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	BBC News \| WALES \| AM's charge over devolution
		Edwina Hart, who is AM for Gower and Assembly Finance Secretary made the attack following the government's decision to stop Welsh motorists from displaying their country as "Wales" on the new European style number plates.
		Edwina Hart said the move was an "insult"
		Ms Hart emphasised that her views were purely personal and that she was not speaking as Finance Secretary.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/wales/948879.stm (382 words)

	Janet Ryder Erthyglau (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Ymateb i gynnig gan Edwina Hart, Y Gweinidog dros Gyllid, Llywodraeth Leol a Chymunedau ar Gymeradwyo Gorchymyn Digartrefedd (Cychwyn) (Cymru) 2002:
		Ymateb i ddatganiad gan Edwina Hart, Y Gweinidog dros Gyllid, Llywodraeth Leol a Chymunedau ar Adroddiadau Blynyddol Cynllun Partneriaeth Llywodraeth Leol:
		Y Gweinidog dros Gyllid, Llywodraeth Leol a Chymunedau (Edwina Hart)
	www.janetryder.org /articlesw.html (398 words)

	Latest News
		Gower Labour AM Edwina Hart AM has welcomed the announcement to hold a Public Inquiry on the proposals to dredge sand at Helwick Bank made yesterday (Monday 24 October) by Minister for Environment, Planning and Countryside Carwyn Jones.
		Edwina Hart AM said: "The World's Biggest Coffee Morning is a great way to raise money for such a wonderful cause and you can get together for a chat with friends, relatives or colleagues at the same time.
		Edwina Hart added: "Last year 1.5 million people took part and it couldn't be simpler to join in and help.
	www.edwinahart.com /news.htm (1530 words)

	Occupational Health Strategy Launched in Wales
		Edwina Hart, the National Assembly Secretary of Finance, will introduce a new occupational health strategy to Wales at a joint National Assembly and Health and Safety Executive conference at Cardiff City Hall today (Monday, 9 October 2000).
		Edwina Hart will tell an audience drawn from the public and private sectors that the cost to employers of ill-health and sickness in Wales is estimated to be up to £500 million a year.
		Hart: "The new Corporate Health Standard will be the spur to encourage employers in both the public and private sectors to take a modern, pro-active approach to work-place health and the development of modern occupational health services which reflect the thinking in the new strategy.
	www.wales.nhs.uk /pressnotices/w001017.htm (741 words)

	Politics \| Welsh assembly ordered to pay Lord Rogers
		The finance minister, Edwina Hart, said that although Lord Rogers had not been found to be negligent and so did not owe the assembly any money even though he "got it wrong".
		Ms Hart said she hoped a line would now be drawn under the matter and "the right professionals" brought in to take over the project, which is currently on hold.
		Ms Hart said it was "very unpleasant and difficult" but she had to accept the verdict.
	politics.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4356019-107957,00.html (580 words)

	Guardian \| Architects cleared in costs row over Welsh assembly
		At the time she sacked the partnership Edwina Hart, the Welsh finance minister, claimed RRP had severely underestimated the cost of the building.
		Ms Hart's claim against RRP for £6.9m damages was considered unsubstantiated and dismissed.
		Ms Hart was unavailable for comment, but she issued a statement to assembly members last week claiming that the adjudicator's report justified her allegation that RRP had underestimated the cost.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4363257-110432,00.html (550 words)

	Institute of Welsh Affairs
		It had been widely commented that combined with her no-nonsense style, Edwina Hart’s control of the budget and local government had made her the most influential figure in the previous Administration, vying at times with the First Minister himself.
		A further indication of the importance the new Administration attaches to the new portfolio is that Mrs Hart has been allocated a deputy Minister, Merthyr AM Huw Lewis who for some years has campaigned for the Social Justice department to be created.
		Edwina Hart’s main weapon in tackling deprivation will be the Assembly Government's flagship £83 million Communities First programme, responsibility for which Edwina Hart carries over from her previous portfolio which included a ‘Communities’ brief that embraced social exclusion as well as local government.
	www.iwa.org.uk /news_analysis/new_cabinet.htm (1572 words)

