David Cornock, Parliamentary correspondent, Wales

David Cornock Parliamentary correspondent, Wales

The place to come for the Welsh view of Westminster and updates on the politics and personalities of Parliament

Springwatch: Silk delays summer

Labour MPs have taken to calling it "Springwatch" - the wait for the UK government to give its response to a report that suggested the Welsh government be given the power to vary some tax rates in Wales.

The deputy prime minister told us in January that the UK government aimed to respond to the Silk commission report "by spring this year". He was echoing an announcement made in last year's autumn statement. Welsh Secretary David Jones confirmed the deadline as recently as last month.

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For whom the summit tolls

As summits go, the one at Magor services got slightly less media attention than the one hosted by David Cameron in Northern Ireland.

But if you use the M4 regularly, for business or pleasure (if that's possible), then the outcome of the Magor summit will be of interest.

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Minister welcomes growth of lobbying

Lobbyists haven't had the best of times lately, with senior ministers threatening to regulate their activities more closely after several stories suggesting David Cameron's 2010 prophecy may come true.

So there will be relief, if not joy, in lobbying circles at a speech to be made by a UK government minister.

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Welsh Grand: what's in it for Wales?

We may live in a world of rolling news and 24/7 media but some events are slow-burners.

It's now five weeks since the Queen opened parliament and unveiled the government's plans for new laws for the new parliamentary year.

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Lord Elis-Thomas's history lesson

Your starter for 10. What does clause 56 of Magna Carta say?

You may confer - or check the British Library website. Its translation tells us that clause 56 says: "If we have deprived or dispossessed any Welshmen of lands, liberties, or anything else in England or in Wales, without the lawful judgement of their equals, these are at once to be returned to them.

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The Wales Office's legal bill

The UK government is keen to reduce the amount of public money spent on lawyers.

After all, they don't come cheap; as the Wales Office - the Whitehall department whose job it is to represent Wales at Westminster - well knows.

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Where next for the Severn barrage?

Its supporters say it's a "no-brainer" but a cross-party committee of MPs begs to differ.

Yesterday's report - A Severn Barrage? - has annoyed, disappointed and frustrated the company behind a project to build an electricity-generating barrage between Lavernock Point near Penarth and Brean on the Somerset coast.

MPs remember mining disaster

The worst mining disaster in British history happened in south Wales in 1913. A total of 439 men and boys lost their lives after an explosion in the Universal Colliery in Senghenydd.

One century later, MPs are marking the anniversary with an exhibition in parliament this week organised by local MP Wayne David.

David added analysis to:

'No case for £25bn Severn Barrage'

Hafren Power say today's report is "frustrating" and "unhelpful" but it is not surprising.

The MPs' report is based largely on three evidence sessions that made uncomfortable viewing for barrage supporters.

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£25bn barrage plan criticised by MPs

The company behind plans for a £25bn barrage in the Severn Estuary - describe today's report by the Energy and Climate Change Committee as "frustrating" and "unhelpful" - but it is not surprising.

The MPs' report is based largely on three evidence sessions that made uncomfortable viewing for barrage supporters.

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MP "shocked" by National Grid

Is there another democratic deficit in Welsh politics?

Montgomeryshire MP Glyn Davies posted this on Facebook: "Interesting how events at Westminster are diminishing in public interest in Wales. If I'd made my yesterday's speech in the Assembly, it would have made the news. But at Westminster no-one in Wales noticed! Could be a good thing!! Whatever, devolution marches on."

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Wind farms: for Wales, see England?

Eat your heart out, Jeremy Paxman.

The Newsnight presenter once hit the headlines for asking the same question 14 times to then Home Secretary Michael Howard.

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PMQs: the Welsh angles

It's official title is "oral questions to the prime minister" but today question time was more about Labour.

The news that a Labour government wouldn't reverse child benefit cuts it opposed engaged David Cameron rather more than the questions he faced.

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Labour MP: devolution isn't devolved

Now here's an item that should be of interest to the handful of voters who showed up in Abertillery last month to talk about Wales's constitutional future.

Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, who has responsibility for constitutional issues within the UK government, has been answering questions in the House of Commons: among the MPs asking questions, Rhondda Labour MP Chris Bryant.

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Labour reveal more on welfare plans

We learned a little more today about what Labour would do if it wins power at the May 2015 general election.

Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls said richer pensioners (those with incomes of more than around £42,000 a year) would lose their entitlement to winter fuel payments of up to £300 a year.

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Politicians and that other deficit

When politicians at Westminster talk about a "deficit" they are usually referring to the gap between what Britain spends and what it earns.

But politicians in Cardiff Bay were today focused on a different kind of deficit - the gap between political activity in the National Assembly for Wales and media coverage of it - or the lack of it.

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Labour & Plaid give peace a chance

It could be the start of a beautiful friendship.

Traditionally, when Plaid Cymru's 3 MPs succeed in forcing a vote at Westminster, it is followed by a Plaid press release registering "shock" that Labour MPs refused to vote with Plaid even where they agree with them.

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Welsh Questions

He may be slightly better known for his recent appearance on Have I Got News For You but Tory MP Michael Fabricant found time in his busy schedule to drop in on Welsh Question Time in the House of Commons this morning.

Mr Fabricant, who occasionally mentions his Welsh roots, wanted to know if the UK government would consider re-naming the National Assembly for Wales.

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Welsh MP "proud to be a fruitcake"

It's shaping up to be another exciting day at Westminster. Yes, Welsh Secretary David Jones and his deputy Stephen Crabb will be answering questions from MPs in the first Welsh Question Time here since February.

In other news, there may be a vote or two on Europe as MPs complete their debate on the Queen's Speech, a speech most Welsh Tory backbenchers found wanting due to its absence of a commitment to hold a referendum on EU membership.

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Bluebirds fly high in House of Lords

As away fixtures go, it probably ranks with the Camp Nou or the Bernabeu.

Cardiff City played at the House of Lords tonight, in a reception to mark the club's promotion to the Premier League.

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About David

David Cornock has been covering politics from Westminster for more than two decades.

He grew up near Penarth in South Wales and trained on the Western Mail.

He moved to London in 1988 and became the newspaper's political editor.

In 1995, he joined BBC Wales as its parliamentary correspondent.

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