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Craig Williams Excerpts
Monday 21st March 2016

(8 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Greg Clark Portrait Greg Clark
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I will do that with great pleasure, and I look forward to meeting the hon. Gentleman in that context.

Craig Williams Portrait Craig Williams (Cardiff North) (Con)
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Welsh community centres, rugby clubs and pubs cannot be registered as assets of community value because the Welsh Labour Government opted out of the relevant Bill. How can the Minister help us to protect our rugby clubs, pubs and community centres in Wales?

Brandon Lewis Portrait Brandon Lewis
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As ever, my hon. Friend is fighting hard for his community to have the same protections that we have been able to give people across England. I would be happy to meet him to see how we can work together to convince the Welsh Government that they should protect those vital institutions—something that Labour in Wales seems willingly unwilling to do.