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.
Tag: Senedd
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.
Senedd set to sign off on £1.30-a-night tourism tax
The Senedd debated dozens of final changes to plans for a £1.30-a-night tourism levy, with the tax set to get the go-ahead in a key vote next week.
Welsh Government plans ‘business-as-usual’ budget
Mark Drakeford confirmed the Welsh Government will publish a “business-as-usual” budget in the autumn as the next Senedd election nears.
Deputy First Minister pressed over environment bill delay
Huw Irranca-Davies was questioned about delays introducing the environment bill, which aims to halt and reverse nature loss.