19 May 2026 , Plenary
Statement by the First Minister: The First Minister's Priorities
Thank you very much. Llywydd, fellow Members of the Senedd, as we meet for the second time as a Senedd since the election less than two weeks ago, I do hope that my Government's desire to maintain momentum and to get on immediately in making a difference to…
12 May 2026 , Plenary
Nomination of the First Minister under Standing Order 8
Thank you all very much. [Applause.]
12 May 2026 , Plenary
Nomination of the First Minister under Standing Order 8
Llywydd, I will end with this: when compassion is backed by the courage to act, and when recognition of our potential today meets a collective aspiration to secure a better tomorrow, that is when our nation's voice will sing the loudest. That is how we know…
12 May 2026 , Plenary
Nomination of the First Minister under Standing Order 8
The Plaid Cymru Government will be here to serve everyone in every community, urban and rural, old and young, whether they speak Welsh or do not, those who have always been here and those who are new amongst us, south, east, west and north. Where there is…
12 May 2026 , Plenary
Nomination of the First Minister under Standing Order 8
I would also like to congratulate party leaders: Jane Dodds, Darren Millar and Ken Skates on their re-election. I know they will bring the same energy and passion to proceedings in the seventh Senedd, as they did in the last. To our colleagues in the Green…
12 May 2026 , Plenary
Nomination of the First Minister under Standing Order 8
Thank you very much, all. Thank you, Llywydd, first of all, and congratulations to you on being elected to the role, and to the Deputy Presiding Officer too. I know that the success and reputation of our Senedd are matters that are very close to your heart…
12 May 2026 , Plenary
Nomination of the First Minister under Standing Order 8
Rhun ap Iorwerth.
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?
It's the Chair of the committee.
4 March 2026 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: The rail network
I can't quite believe that the Welsh Government, facing the continued injustice of a lack of firm commitment on spending for rail in Wales that's been going on for decades—an injustice that's been going on at the hands of successive UK Governments, both…
4 March 2026 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: The rail network
Thank you very much, Llywydd. I'm grateful to everyone who's participated in this afternoon's debate. It's a debate on an issue the people of Wales have long since come to a conclusion is about far more than how we travel from A to B, but a matter of real…
4 March 2026 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: The rail network
Thank you for taking the intervention, and I welcome that comment. It is a very important comment to make. And does the Member agree with me that there is an opportunity lost to invest in other parts of the economy when, for example, the growth deal in north…
4 March 2026 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: The rail network
I was talking to Lord Wigley in the past few days about exactly the same exercise having been done for the north Wales main line by UK Governments in 1975-76. The promise was made, the plan was drawn up; we're still waiting 50 years on. That's why people have…
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
Does the Member accept that there is no announcement of a £14 billion investment in rail in Wales?
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
Fourteen billion pounds has not been promised to Wales. This is a list of projects that need to be done in Wales. I agree, you could add to it, but there is no promise of money to Wales.
4 March 2026 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: The rail network
I'm not as ideologically driven as the Conservative Member is. Can he confirm that he is happy for Wales to be underfunded for rail, as long as rail stays centralised at Westminster?
4 March 2026 , Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: The rail network
Will you take an intervention?
3 March 2026 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I note that the First Minister avoided the question on homelessness and avoided responding on Labour's 27 years of failure. Yesterday, she held up a piece of cardboard with five sentences on it; Plaid have a detailed plan for our first 100 days, and that's…
3 March 2026 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I'm grateful to the First Minister for that response. I'd ask that she continues to update Senedd Members so that we can pass on any relevant information to constituents of ours who I know have been contacting us, too. Llywydd, turning to matters closer to…
3 March 2026 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Diolch yn fawr iawn, Llywydd. I know I speak on behalf of everyone in this Chamber when I express my deep concern about the escalating violence in the middle east, including its impact on Welsh citizens. I know, too, that we all condemn the brutality and the…
24 February 2026 , Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning: Local Growth Fund Investment Plan for Wales
I noted that the Minister hadn't answered Luke Fletcher's point on the hundreds of jobs that are at risk because of the situation with this new local growth fund. I want to speak specifically very briefly about Môn CF, a charity and a company that belongs to…
24 February 2026 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
The target was set after Brexit and then cut by 20 per cent, but I think that the First Minister is somewhat missing the point. It makes not a bit of difference whether the advice to change the measure came from inside or outside Wales. The point is that the…
24 February 2026 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I'm very interested in this idea of new ideas from outside Wales on measuring delivery. I'll tell you how apprenticeships have traditionally been counted. You don't count them until an apprentice has completed eight weeks. You don't measure those dropping out…
24 February 2026 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Diolch, Llywydd. On the fourth anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine, we state unequivocally today that we stand with the people of Ukraine. And, as we reflect on the cruel tyranny of Putin, we remember the importance of democracy, including our own. As we…
