Welsh Government Finance Minister Rebecca Evans has called on the UK Government to stop dragging their feet on handing over powers for raising and lowering Air Passenger Duty to Wales. In September 2019 the UK Government announced its decision to block the devolution of APD to Wales despite the cross […]
Owen Donovan, Senedd Home This week’s short debate was led by Mick Antoniw AM (Lab, Pontypridd) on the subject of celebrating Welsh heroes. Finding inspiration in the past Mick Antoniw said that while Wales has many heroes, their contribution is often camouflaged by “an overbearing UK or British identity”. It was […]
Owen Donovan, Senedd Home Here’s a summary of this afternoon’s questions to the Health Minister, Vaughan Gething (Lab, Cardiff S. & Penarth). Further questions on NHS winter pressures Helen Mary Jones AM (Plaid, Mid & West Wales) got a sense of deja vu from successive ministerial claims about the NHS during […]
A Bill to change the name of the Assembly to Senedd Cymru / Welsh Parliament and give 16 and 17-year-olds the vote will become an Act today. After sealing the Bill, to mark it receiving Royal Assent, the First Minister Mark Drakeford will present it to the National Assembly’s Chief […]
The England and Wales justice system is “failing” victims of rape and should be devolved in order to deliver the “radical change” needed. The shadow minister for social justice, Leanne Wood of Plaid Cymru, made the comment ahead of a debate on rape and sexual violence at the Senedd today. […]
Owen Donovan, Senedd Home First Minister’s Questions Plaid Cymru leader, Adam Price AM (Plaid, Carms. E. & Dinefwr) raised the matter of winter treatment delays which have hampered the Welsh NHS over the last few months – in some cases leading to avoidable patient deaths: “There had been an eight-hour delay […]
Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has accused the Westminster Government of “blocking democracy” after Prime Minister Boris Johnson refused a second independence referendum. Sturgeon said that the Conservatives were “terrified of Scotland’s right to choose – because they know that when given the choice we’ll choose independence”. “Tories have no […]
Plans to build a new bridge on a key route between the north and south of Wales which frequently floods have been given the green light by the Welsh Government. The A487 trunk road runs from the north of Pembrokeshire to Caernarfon and is the busiest north-south road in Wales. […]
Patriotic folk singer Dafydd Iwan has been outselling the likes of Harry Styles and Lewis Capaldi as it reached no.1 in the iTunes singles charts on Sunday. It follows an attempt by Yes Cymru supporters to get his song ‘Yma o Hyd’ to the top of the charts. The move […]
Owen Donovan, Senedd Home The Motion The Senedd: Calls on the Welsh Government to introduce a £35-a-week payment for every child in low-income families in Wales. Child Poverty: The “greatest failure” of modern politics Tabling the motion, Plaid Cymru leader, Adam Price AM (Plaid, Carms. E. & Dinefwr), described child poverty […]
