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Parliament's record since 1997: debates, questions, statements, votes, bills, committees and members' interests

Where MPs Stand

Sourced briefings on the record of Parliament

Pre-legislative scrutiny of the Draft Wales Bill inquiry

Inquiry by the Welsh Affairs Committee, 3 September 2015 to 14 June 2016. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 26 October 2015: Rt Hon Stephen Crabb MP, Secretary of State for Wales, Geth Williams, Deputy Director, Constitution and Corporate Services, and Sue Olley, Legal Adviser, Wales Office.
  • 9 November 2015: Andrew R.T. Davies AM, Leanne Wood AM, Kirsty Williams AM; William Graham AM, Chair of the Enterprise and Business Committee, National Assembly for Wales; Sir Paul Silk, Chair of the Commission on Devolution in Wales
  • 9 November 2015: Rt Hon Carwyn Jones AM, First Minister of Wales, Hugh Rawlings, Director of Constitutional Affairs and Intergovernmental Relations
  • 9 November 2015: Professor Thomas Glyn Watkin, Emyr Lewis; Professor Richard Wyn Jones, Director, Wales Governance Centre and Roger Scully, Wales Governance Centre
  • 16 November 2015: Dame Rosemary Butler AM, Presiding Officer, Adrian Crompton, Director of Assembly Business, and Elisabeth Jones, Director of Legal Services, National Assembly for Wales (via video link).
  • 23 November 2015: Kay Powell, Policy Adviser and Huw Williams, Law Society of England and Wales, and Hefin Rees QC, Chairman, Association of London Welsh Lawyers; Alan Trench (at 4.45pm); Rachel Banner, Annie Mulholland, and Roger Cracknell, True Wales (at 5.30pm).
  • 30 November 2015: Alun Ffred Jones AM, Chair of the Environment and Sustainability Committee, National Assembly for Wales (via video link).
  • 9 December 2015: Rt Hon Stephen Crabb MP, Secretary of State, Geth Williams, Deputy Director, Constitution and Corporate Services and Sue Olley, Legal Adviser, Wales Office.