Lord Morris of Aberavon

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Parliamentary Debates
Welsh Affairs 62 speeches (17,170 words) Thursday 29th February 2024 - Commons Chamber Wales Office Mentions: 1: Nigel Evans (Con - Ribble Valley) say that I was at St Margaret’s Church yesterday for the memorial service for John Morris, Lord Morris of Aberavon - Link to Speech
Media Bill 90 speeches (44,454 words) 2nd reading Wednesday 28th February 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Mentions: 1: Lord Wigley (PC - Life peer) with the DCMS Minister, then Jeremy Hunt, for a deputation including our two late colleagues Lord Morris of Aberavon - Link to Speech
Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill 36 speeches (6,916 words) Consideration of Commons amendments Thursday 8th June 2023 - Lords Chamber Department for Energy Security & Net Zero Mentions: 1: Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd (CB - Life peer) arisen this week, let me make one short observation about the enormous contribution that Lord Morris of Aberavon - Link to Speech
Water: Wales and England 21 speeches (1,684 words) Wednesday 7th June 2023 - Lords Chamber Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Mentions: 1: Lord Wigley (PC - Life peer) Lords, as this is the first Wales-specific opportunity in the House since the sad death of Lord Morris of Aberavon - Link to Speech
Death of a Member: Lord Morris of Aberavon 2 speeches (43 words) Tuesday 6th June 2023 - Lords Chamber

Select Committee Documents
Monday 15th May 2023 Report - 17th Report - Scrutiny of International Agreements: Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of INTERPOL International Agreements Committee Found: Committee are: Lord Fox Baroness Kingsmill Lord Geidt Lord Marland Lord Grimstone of Boscobel Lord Morris of Aberavon
Monday 15th May 2023 Report - 16th Report - Scrutiny of International Agreements: Agreement International Sugar Agreement, 1992—Articles for reform International Agreements Committee Found: Committee are: Lord Fox Baroness Kingsmill Lord Geidt Lord Marland Lord Grimstone of Boscobel Lord Morris of Aberavon

Lord Morris of Aberavon mentioned in Welsh results

Welsh Senedd Research
Summary of consultation responses to part two of the Silk Commission on Devolution in Wales - Research paper Wednesday 11th June 2014 National Assembly for Wales Research paper Summary of consultation responses to part two of the Silk Commission on Devolution in Wales June 2013 Research Service The National Assembly for Wales is the democratically elected body that represents t... Found: Former Secretary of State for Wales and Attorney-General, Lord Morris of Aberavon (Lord Morris) stated
The Public Bodies Bill 2010 Implications for Wales - Research paper Wednesday 11th June 2014 The Public Bodies Bill 2010: Implications for Wales December 2010 The Public Bodies Bill has been introduced into the House of Lords at Westminster. It is the UK Government’s main vehicle for delivering its promised cuts of NDPBs. It is an “enabl... Found: Environment, Sustainability and Housing, Environmental Delivery Options, 6 July 2010. 11 Lord Morris of Aberavon
Better Governance for Wales key material statements and debates - Research paper Wednesday 11th June 2014 Better Governance for Wales – key material: Statements and Debates, June 2005 – August 2005 Abstract This paper draws together the key statements and debates relating to the White Paper ‘Better Governance for Wales’ from June to August 2005. It i... Found: Lord Morris of Aberavon: My Lords— Lord Richard: My Lords, I will just say one or two words, since in

Welsh Senedd Debates
1. Questions to the First Minister None speech (None words) Tuesday 6th June 2023 - None
Statement by the Llywydd None speech (None words) Tuesday 6th June 2023 - None

