Cabinet Secretary for Housing and
Local Government
Jayne Bryant MS was born and
brought up in Newport where she lives. Jayne went to school in Newport and
entered politics at age 17.
In 2016 Jayne was first elected
as the Assembly Member for Newport West. She was appointed Chair of the
Standards of Conduct Committee in the Fifth Senedd, and also sat on the Health,
Social Care and Sport Committee.
Re-elected in 2021, Jayne was
nominated to Chair the Children, Young People and Education Committee in this
Sixth Senedd and also sat on the Special Purpose Committee on Senedd Reform and
the Local Government and Housing Committee.
Jayne chaired Cross-Party
Groups on Diabetes, Preventing Child Sexual Abuse, Arts and Health and Suicide
Prevention and acted as Vice Chair for the Cross-Party Groups on Dementia and
Intergenerational Solidarity.
Jayne was appointed Minister
for Mental Health and Early Years on 21 March 2024.
With a passion for social
justice, and an advocate to help and support people, Jayne is an active
campaigner on issues such as health and wellbeing; the environment and climate
change; transport; and tackling inequality. Jayne is dedicated to encouraging
young people to be active and interested in politics. Politics matters and
young people must be at the heart of it.
