of the last three years in Wrexham constituency.

Asked by
Ian Lucas (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
21 May 2019
Reference
253531
House
House of Commons

Q5

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Ian C. Lucas (Wrexham) (Lab):

What has the Prime Minister got against towns in north Wales? In the week following the loss of a £20 billion Hitachi contract in the region, the Government announced the moving of 380 Wrexham tax office jobs to Liverpool and Cardiff city centre. Is it her view that towns across the UK should not have public sector jobs?

Asked by
Ian Lucas (Labour)
Answering body
Prime Minister
Prime Minister's questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
13 February 2019
Reference
654 c881
House
House of Commons

No it is not. On Hitachi and the Wylfa site, we offered a package of support that no previous Government had been willing to consider of one third equity, all-debt financing and a strike price of no more than £75 per MWh. Ultimately, we could not at that stage reach an agreement among all the parties, and Hitachi decided on a commercial basis to suspend the project, but it has made clear that it wishes to continue discussions with the Government on bringing forward new nuclear at Wylfa, and we will support those discussions.

Answered by
Baroness May of Maidenhead (Conservative)
Answering body
Prime Minister
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
13 February 2019
Reference
654 c881
House
House of Commons
Deposited by
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Deposited papers
Date
1 February 2019
Reference
DEP2019-0183
House
House of Commons