International Women’s Day 2017 7th March 2017 As the theme for International Women’s Day 2017 states, we must Be Bold for Change and step up to help drive gender equality. We will be supporting the motion... Speeches
LGBT History Month 15th February 2017 Stonewall Cymru have stated that 55 per cent of LGB pupils have experienced bullying on the basis of their sexual orientation; 83 per cent of trans young people... Speeches
Opposition Debate on Banking Services 15th February 2017 Having an accessible local Branch is important for older people, those without transport, or internet access, shopkeepers and small businesses. Unlike the... Speeches
Police Settlement Debate 2017/18 14th February 2017 With the Home Office continuing to overlay its needs- based formula with a floor mechanism, all Police Forces in Wales and England will receive the same 1.4%... Speeches
Welsh Conservative Debate on the Modern Industrial Strategy 8th February 2017 As the Prime Minster said in her Lancaster speech last month “I want Britain to be what we have the potential, talent and ambition to be. A great, global... Speeches
Welsh Government Debate on Leaving the EU White Paper 7th February 2017 Although we agree “that any final deal must be developed with the best interests of the Welsh economy and society at heart”, this Welsh Government motion has... Speeches
Opposition Debate on Health and Social Care 1st February 2017 It is now 11 years since I launched CHANT Cymru at the request of campaigners throughout Wales - fighting for local beds at Local Community Hospitals... Speeches
Debate on The Annual Report on Equality 2015-2016 30th January 2017 The Equality Act 2010 legally protects people from discrimination in the workplace and wider society on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment... Speeches
Individual Member’s Debate Calling on the UK Government to hold a full public inquiry into the contaminated blood tragedy of the 1970s and 1980s 25th January 2017 In the 1970s and 1980s, a proportion of blood products supplied to patients by the NHS was contaminated with HIV or hepatitis C. Around 4,670 patients with... Speeches