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The creation of the Assembly in 1999 resurrected Welsh as a legal language. Since then, the Senedd has been a bilingual legislature making laws of...
They say a week is a long time in politics, but how about 25 years? This year, the Senedd marks a quarter of a century. It’s an institution that...
Wales has operated within a joint legal jurisdiction with England for nearly 500 years. For centuries, this has worked with relative ease but as th...
The Senedd’s Finance Committee has been busy engaging with stakeholders on what they think the Welsh Government should prioritise for the 2025-26 D...
On 9 July 2024, the First Minister set out the Welsh Government’s legislative commitments for the rest of this Senedd term (which is due to end in...
Tomorrow (Tuesday 14 May), the new Cabinet Secretary for Education will make a statement in the Senedd on “Our National Mission: delivering on Wale...
This is a new statistical briefing on care experienced children in Wales. It sets out some of the characteristics of ‘children looked after’, paren...
The way laws are made in Wales has changed more in the last 25 years than in any other part of the United Kingdom. From the Assembly’s start as a...
Roll-out of the Curriculum for Wales is well underway. It began in September 2022 and extends to Year 9 this September. This means the first learne...
The Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister is holding a session on 12 July 2024 with the First Minister, Vaughan Gething MS, focusing on...
The Welsh Government publishes a budget annually, but it doesn’t do this in isolation. Rules around what the Welsh Government can do with its budge...
The way in which laws are made for Wales has been heavily influenced over the last 25 years by a series of commissions, committees and panels conve...
These 2024-25 guides are updated versions of previously published guidance by Senedd Research. The guides include information on the financial supp...
The UK Government has decided to ratify UNESCO’s 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) (“the Convention”)....
25 years since the first Members were elected to represent the people of Wales, the Welsh Parliament is looking to the future as Their Majesties Th...
Children and young people with disabilities or additional learning needs are being let down by decision-makers at the most crucial time in their li...
The Senedd’s Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee is calling on the Welsh Government to carry out a full review of the Development Bank of Wales
Changes to the number of Members, the voting system and the length of each Senedd term have been voted through.
On 21 October 2023, the Senedd handed over its space to the first ever We Belong Here women’s takeover event.
Every corner of Wales has its own unique story to tell and here at the Senedd, we're proud to represent them all. Our beautiful country touches m...
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 call on the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to ensure that future cost increases for the use of forest roads for car ra...
This petition calls on the Welsh Government to replace the old concrete surface on the A40 road from Raglan to Abergavenny with whispering tarmac....
Mental Illness is an issue that has always been heavily stigmatised within society. The words 'Crazy', 'Nutjob', 'Insane' have become a normalised...
Welsh Parliament Senedd Research 25 years of Welsh law-making June 2024 Welsh Parliament Senedd Research senedd.wales The Welsh Parliament is the democratically elected body that represe...
www.senedd.wales Welsh Parliament Senedd Research Restoration of opencast mines Research Briefing July 2024 The Welsh Parliament is the democratically elected body that represents the inter...
www.senedd.wales Welsh Parliament Senedd Research Rural communities Research Briefing July 2024 The Welsh Parliament is the democratically elected body that represents the interests of Wale...
Author: Megan Jones Date: August 2016 Research Briefing Welsh-medium education and Welsh as a subject National Assembly for Wales Research Service The National Assembly for Wales is the...