Helen Jenner

Speeches

56

52 in Plenary, 4 in committee

Words spoken

11,479

Spoken in Welsh: 16%

Votes cast

42

of 52 held while sitting

Committee attendance

50%

1 of 2 meetings

Voted with the government

21%

9 of 42 votes where it took a side

Votes against own party

0

Oral questions asked

3

Written questions tabled

7

Speeches count contributions in Plenary and committees, leaving out the Llywydd's and deputies' chairing. Votes cast are out of the votes held while the Member sat. Against party means voting for when most of the Member's own party voted against, or the other way round; abstaining doesn't count.

• Schools36%
• The NHS14%
• Culture, sport and Wales in the world14%
• Social care11%
• The economy and jobs11%
• Farming and rural Wales11%
• Equality and human rights9%
• The constitution9%

Share of this Member's speeches that touch each brief. A speech can touch more than one.

1. 21 October 2026, Plenary

   Reform UK Debate: Prostate cancer strategy

   Nothing can ever prepare a person for receiving a cancer diagnosis, or indeed hearing about the diagnosis of a family member or a friend. It's one of the most terrifying things that anyone can be told, and it's a disease that touches, in effect, so many of…

2. 20 October 2026, Plenary

   Statement by the First Minister: 60th Anniversary of the Aberfan Disaster

   Wales produced some of the best coal in the world. For generations, Welsh miners sustained our communities, our industries and our economy. They represented the best of what we might today call 'alarm clock Britain'—people who got up, went to work, and…

3. 20 October 2026, Plenary

   Statement by the First Minister: 60th Anniversary of the Aberfan Disaster

   The depth of its impact is reflected in the fact that Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II visited Aberfan on eight occasions, including in the immediate aftermath of the disaster. This week, the King, Queen and Prince of Wales are set to visit, and I thank…

4. 20 October 2026, Plenary

   Statement by the First Minister: 60th Anniversary of the Aberfan Disaster

   I thank the First Minister for his statement marking this solemn occasion. Sixty years ago, on 21 October, staff and pupils at Pantglas went to school on the last day before half term. Tragically, for so many of them, that would be the last day of their…

5. 20 October 2026, Plenary

   Questions to the Counsel General

   Thank you. The inquiry has confirmed that it will examine matters involving devolved services in Wales. You started to clarify the legal obligations there placed on the Welsh Government to co-operate with the inquiry. Will this include provision of relevant…

6. 20 October 2026, Plenary

   Questions to the Counsel General

   4. What legal advice has the Counsel General provided to the Welsh Government regarding its legal responsibilities in relation to the independent inquiry into grooming gangs? OQ64725