Welsh Senedd Speeches
Tue 06 Jun 2023 No Department None Statement by the Llywydd <p>Good afternoon, everyone. Before we start formally today, may I say that it was with great sadness that we heard yesterday the news of John Morris's death. Even though his title was Lord Morris of Aberavon, and having represented with great honour that area as Member of Parliament for 40 years, he was a farmer's son from Aberystwyth. But his family weren't just farmers; they were a rich tapestry of miners from the coalfields of Rhondda and milk merchants in London. Indeed, the welfare of the farmers of Wales was an important feature of his career, from the period he spent in the 1950s as deputy secretary general of the Farmers Union of Wales—having played a part in that union's inception from the very beginning—until the moment, in 1976, when the Farmers Union of Wales was formally recognised in Government negotiations by John Morris, who was by then Secretary of State for Wales, and also the transfer of powers over agriculture in full to the Secretary of State for Wales from the agriculture secretary, in a ceremony in Trawsgoed, Ceredigion, in March of 1978. The Minister with responsibility for agriculture in Wales to this day acts according to the decisions and powers used by John Morris in the 1970s. </p> <p>In his memoir, John Morris says that the two most prominent matters for him in his 60 years and more of public service were equality of opportunity for the individual and the creation of national institutions in Wales. And working towards a national democracy was the greatest privilege of his career. He tabled the devolution referendum Bill in 1979, and again he was in the Government in the 1990s that crafted the referendum for devolution and the establishment of the Senedd. He was a prominent part of the opening ceremony of the Assembly in 1999.</p> <p>Our thanks to John Morris is therefore great, for a lifetime of service to his people, to his language, and to the nation. And it's on his shoulders that this Cardi and all of us elected to the Senedd sit today. We send our deepest condolences to Margaret, his wife, and to his family and friends.</p> <p>And now, on behalf of the Government and the Labour Party, the First Minister to say a few words of tribute to John Morris. </p>
Tue 06 Jun 2023 No Department None 1. Questions to the First Minister <p>Thank you very much, Llywydd, and may I, on behalf of these benches, echo all sympathies expressed for the family of Lord Morris of Aberavon? He said once that he had been a devolutionist from the very first moment when he joined the House of Commons, and that he passionately believed in the need to bring Government closer to the people. Well, we thank him for playing such a key part in making that a reality, and we remember him fondly.</p>

Welsh Senedd Speeches

Tue 06 Jun 2023
No Department
None
Statement by the Llywydd

Good afternoon, everyone. Before we start formally today, may I say that it was with great sadness that we heard yesterday the news of John Morris's death. Even though his title was Lord Morris of Aberavon, and having represented with great honour that area as Member of Parliament for 40 years, he was a farmer's son from Aberystwyth. But his family weren't just farmers; they were a rich tapestry of miners from the coalfields of Rhondda and milk merchants in London. Indeed, the welfare of the farmers of Wales was an important feature of his career, from the period he spent in the 1950s as deputy secretary general of the Farmers Union of Wales—having played a part in that union's inception from the very beginning—until the moment, in 1976, when the Farmers Union of Wales was formally recognised in Government negotiations by John Morris, who was by then Secretary of State for Wales, and also the transfer of powers over agriculture in full to the Secretary of State for Wales from the agriculture secretary, in a ceremony in Trawsgoed, Ceredigion, in March of 1978. The Minister with responsibility for agriculture in Wales to this day acts according to the decisions and powers used by John Morris in the 1970s. 
In his memoir, John Morris says that the two most prominent matters for him in his 60 years and more of public service were equality of opportunity for the individual and the creation of national institutions in Wales. And working towards a national democracy was the greatest privilege of his career. He tabled the devolution referendum Bill in 1979, and again he was in the Government in the 1990s that crafted the referendum for devolution and the establishment of the Senedd. He was a prominent part of the opening ceremony of the Assembly in 1999.
Our thanks to John Morris is therefore great, for a lifetime of service to his people, to his language, and to the nation. And it's on his shoulders that this Cardi and all of us elected to the Senedd sit today. We send our deepest condolences to Margaret, his wife, and to his family and friends.
And now, on behalf of the Government and the Labour Party, the First Minister to say a few words of tribute to John Morris.

Tue 06 Jun 2023
No Department
None
1. Questions to the First Minister

Thank you very much, Llywydd, and may I, on behalf of these benches, echo all sympathies expressed for the family of Lord Morris of Aberavon? He said once that he had been a devolutionist from the very first moment when he joined the House of Commons, and that he passionately believed in the need to bring Government closer to the people. Well, we thank him for playing such a key part in making that a reality, and we remember him fondly.