Profile

Labour MS for Ogmore, Former Labour MP for Ogmore

Entered the House of Commons on 14 February 2002 — Byelection

Left the House of Commons on 24 March 2016 — Resigned

Entered the Senedd on 5 May 2016

• Personal website
• Wikipedia page
• BBC News profile

Social Media

• @huw4ogmore
• https://facebook.com/huw.irrancadavies

Expenses

• Expenses from 2004 to 2009
• Expenses from 2010 onwards

Topics of interest

• Environment Food and Rural Affairs
• Energy and Climate Change
• Health
• Treasury
• Work and Pensions
• Food Procurement
• Bovine Tuberculosis
• Food
• Departmental Carbon Emissions
• Dangerous Dogs

Other offices held in the past

• Member, Liaison Committee (Commons) (10 Sep 2015 to 25 Jan 2016)
• Chair, Environmental Audit Committee (18 Jun 2015 to 25 Jan 2016)
• Chair, Environmental Audit Committee (18 Jun 2015 to 25 Jan 2016)
• Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) ( 7 Oct 2011 to 30 Mar 2015)
• Shadow Minister (Energy and Climate Change) ( 8 Oct 2010 to 7 Oct 2011)
• Shadow Minister (Marine and Natural Environment) (12 May 2010 to 8 Oct 2010)
• Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (Marine and Natural Environment) ( 5 Oct 2008 to 6 May 2010)
• The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales ( 2 Jul 2007 to 5 Oct 2008)
• Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) ( 5 May 2006 to 28 Jun 2007)
• PPS (Rt Hon Tessa Jowell, Secretary of State), Department for Culture, Media & Sport (10 Nov 2005 to 8 May 2006)
• PPS (Rt Hon Jane Kennedy, Minister of State), Department for Work and Pensions (13 May 2004 to 11 Apr 2005)
• Member, Draft Mental Incapacity Bill (Joint Committee) (10 Jul 2003 to 17 Nov 2003)
• Member, Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee) ( 5 Oct 2002 to 8 Jan 2004)
• Member, Procedure Committee (24 Jun 2002 to 12 Jul 2005)
• Member, Statutory Instruments (Select Committee) (10 May 2002 to 8 Jan 2004)

Previous MPs in this constituency

• Raymond Powell
• Walter Padley
• John Evans
• Edward Williams
• Vernon Hartshorn

Future MPs in this constituency

• Chris Elmore

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

• Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill Committee (4 out of 5)
• Energy Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Energy Bill Committee (8 out of 8)
• Flood and Water Management Bill Committee (9 out of 10)
• Marine and Coastal Access Bill Committee (9 out of 9)
• Sale of Student Loans Bill Committee (0 out of 2)
• Digital Switchover (Disclosure of Information) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Transport (Wales) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• National Insurance Contributions Bill Committee (2 out of 4)
• Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Bill Committee (2 out of 2)
• Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill Committee (6 out of 6)
• NHS Redress Bill Committee (3 out of 3)
• Justice (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (4 out of 4)
• Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Bill Committee (7 out of 10)
• Gender Recognition Bill Committee (4 out of 6)
• Children Bill Committee (7 out of 8)
• Fireworks Bill Committee (1 out of 1)
• Communications Bill Committee (23 out of 25)
• Courts Bill Committee (7 out of 7)
• Police (Northern Ireland) Bill Committee (6 out of 9)
• Police Reform Bill Committee (11 out of 12)
• Enterprise Bill Committee (17 out of 19)

Recent appearances

• 4. Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: The Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill 10 Dec 2024

  Thank you for that. There's a good reason that opencast remediation is not within this Bill, and as you know, I and David Rees also have an opencast within our territory, the former Parc Slip, half of which now is a wildlife reserve, half of which is a void filled with water. And some of those have really complex histories, as you know. They have really complex histories of ownership,...

• 4. Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: The Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill 10 Dec 2024

  Diolch yn fawr iawn, Rhys. We really drew on the work that the Law Commission did, and other work as well. You're suggesting the Welsh Tribunals. It's an interesting one; let's explore that when we get into committee. We think we've got a good way forward here, but let's look at if there are suggestions of other alternatives of a neat and lean way in which we can do it, and that are...

• 4. Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs: The Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill 10 Dec 2024

  Alun, thank you very much, and thank you for the time you spent with me up in Cwmtillery. I think what we saw there was the very physical manifestation of the fear that people feel when things go wrong and this approaches homes—as well as businesses, but homes. When we saw the slurry and the slip from the spoil there on the street and lapping at the doors of homes, that really does bring it...

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