A Senedd Member called for restrictions on bottom trawling to protect Wales’ seabeds as she criticised the current “rudderless” marine protection policy.
Tag: Senedd
‘It cannot be allowed to fail’: Senedd debates 14,000-name petition to save canal
Senedd Members added their voices to a 14,000-strong chorus of calls for urgent action to avert a “catastrophic” drying out of the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal.
Welsh Government’s tourism tax plans get green light
The Senedd passed plans for a £1.30-a-night tourism tax in parts of Wales from 2027.
‘We owe it to Zach’: calls for focus on veterans at risk of cancer
A Senedd Member called for a greater focus on veterans diagnosed with cancer amid concerns about a causal link to exposure to toxic fumes during their military service.
Businesses ‘still in dark’ on support after Holyhead port closure
Traders remain in the dark about the business support available nearly seven months on from the closure of Holyhead port, Plaid Cymru’s leader warned.
Delyth Jewell MS slams ‘shameful’ UK welfare cuts
In her monthly blog for Caerphilly Observer, Plaid Cymru Senedd Member for South Wales East, Delyth Jewell, discusses the recent Westminster vote on welfare reforms
Calls for ‘Owain’s law’ to aid brain tumour treatment
Senedd Members called for Owain’s law, in memory of a young father, to ensure a gold-standard approach to preserving human tissue for other cancer patients in future.
Senedd rejects calls to declare health emergency
The Senedd narrowly rejected calls to declare a health emergency as the Conservatives warned NHS Wales is in the worst state it has ever been.
First Minister ‘failed to declare interest’ as trade union member
Eluned Morgan was found to have breached a rule by failing to declare her membership of Unite the Union during a 2024 statement on the Tata steelworks in Port Talbot.
Food processing industry ‘in managed decline’
The food processing industry in Wales is incredibly depressed about the future, with a fall in livestock numbers placing a question mark over its prospects, witnesses warned.