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Opening times - the Senedd and Pierhead:
Monday - Friday: 09.00 - 16.30
Saturdays and bank holidays: 10.30 - 16.30
Last entry is 16.00
Please note: the building is open before and after usual opening times to accommodate visitors viewing Plenary, committees and other Senedd Business.
The Senedd and Pierhead will be closed over the Christmas period from Saturday 24 December, to Monday 2 January 2023.
Admission is free
Senedd committees are a powerful part of Welsh democracy. They check and challenge the actions of the Welsh Government, scrutinise draft laws, and...
Our reading lists draw together the key sources of information about specific policy areas in Wales. They include background information about poli...
An increasing number of laws for Wales are being made in Westminster, rather than by the Senedd. According to the Senedd’s Legislation, Justice and...
The Cymru men’s football team are only a few short weeks away from kicking off their opening group match of their first World Cup campaign in 64 ye...
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is the EU’s civil society institution. Its role is to ensure the voice of EU civil society is hea...
How can communities in Wales ensure local facilities and services continue to be available to local people? For some communities, the answer has b...
The debate around the devolution of justice to Wales is not new. It’s been advocated by political commentators and academics; recommended by the Co...
Treaties are usually binding legal texts between states or international organisations. Probably the most familiar type of international law, their...
This week has seen a constitutional first as the Secretary of State for Scotland stopped a Scottish Parliament Bill from becoming law for the first...
The Welsh Government has recommended that the Senedd withholds consent for the UK Government’s Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (“the B...
This statistical briefing on care experienced children in Wales sets out some of the characteristics of ‘children looked after’, parental factors,...
The Co-operation Agreement between the Welsh Government and Plaid Cymru says supply teaching should be brought back ‘in-house’, or at least under l...
There are “significant problems with the way Wales is currently governed” according to the Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of W...
In October 2019, the Commission on Justice in Wales published its review of the justice system in Wales and concluded that “the people of Wales are...
On 16 November the Senedd will debate the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee report Digital connectivity - broadband. The Wel...
This exhibition traces the history of refugees in Wales from the 1930s until the present day. It tells the stories of those who fled from National...
If you were to take a photo that represents you and your Wales, what would it look like? Select your Senedd background and make your own masterpiec...
Three experts in the fields of governance, policy and inclusivity have been appointed as Independent Advisers to the Senedd Commission.
An annual lecture in honour of Betty Campbell MBE and screening of director Liana Stewart's documentary 'Black and Welsh' will be hosted at the Sen...
Senedd committee calls for a focus on tackling the wider causes of poor mental health
The Health and Social Care Committee is looking at mental health inequalities in Wales.
Senedd Reform refers to proposals to change the make-up of the Senedd to better suit the needs of the people of Wales.
The Senedd Finance Committee attended the inaugural meeting of the Interparliamentary Finance Committee Forum in Edinburgh.
We call upon the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to develop a national strategy to Close the Gap in educational attainm...
We, the undersigned, call on the National Assembly to urge the Welsh Government to end the unfair practice of charging letting agent fees to tenant...
Natural Resources Wales (Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru) needS tighter governance and scrutiny. Stop turning profitable agricultural land into habitat & SS...
We call for the Welsh Assembly Government to give funding to support Autism Spectrum Connections Cymru. This charity is unique in Wales. Autism Sp...
www.research.senedd.wales Welsh Parliament Senedd Research The Senedd and Devolution in Wales A bibliography The Senedd and Devolution in Wales: a bibliography...
www.senedd.wales Welsh Parliament Senedd Research Care Experienced Children Statistical Briefing January 2023 The Welsh Parliament is the democratically elected body that represents the inte...