Deputy Minister
for Mental Health and Wellbeing
Key interests and
achievements
Lynne is passionate
about suicide prevention and children and young people’s mental health. She was
Chair of the Senedd’s Children, Young People and Education Committee in the
Fifth Senedd.
Personal history
Lynne Neagle was
born in Merthyr Tydfil in 1968 and was educated at Cyfarthfa High School, then
Reading University, where she studied French and Italian. She is married to Huw
Lewis, Assembly Member for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney until the Fifth Assembly,
and has two sons.
Professional
background
Before her election
to the then National Assembly in 1999, Lynne held a number of posts within the
voluntary sector in Wales, working for organisations such as Shelter Cymru,
Mind and the CAB. She was Carers Development Officer with Voluntary Action
Cardiff and also worked as a researcher for Glenys Kinnock MEP
Political history
Lynne was a
long-serving chair of the Labour Group in the Assembly until 2008. Her
political interests include health, housing, social services, Europe and the
future of the valleys in south Wales. In the Fifth Senedd, Lynne was chair of
the Senedd’s Children, Young People and Education Committee.
Media Assets
Register of Interests
Register
of Interests – Fifth Senedd (PDF, 3.25MB)
Register
of Interests – Fourth Assembly (PDF, 850kb)
Register
of Interests – Third Assembly (PDF, 490kb)
Register
of Interests – Second Assembly (PDF, 361kb)
Register
of Interests – First Assembly (PDF, 268kb)