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2009

Alliance Conference - Regeneration: The View from Aberavon and Westminster (22/09/2009)
I very much welcome the opportunity to speak at this Alliance Conference to give the perspective of a Member of Parliament representing this Constituency of Aberavon which has successfully transformed itself through a range of regeneration strategies.

Keynote Address on 20th Anniversary of the Swansea University Part Time Degree Scheme (12/09/2009)
I am delighted, indeed honoured, to be part of this very special celebration - a celebration of twenty years of collective progress and personal achievement.

The Community of Learning (04/09/2009)
I am very pleased to be with you today to give my full support, as the local Member of Parliament, as an individual member of the Community Trade Union and as a former tutor in community adult education and trade union studies.

In Praise of Aberavon! (22/01/2009)
I was once asked to play for Neath but I turned them down: I was never good enough to play for Aberavon. I remember a few years later a local trade unionist who gave me a useful piece of advice: "Don’t attack that Manager – he wears an Aberavon jersey!"

2008

Remembering Tower’s Struggles (21/01/2008)
The personal is the political and the inspirational Tower story is testimony to that. I have many personal Tower stories which touch the lives of so many people in Wales and throughout the world.

2007

Big Magazine Article - Wales, Britain and Slavery; Parliament Remembers (March 2007)
It is rare – indeed unheard of – to have total unanimity in a Parliamentary debate. But this did happen recently when MPs commemorated the bicentenary of the abolition of slavery and I had the privilege of contributing twice in that debate.

2006

The South Wales Miners’ Library, thirty-three years on ‘An Educational Citadel’ and more (November 2006)
I am very pleased to be here today to preside over this special event, the re-opening of the South Wales Miners Library on its 33rd anniversary,

Who Cares for the Carers? The Story of Community MP Hywel Francis’ Carers Equal Opportunities Act (November 2006)
The Story of Community MP Hywel Francis’ Carers Equal Opportunities Act.

True Internationalist Voice from the Valleys (October 2006)
In the centenary year of the Parliamentary Labour Party it is pleasing and very appropriate that one of the most distinguished and remarkable members is recognised in an excellent biography.

Aberavon MP Dr Hywel Francis writes about his summer in his constituency (September 2006)
The Summer Parliamentary Recess provides the only real time for me to meet lots of people and organisations in my constituency which I am unable to meet throughout the year because of my Parliamentary duties in London.

2004

The Carers Revolution (03/12/2004)
Today - National Carers Rights Day - is about the future. For me, and for everyone present here today it is about ensuring that carers have the same rights - equal rights.

The Carers Equal Opportunities Bill N. Ireland (15/09/2004)
Doing the Right Job; Doing the Job Right Conference. The Fitzwilliam Hotel, Belfast.

The Carers Equal Opportunities Act Gwbert on Sea (10/09/2004)
I am delighted to be with you to thank, formally, officially and in person, Carers Wales for its support in achieving our Carers Equal Opportunities Act 2004.

2002

John Baillie Lecture (13/05/2002)
Can I say at the outset how privileged and honoured I am to be invited by NATFHE to give the John Baillie Memorial Lecture and for this to coincide very appropriately with the launch of the Paid Educational Leave Campaign.

2001

The explosion in Corus (10/11/2001)
There are just three things you can do on occasions like this – support the families, thank the emergency services, call for an inquiry and await the results.

Talking Point (21/10/2001)
I returned to Parliament last week after a recess in which I have been busy with surgeries, visits to communities and setting up a joint office with Dr Brian Gibbons AM.

Address to the Swansea Bay Racial Equality Council (31/07/2001)
I would like to thank Taha Idris and the Swansea Bay Racial Equality Council for your kind invitation to address the AGM.

Welsh Language WLP Conference (03/03/2001)
The recent controversy over the Welsh language highlights three key factors relating to the future of the Welsh Language.

Education WLP Conference (02/03/2002)
I am proud to speak here in this debate as the Prospective Parliamentary Labour Candidate for Aberavon.

2000

Hywel Francis WLGA speech (08/09/2000)
A Discussion Paper by Professor Hywel Francis, University of Wales Swansea.

Dic Penderyn Commenorative Service (12/08/2000)
Tribute by Professor Hywel Francis at St Mary’s Church, Aberafan.