Plaid Cymru

Speeches and questions

Speeches and questions in Plenary and in committees, newest first. The Llywydd's and deputies' chairing of Plenary is left out.

60 speeches and questions

8 July 2026Plenary
Short Debate: Health inequalities in the south Wales coalfield
With a population of around 750,000, almost a quarter of Wales's population live in the south Wales coalfield areas, covering much of the Valleys, extending from Carmarthenshire in the west to Torfaen, the eastern valley. This area has been slower to recover…
8 July 2026Plenary
Short Debate: Health inequalities in the south Wales coalfield
Thank you very much for the opportunity to discuss a matter that is hugely important to me, namely the health inequalities that exist in coalfield areas. I will give a minute of my time, hopefully more, to Sera Evans, depending on how long I go on for. The…
7 July 2026Plenary
Debate: Fair Funding
Will you take an intervention?
23 June 2026Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability: Priorities for Rural Resilience and Sustainability
How are you going to communicate some of those proposed changes with the rural community? Diolch.
23 June 2026Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability: Priorities for Rural Resilience and Sustainability
Diolch, Ddirprwy Lywydd. Whether we live in rural areas or in our towns and cities, every one of us will be affected if we don't act now to build the rural resilience that you've set out today, Cabinet Minister. I know we feel that in my constituency. We need…
23 June 2026Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Pontypool has suffered severely from shop closures over many years. Unfortunately, empty units have become a feature, with many absentee landlords sadly uninterested in the town's future. Many top-down regeneration efforts haven't succeeded either, despite…
16 June 2026Plenary
Statement by the Trefnydd, Chief Whip and Cabinet Minister for Culture and Sport: Priorities for Culture and Sport
I don't think I'm supposed to be talking on this.
16 June 2026Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I was very pleased to welcome you and the Minister for education and the Welsh language to Ysgol Gymraeg Gwynllyw last week, which was my former school and that of Niamh Salkeld and Steffan Lewis, of course. The catchment for ysgol Gwynllyw is very broad, but…
12 May 2026Plenary
Nomination of the First Minister under Standing Order 8
Rhun ap Iorwerth.
12 May 2026Plenary
Election of the Deputy Presiding Officer under Standing Order 6
I would like to nominate Kerry Ferguson.