9 June 2026 , Plenary
Statement by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice and Equality: Priorities for Social Justice and Equality
Welcome to your post. I'm pleased to see you in this role.
9 June 2026 , Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Local Government, Housing and Planning: Priorities for Local Government, Housing and Planning
But to go to the subject, you mentioned previously, Cabinet Minister, how homelessness affects children, and I just really wanted to raise that issue and just hear a little bit more from you, if I may. We know that the Children's Commissioner for Wales…
9 June 2026 , Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Local Government, Housing and Planning: Priorities for Local Government, Housing and Planning
Thank you very much, Dirprwy Lywydd. Can I make three points, please? First of all, can I welcome you to the chair? Can I welcome you, Siân Gwenllian, to your role? And also, can I once again welcome all members of Government staying here for the statements?…
9 June 2026 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Good afternoon, Trefnydd. I'd like to request a statement from the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability on the urgent need for a nationally televised emergency briefing on climate and nature. In November 2025, 10 of the UK's foremost…
9 June 2026 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Diolch yn fawr iawn. First Minister, I warmly welcome your ambition on childcare. The contrast with Reform, who offered nothing on this issue, could not be clearer. Wales has the least generous childcare offer in the UK, despite having the lowest wages and…
9 June 2026 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
12. What are the Welsh Government's current priorities for childcare? OQ64131
9 June 2026 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Good afternoon, again, Prif Weinidog. To get to question 12, that is a real achievement. Diolch yn fawr iawn.
9 June 2026 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Here I am again. Thank you very much, Llywydd.
9 June 2026 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Good afternoon, Prif Weinidog. Do you know, I find it absolutely astonishing that there are still calls from Reform UK to cut the tax revenue? Such proposals are just completely reckless when our communities and our public services are really facing cuts. And…
2 June 2026 , Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Health and Care: Health and Care Priorities
Diolch yn fawr iawn, Llywydd, and good afternoon, Cabinet Minister. Welcome to your new role. I just wanted to ask about social care. I know you and I have both raised this issue in the previous Senedd. We know that, right now, 1,275 people are stuck in…
2 June 2026 , Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
Good afternoon, Trefnydd—welcome to the role. Could I ask, please, for a statement from the Deputy Minister for Public and Preventative Health on the urgent gaps in gambling harms here in Wales? Following the introduction of the gambling harms levy, £1.3…
2 June 2026 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Good afternoon, First Minister. I just want to go back to the issues around Dŵr Cymru, if I may, please. In just two years, people have seen their average water bill rise by over 30 per cent, yet this has not translated into clear improvements in water…
19 May 2026 , Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: The First Minister's Priorities
—particularly the one on child poverty, which we've touched on today, and the cost of living, the NHS, childcare. Where you move with real pace and urgency on these issues, you'll find in me a constructive partner. I want to speak for those not in the Siambr…
19 May 2026 , Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: The First Minister's Priorities
Good afternoon, First Minister, and a warm welcome to your new role. Thank you very much for setting out your priorities, and I do welcome them all—
12 May 2026 , Plenary
Nomination of the First Minister under Standing Order 8
Abstain.
12 May 2026 , Plenary
Election of the Presiding Officer under Standing Order 6
I second Huw Irranca-Davies.
4 March 2026 , Plenary
Group 2: Targets for Teachers and Assessors of BSL (Amendment 2)
I will just be making one contribution to this Stage 3. I would like to place on record my thanks to Mark Isherwood for his perseverance and tenacity in bringing this Bill here today. And I would like to say how much of a privilege it was to sit on the…
4 March 2026 , Plenary
Group 1: BSL: National adviser, advisory panel and complaints (Amendments 1, 14, 10, 12, 13, 15)
Thank you so much for taking the intervention. As you know, I sit on the Equality and Social Justice Committee and supported Sioned in terms of this particular area—that is, about the system of complaints. You touched on it slightly there, which is that we…
4 March 2026 , Plenary
Short Debate: How can Wales protect, enhance, and enshrine our world-leading cultural organisations for the enrichment of the people of Wales and beyond?
I pay tribute too to Rhianon for her absolutely sterling work in this area. You have been the absolute leader in terms of bringing us along as a Senedd in this area, and I do pay tribute to you and thank you. Culture and arts and sports as well are actually…
4 March 2026 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: The rail network
Thank you so much, and I'm grateful to you for referring to the position that Welsh Labour find themselves in in terms of the devolution of rail as opposed to UK Labour. I'm just really interested: what do you feel needs to happen in order to ensure that your…
4 March 2026 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: The rail network
Will you take an intervention?
4 March 2026 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: The rail network
There is befuddlement and confusion at large. We've heard talk of the £14 billion for rail in Wales. It does sound impressive, but beyond the £400 million already announced in last summer's spending review, funding meant to last until 2030, much of that…
4 March 2026 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: The rail network
Thank you so much. I'm not Plaid Cymru. I'm the Welsh Liberal Democrats. We don't believe in independence, and yet we want the devolution—full devolution—of rail funding to Wales. So, could you just amend your position, please, to say that it's not…
4 March 2026 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: The rail network
Can I make an intervention, please?
3 March 2026 , Plenary
Group 3: Remediation (Amendments 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 30, 62, 63)
I wish to speak to the amendments in this grouping, and I want to begin by welcoming the Government's decision to accept them. It is the right decision, and I pay tribute to those people working cross-party to reach this point, but I want to pay particular…