	icWales - Hart announces 'Welsh way' for PFI
		Welsh finance minister Edwina Hart today opened the door for private firms to expand their role in the public sector in Wales.
		Mrs Hart said the decision merely indicated her 'flexible and pragmatic approach' to capital finance in which public investment would continue to be a prominent feature.
		Mrs Hart said all arrangements should be governed by the public interest and quality of public services and the PFI should improve services and not just be based on accessing funding.
	icwales.icnetwork.co.uk /0100news/0200wales/page.cfm?objectid=11478799&method=full&siteid=50082 (867 words)

	icWales - Assembly minister accused
		At the heart of the allegation that Mrs Hart exceeded her authority in the treatment of Mr Willie is the principle that ministers should not interfere in Civil Service personnel matters - a point acknowledged by the minister herself last year.
		A minute of the meeting states, "Peter said Edwina Hart was pressing him to put Charles to work on the Partnership Council's equality project, and to replace him with an individual currently working for South Wales Police".
		Mrs Hart's apparent belief that Mr Willie was not up to the job was not borne out by his annual personal appraisal reports, in which for three years running he was awarded a B rating, indicating that his work performance was "significantly above normal requirements of the grade".
	icwales.icnetwork.co.uk /0100news/0200wales/page.cfm?objectid=13810048&method=full&siteid=50082 (1138 words)

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		Hart: "Mae gennym etifeddiaeth gyfoethog o adeiladau cymunedol a chyfleusterau lleol ym mhob rhan o Gymru sydd wedi ein helpu i feithrin cymunedau cryf a gweithgar.
		Hart: "Bu hwn yn gylch cyllido hynod gystadleuol unwaith eto, a derbyniwyd 119 o geisiadau.
		The Minister for Social Justice and Regeneration, Edwina Hart, has given the go-ahead to 48 different schemes across Wales.
	www.penllyn.com /Newspro/talk/1097020800,35103,.shtml (897 words)

	Fire: Wales leads the way on fire commitment: describing arson as "one of the most serious threats we face" ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Commenting on the forthcoming devolution of responsibility for fire in Wales to the Welsh Assembly, Mrs Hart stated that while the Assembly welcomes the devolution, it is keen to continue with existing national arrangements: "It is important to maintain national pay bargaining".
		Both Mr Bader and Mrs Hart also stressed the Welsh Assembly's commitment to fitting sprinklers in schools throughout Wales, emphasising that life safety is the priority over preservation of property in their eyes.
		Challenged on the predominance that she put on life safety over that of property on the grounds that property loss can have a serious impact on community, Mrs Hart highlighted the property protection attributes of sprinklers, but stressed that life safety was the priority.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0KZE/is_1189_97/ai_n6129060 (500 words)

	Guardian \| Dirt pit where the 'jewel' of Cardiff should be
		The architects might now be kept firmly in tow, but the decision made on Wednesday afternoon by Edwina Hart, the Welsh finance minister, means that the diaphanous glass design that may yet prove to be the finest new building in the Welsh capital for decades has finally been given the go-ahead.
		Lord Rogers was sacked in July 2001 by Ms Hart who had been appointed by the assembly to run the project with an all-party steering committee.
		Ms Hart insisted that the RRP design would go ahead - it was meant to have opened this year - but as a private finance initiative project rather than as a direct commission from the assembly to RRP.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4596374-110432,00.html (889 words)

	Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales - PlaidCymru.org Press Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Plaid Cymru AM, Owen John Thomas has criticised the Culture Minister's response to his party's request for information relating to the decision by Edwina Hart AM to directly fund the Chamber Orchestra of Wales to the sum of £150,000.
		Why did Edwina Hart on November 22 declare unambiguously that the £150, 000 was to fund a Chamber orchestra for Wales, an understanding shared until last week by the Lord Mayor of Swansea and many others?
		Why did Edwina Hart decide to ignore the guidance of the National Assembly's report, Culture in Common, Clauses 4.8 and 4.11 and leave the direct evaluation and assessment of the COW to the ACW?
	www.plaidcymru.org /press020313b.html (675 words)

	News Wales > Community > Help extended for Diana charities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Last year, Social Justice Minister Edwina Hart announced a rescue package for six Welsh charities, funded or part-funded by the Diana fund, which faced closure following the decision to freeze payments from the Diana Fund while legal action was being pursued by the Franklin Mint.
		Mrs Hart has informed the Assembly of her intention to extend funding to four of the six ‘Diana’ charities to March 2005 via the Charity Bank giving them a further year’s protection from closure.
		Mrs Hart said: "We had all hoped for a swift conclusion to the dispute so that the many charities and organisations depending on the Diana Fund could be secure in the knowledge that they had the funding they need to continue.
	www.newswales.co.uk /?section=Community&F=1&id=6813 (493 words)

