Petitions Committee

The Petitions Committee has been set up by the Senedd to consider all petitions that meet our rules of collecting 250 signatures.

The Committee has five Members who come from the different party groups represented in the Senedd.

How can I start a petition?

Meetings Schedule

Meeting Transcripts

Forward work programme

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Contact Details

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Cardiff

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Latest Committee Activity

Committee News

The Committee will next meet on Monday 22 September 2025.
On Wednesday 4 June, Senedd Members debated the Petition P-06-1476: '1000 meter mandatory buffer zone for all new and existing quarries.'
On 22 May, the Committee published its report on Petition P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities.
On 12 March, the Committee published its report on Petition P-06-1482 Ban smartphones in all schools in Wales (with exemptions for exceptional circumstances). On Wednesday 14 May, Senedd Members debated the report in the Siambr.
The Senedd’s Petitions website has been updated. For every petition you can now see a 'heatmap' showing where people have been signing that petition. You can see maps based on Constituency or Region. We hope this new feature will be useful to both those creating and signing petitions.

Current Work

Remit

The Committee was established on 23 June 2021 to carry out the functions of the responsible committee set out in Standing Order 23.

Completed work and published reports

Committee Members

Carolyn Thomas MS

Chair

North Wales

Welsh Labour

Welsh Labour Group

Rhys ab Owen MS

South Wales Central

Independent Member

Not affiliated to a Political Group

Luke Fletcher MS

South Wales West

Plaid Cymru

Plaid Cymru Group

Vaughan Gething MS

Cardiff South and Penarth

Welsh Labour and Co-operative Party

Welsh Labour Group

Joel James MS

South Wales Central

Welsh Conservative Party

Welsh Conservative Party Group

CSV file of current committee members