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.

37 speeches and questions

8 July 2026Plenary
Short Debate: Health inequalities in the south Wales coalfield
This Government is committed to tackling the fundamental causes of ill health, to tackling inequalities wherever they arise, and to ensuring that the preventative approach is central to the Government's work, so that we can build a Wales where everyone in our…
8 July 2026Plenary
Short Debate: Health inequalities in the south Wales coalfield
Too many people in Wales can expect to spend far fewer years in good health than they should. In just a few years, healthy life expectancy has dropped by over two years for men, and two and a half years for women in Wales. This isn't a gradual change; it's a…
8 July 2026Plenary
Short Debate: Health inequalities in the south Wales coalfield
From Blaenau Gwent, Torfaen and through to Merthyr, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Caerphilly, Neath Port Talbot, Swansea and part of Carmarthenshire, we see that families and communities that helped build modern Wales now experience social, economic, environmental and…
8 July 2026Plenary
Short Debate: Health inequalities in the south Wales coalfield
Thank you, Llywydd. I very much welcome the opportunity to respond to this debate, to emphasise how important our coalfield communities are to this Government, and the need for us, as a new Government, to understand their specific needs, as well as to outline…
24 June 2026Plenary
Short Debate: Life expectancy inequalities in Cardiff’s southern arc
For too long, we have built a system that responds when people fall ill, rather than doing everything within our ability to help people to remain healthy, and that must change. We cannot accept a Wales where two children are born just a few miles apart in…
24 June 2026Plenary
Short Debate: Life expectancy inequalities in Cardiff’s southern arc
Much of the ill health that blights lives across Wales is neither inevitable nor unavoidable. In many cases, it's predictable. In many cases, it is preventable. That is why it is so troubling that healthy life expectancy is falling and health inequalities are…
24 June 2026Plenary
Short Debate: Life expectancy inequalities in Cardiff’s southern arc
Thank you very much, Dirprwy Lywydd, and thank you very much to the Member for bringing such an important debate forward on her birthday, and happy birthday. Behind every statistic we've heard mentioned during this debate today, there is an individual, a…
24 June 2026Plenary
Topical Questions
Well, I'm pleased to hear those comments, and the understanding that this is something that we need to tackle, and that climate change is a priority. Of course, it's a priority for this new Government, and we'll be very pleased to see the support for the fact…
24 June 2026Plenary
Topical Questions
Thank you, and I do share those concerns and those comments on the impact on families as schools and childcare facilities close. But we don't take these decisions lightly in terms of the red weather warning. We've never had such a red warning in Wales because…
24 June 2026Plenary
Topical Questions
Thank you. I agree with the comments made about the severity of the extreme weather that we see today, and over the coming days. As I mentioned, we've co-ordinated activities nationally in order to try and manage and monitor the situation every day. The…
24 June 2026Plenary
Topical Questions
We have implemented our response co-ordination arrangements in order to monitor the impacts of extreme heat across the areas that we are responsible for, working with partners, local resilience forums and the UK Government. I encourage everyone to follow…
12 May 2026Plenary
Nomination of the First Minister under Standing Order 8
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