	House of Lords - Constitution - Minutes of Evidence
		If we take the example of transport, where the issues of transport in rural areas are very difficult issues, we have then a question of prioritisation of what we give in terms of grants, subsidies, what we do on community transport grants, to ensure they have their fair share of resources.
		I set myself a target, because I was very unhappy about the under-spend figures, which I think we are going to achieve, namely the under-spend will be in the region of 1 per cent which is perfectly manageable.
		21 Ms Hart's written reply was "while the issue has arisen in the context of debates on other subjects there has not been a specific plenary debate about primary powers".
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/ld200102/ldselect/ldconst/147/2052712.htm (2351 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Wales \| Assembly minister faces inquiry
		Edwina Hart is a former finance minister and ex-chair of Wales TUC
		Welsh Assembly Government minister Edwina Hart is to face an inquiry into allegations that she sought to undermine a civil servant.
		He wrote to the chair of the standards committee demanding an investigation into what he claimed was a breach of the assembly's rules governing the relationship between AMs and staff.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/wales/3499607.stm (206 words)

	Society \| Welsh councils welcome 'generous' settlement
		Ms Hart said this would mean real term spending increases and "reasonable" rises in council tax.
		She added: "Taking this year's settlement with last year's, we are providing funding for a sustained period of real growth in local authority services, the like of which has not been seen for a generation or more.
		Ms Hart said she was announcing the settlement earlier than usual this year to give councils more time to prepare their budgets.
	society.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4302373-108888,00.html (271 words)

	ShowArticle
		Gower AM Edwina Hart has hailed the switching on of broadband at Bishopston as an important step forward for the area.
		Edwina Hart AM, who was at Bishopston for the switch-on, said: "I am delighted that the people of Bishopston will now have the chance to experience the greater speed and efficiency this technology can bring to individuals and businesses alike.
		Ann Beynon, BT director Wales, said the switch-on of Bishopston took Wales ever closer to its promise to make broadband available to 99.5 per cent of the population of Wales by summer 2005.
	www.btplc.com /news/Articles/Showarticle.cfm?ArticleID=0d30b282-fc23-4359-b1c2-0dead255a4ce (302 words)

	Attack over drug rehab action - AberdareOnline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Social Justice Minister Edwina Hart has come under attack from Conservative AM Alun Cairns, who claims the lack of real facts and figures shows the Welsh Assembly Government is just paying lip service to the problem.
		He told BBC Radio Wales: "I was staggered when I read Edwina Hart's response (to a written question) which was simply that there aren't any targets or data available to tell us how long people have to wait for drug rehabilitation treatment.
		Mrs Hart has admitted that Wales needs many more in-patient beds and more detox units - particularly in the south Wales Valleys where, it is estimated, a drug addict dies every week.
	www.aberdareonline.co.uk /content/public/news?ID=749 (682 words)

	NALC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Edwina Hart outlines future for local councils in Wales at NALC Cymru/Wales Conference
		Edwina Hart AM, the Secretary of Finance, Communities and Local Government said, in her keynote address to the annual National Association of Local Councils' Cymru/Wales Conference, that the Assembly is undertaking a full review of service and functions provided by community and town councils.
		A possible outcome of this study is a potential increase in Section 137 spending by local councils, as well as the freedom to borrow for individual capital projects without first having to secure the Assembly's approval.
	www.nalc.gov.uk /news/archive/2002/newsedwina.html (313 words)

	South Wales Evening Post
		Mrs Smith, at the invitation of Gower AM Edwina Hart, went to the Assembly and got cross-party support for her campaign from the chairwoman of the health committee, Liberal Democrat Brecon AM Kirsty Williams, and Plaid health spokesman and Swansea GP Dai Lloyd.
		The Conservative member on the health committee, David Melding, and Aberavon Labour AM and GP Brian Gibbons have also expressed an interest in her campaign.
		Edwina Hart, Dai Lloyd and Kirsty Williams pointed out that the case of former Welsh footballer Terry Yorath’s son, Daniel, was perhaps the best-known victim of the condition.
	www.cry.dircon.co.uk /south_wales_evening_post_feb_2001.htm (447 words)

	Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales - PlaidCymru.org Press Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Responding to the news that Finance Minister Edwina Hart has earmarked £18 million for education programmes to warn people of the dangers of drugs, and treatment and rehabilitation to help users, Janet Ryder AM, Shadow Local Government Minister commented,
		It was vital that money was found to help the drugs situation and we called for this in the budget debate at the National Assembly for Wales.
		Edwina Hart was coming under a lot of pressure to increase the budget and I am pleased she has made an U-turn on this one.
	www.plaidcymru.org /press021101a.html (172 words)

	Emuforums.com - Politician on drugs
		THE efficiency of a high-tech drug-testing machine unveiled in Britain was amply proven when the government minister showing it off tested positive for cannabis.
		Edwina Hart, social justice minister in the semi-autonomous regional government of Wales, was found to have been in contact with the drug after having a hand swab analysed by the Ion Track narcotics machine.
		However, the politicians were keen to stress that such was the power of the device, positive results could easily come from so-called "cross contamination", for example by touching cash or a door handle previously handled by a drugs user.
	www.ngemu.com /forums/showthread.php?t=63037 (265 words)

	Mencap press release - DFG Means test abolished in Wales — England must be next (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Edwina Hart AM, the Minister responsible for the DFG in Wales, announced the abolition of the means test for families as part of a package of new measures designed to help disabled people and families with disabled children who need vital housing adaptations.
		Sandy Mewies AM, who is a member of the Social Justice and Regeneration Committee who recommended abolition of the means test, said:"I welcome this move and congratulate everyone involved in the campaign to abolish the means test for families with disabled children.
		Edwina Hart, the Minister for Social Justice and Regeneration has made it clear that this will be fast tracked and the funding needed will be made available".
	www.mencap.org.uk /html/press_office/press_release.asp?ID=1987 (591 words)

	Press Releases - Commission for Racial Equality - Leadership Challenge - 2001-09-20
		Leadership Challenge, Cllr Crowley and Ken Sawyers will take personal responsibility for promoting racial equality in a multi-cultural society and to celebrate the diversity of local people, their skills and talents.
		CRE Commissioner Ray Singh CBE and Edwina Hart AM, the Minister for Finance, Local Government and Communities (who is also the Chair of the Assembly's
		Edwina Hart AM stated that, "As Chair of the Assembly's Equality of Opportunity Committee, I am delighted to see such a show of commitment to race equality issues in Wales.
	www.neath-porttalbot.gov.uk /pressreleases/pressrelease.cfm?id=1396 (424 words)

	News Detail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		They may face difficulty in accessing existing services because of the fear of real or potential homophobia.
		Speakers at the launch included Edwina Hart (Welsh Assembly Minster for Social Justice and Regeneration); Robert Lloyd (Performance Director of Tai Trothwy); Richard McKendrick (National Director, the Albert Kennedy Trust); Rachel Wilson (Project Manager, Triangle Wales); Chris Bryant (a service user) and two volunteers: Matt and James.
		Edwina Hart, the Welsh Assembly Minster for Social Justice and Regeneration, welcomed the new service: ‘I am delighted to support the launch of this new Helpline service.
	www.gwalia.com /news_more_info.cfm?itemid=1010 (297 words)

	Communities First Support Network - News Detail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Parents and children in Bonymaen, in Swansea, are set to benefit from nearly £100,000 of funding for three family-centred initiatives under the Welsh Assembly Government’s Communities First programme.
		The Minister for Social Justice and Regeneration, Edwina Hart, announced the grant of £96,966 today [January 19] to help support the Bonymaen Kids Play Initiative, Bontawe Community House and the Eastside Family Centre.
		Social Justice and Regeneration Minister, Edwina Hart, said: "Groups like these provide a vital service for parents and children in the community.
	www.communitiesfirst.info /index.cfm?method=news.news&id=207 (354 words)

	From the Assembly (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Minister (Edwina Hart) will build on the valuable work also started in partnership with the police and other agencies during the first Assembly administration.
		Mrs Hart said: "Many community centres and church halls are run down and even the good ones are all too often under-used.
		Edwina Hart, had announced the launch of a £9 million Community Trust Fund that day.
	www.nationalassembly.freeserve.co.uk /Corner.htm (10039 words)

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