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Hywel Williams is a former MP for Arfon.

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Proffil

Cyn Plaid Cymru MP am Arfon

Aeth i mewn i'r Tŷ'r Cyffredin ar 7 Mehefin 2001 — Etholiad cyffredinol

Gadawodd y Tŷ'r Cyffredin ar 30 Mai 2024 — Wedi'i ddiddymu ar gyfer etholiad

Also represented Caernarfon

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Cyfryngau Cymdeithasol

• @hywelplaidcymru
• https://facebook.com/HywelWilliamsASMP

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Themau o ddiddordeb

Hywel Williams campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

• Department for Work and Pensions
• Treasury
• Home Office
• Cabinet Office
• Work and Pensions
• Welsh Language
• Departmental Public Expenditure
• Immigration: EU Nationals
• Immigration
• Driving: Licensing

Swyddogaethau eraill yn y gorffennol

• Member, Media Bill Committee (29 Tach 2023 to 12 Rha 2023)
• Member, Powers of Attorney Bill Committee (22 Chw 2023 to 1 Maw 2023)
• Member, Welsh Grand Committee (18 Ion 2022 to 30 Mai 2024)
• Member, Health and Care Bill Committee ( 7 Med 2021 to 2 Tach 2021)
• Member, Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (12 Mai 2021 to 24 Meh 2021)
• Shadow PC Spokesperson (Foreign Affairs) (21 Gor 2020 to 30 Mai 2024)
• Shadow PC Spokesperson (Defence) (21 Gor 2020 to 30 Mai 2024)
• Shadow PC Spokesperson (International Development) (21 Gor 2020 to 30 Mai 2024)
• Shadow PC Chief Whip (21 Gor 2020 to 30 Mai 2024)
• Chair, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art (20 Mai 2020 to 15 Hyd 2021)
• Chair, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art (20 Mai 2020 to 3 Mai 2017)
• Chair, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art (20 Mai 2020 to 30 Maw 2015)
• Member, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art (12 Rha 2017 to 6 Tach 2019)
• Member, Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union (11 Med 2017 to 6 Tach 2019)
• Shadow PC Spokesperson (Brexit) ( 1 Meh 2017 to 21 Gor 2020)
• Shadow PC Spokesperson (Cabinet Office) ( 1 Meh 2017 to 30 Mai 2024)
• Shadow PC Spokesperson (International Trade) ( 1 Meh 2017 to 30 Mai 2024)
• Plaid Cymru Westminster Leader (12 Hyd 2015 to 1 Meh 2017)
• Member, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art ( 1 Gor 2015 to 3 Mai 2017)
• Shadow PC Spokesperson (Culture, Media and Sport) ( 8 Mai 2015 to 1 Meh 2017)
• Shadow PC Spokesperson (Defence) ( 8 Mai 2015 to 1 Meh 2017)
• Shadow PC Spokesperson (Foreign and Commonwealth Office/Europe) ( 8 Mai 2015 to 1 Meh 2017)
• Member, Welsh Affairs Committee ( 6 Ion 2014 to 10 Maw 2014)
• Member, Science, Innovation and Technology Committee (27 Chw 2012 to 20 Hyd 2014)
• Member, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art (18 Tach 2010 to 30 Maw 2015)
• Member, Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art (18 Tach 2010 to 20 Mai 2020)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Cabinet Office) (18 Meh 2010 to 18 Maw 2013)
• Shadow PC Spokesperson (Education) (10 Meh 2005 to 30 Maw 2015)
• Member, Panel of Chairs (24 Mai 2005 to 17 Med 2015)
• Shadow Spokesperson (Culture, Media and Sport) (10 Mai 2005 to 10 Mai 2006)
• Member, Draft Mental Health Bill (Joint Committee) (20 Gor 2004 to 11 Gor 2005)
• Shadow PC Spokesperson (International Development) (10 Mai 2004 to 1 Meh 2017)
• Member, Welsh Affairs Committee (26 Ion 2004 to 6 Mai 2010)
• Shadow PC Spokesperson (Work and Pensions) (10 Mai 2001 to 30 Mai 2024)
• Shadow PC Spokesperson (Health) (10 Mai 2001 to 30 Maw 2015)

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Media Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• Powers of Attorney Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Health and Care Bill Committee (12 out of 22)
• Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill Committee (15 out of 20)
• Water Bill Committee (5 out of 9)
• Chairman, Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) bill Committee (2 out of 4)
• Disabled Persons' Parking Badges Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Mental Health (Discrimination) (No. 2) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Chairman, Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill Committee (2 out of 5)
• Public Bodies Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Chairman, Education Bill Committee (10 out of 22)
• Live Music Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Pensions Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
• Local Government Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Marriage (Wales) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Sunbeds (Regulation) Bill Committee (0 out of 1)
• Chairman, Children and Young Persons Bill Committee (2 out of 7)
• Mental Health Bill Committee (11 out of 12)
• Transport (Wales) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Equality Bill Committee (6 out of 8)
• Chairman, Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Bill Committee (1 out of 2)
• Carers (Equal Opportunities) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Public Audit (Wales) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Employment Relations Bill Committee (1 out of 9)
• Children Bill Committee (5 out of 8)
• Hunting Bill Committee (18 out of 31)
• Hunting (Re-committed) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Health (Wales) Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Homelessness Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Employment Bill Committee (13 out of 17)

Ymddangosiadau diweddar

• Israel and Gaza 20 May 2024

  Neither the USA nor China nor Russia are party to the International Criminal Court. Does the Minister therefore recognise that, as permanent members of the Security Council, the UK and France have a special responsibility to support the ICC and uphold international law?

• Written Answers — Department for Work and Pensions: Department for Work and Pensions: Email 17 May 2024

  To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the use of e-mail to communicate with his Department's customers.

• Written Answers — Home Office: Repatriation 7 May 2024

  To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time taken was for the conclusion of an application for a voluntary return through the Voluntary Returns Service in (a) Wales and (b) the UK, in the most recent period for which data is available.

Mwy o ymddangosiadau diweddar Hywel Williams