Members of the Senedd will pay tribute to its first Presiding Officer, Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas, during Plenary on Tuesday 11 February.
Tributes will be led by the Llywydd, Rt Hon Elin Jones MS, followed by the First Minister, Eluned Morgan MS, the Leader of the Welsh Conservatives, Leader of Plaid Cymru and other members.
You can view the session on Senedd.tv
Flags are at half-mast outside the Senedd in tribute.
Paying tribute, the Llywydd of the Senedd Elin Jones MS called Dafydd Elis-Thomas the “Senedd’s founding father” and that it is “hard to imagine Welsh political life without him”.
Lord Elis-Thomas passed away on Friday 7 February. He was the first Presiding Officer for the then National Assembly for Wales and was elected to serve in the role for three terms, from 1999 to 2011.
An instrumental player in the establishment of devolution, Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas led the brand-new Assembly through the first 12 years of its existence. His steady leadership during this time put the Assembly on course to becoming the parliament it is today.
Read the Llywydd’s full tribute to Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas
