James Evans

Speeches

184

59 in Plenary, 125 in committee

Words spoken

23,610

Spoken in Welsh: 0%

Votes cast

41

of 52 held while sitting

Committee attendance

80%

4 of 5 meetings

Voted with the government

29%

12 of 41 votes where it took a side

Votes against own party

0

Oral questions asked

4

Written questions tabled

1

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.

• Climate and nature24%
• The NHS15%
• Farming and rural Wales15%
• Culture, sport and Wales in the world8%
• Social care5%
• Public health4%
• Councils and public services3%
• Schools3%

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

   And then Paul Davies—and thank you, Paul, for giving your own personal experience. You and I have talked a lot about this in the past, about your own personal experience of living with prostate cancer and the need to include it within that cancer strategy…

2. 21 October 2026, Plenary

   Reform UK Debate: Prostate cancer strategy

   Diolch, Llywydd. Can I just start by thanking all Members who've contributed to this debate, and also the Members who haven't contributed, but have actually sat through and listened to the debate? Because I think it's very nice that we've got a debate that…

3. 21 October 2026, Plenary

   Reform UK Debate: Prostate cancer strategy

   Thanks for taking the intervention. On top of those things that you've just listed, though, I think you have to recognise that, even through my time in the Senedd, when we were looking at waiting lists, actually cancer waiting lists targets were missed almost…

4. 21 October 2026, Plenary

   Reform UK Debate: Prostate cancer strategy

   Would the Member take an intervention?

5. 21 October 2026, Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability and Rural Affairs Committee

   Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting

   Item 5, then, is a motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting. Are Members content? Members are content. Thank you very much, everyone, for watching, and we'll now proceed in private.

6. 21 October 2026, Climate Change, Environment, Sustainability and Rural Affairs Committee

   Wildfire resilience in Wales - evidence session with local authorities and Natural Resources Wales

   I could come back again, but I think we'll write to you, to NRW, with some further questions on this area. Can I just, on behalf of the committee, thank our witnesses today, Dominic, Steffan and Neil, for their contributions? Just to let you know that a draft…