Siambr · Constituencies · W09000054

Casnewydd Islwyn

The Members elected here in May 2026, with their seat history and their figures in Plenary.

Boundaries: ONS, OGL v3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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Art Wright

  • Reform UK · 2026-05-08 to present

Seventh Senedd, to : 28 sittings held while this Member sat.

Last spoke in Plenary
Contributions in Plenary
31
Speaking time in Plenary
33 m 08 s
From 25 timed contributions
Words spoken in Plenary
4,762
As the Record gives them, chairing excluded
Share spoken in Welsh in Plenary
3%
137 of 4,762 words
Votes cast in Plenary
96%
67 of 70 divisions held while sitting
Oral questions tabled in Plenary
6
By the Record’s OQ reference; supplementaries not counted
Written questions tabled
45

Counted by Siambr: sums of the Record’s own rows, in Plenary only. Members are not ranked or compared with a chamber average.

Dan Thomas

  • Reform UK · 2026-05-08 to present

Seventh Senedd, to : 28 sittings held while this Member sat.

Last spoke in Plenary
Contributions in Plenary
32
Speaking time in Plenary
55 m 23 s
From 32 timed contributions
Words spoken in Plenary
8,637
As the Record gives them, chairing excluded
Share spoken in Welsh in Plenary
0%
2 of 8,637 words
Votes cast in Plenary
64%
45 of 70 divisions held while sitting
Oral questions tabled in Plenary
0
By the Record’s OQ reference; supplementaries not counted
Written questions tabled
320

Counted by Siambr: sums of the Record’s own rows, in Plenary only. Members are not ranked or compared with a chamber average.

Jayne Bryant

  • Welsh Labour · 2026-05-08 to present

Seventh Senedd, to : 28 sittings held while this Member sat.

Last spoke in Plenary
Contributions in Plenary
50
Speaking time in Plenary
1 h 26 m 17 s
From 44 timed contributions
Words spoken in Plenary
12,878
As the Record gives them, chairing excluded
Share spoken in Welsh in Plenary
1%
104 of 12,878 words
Votes cast in Plenary
100%
70 of 70 divisions held while sitting
Oral questions tabled in Plenary
6
By the Record’s OQ reference; supplementaries not counted
Written questions tabled
19

Counted by Siambr: sums of the Record’s own rows, in Plenary only. Members are not ranked or compared with a chamber average.

Lyn Ackerman

  • Plaid Cymru · 2026-05-08 to present

Seventh Senedd, to : 28 sittings held while this Member sat.

Last spoke in Plenary
Contributions in Plenary
17
Speaking time in Plenary
11 m 43 s
From 11 timed contributions
Words spoken in Plenary
1,647
As the Record gives them, chairing excluded
Share spoken in Welsh in Plenary
8%
126 of 1,647 words
Votes cast in Plenary
100%
70 of 70 divisions held while sitting
Oral questions tabled in Plenary
6
By the Record’s OQ reference; supplementaries not counted
Written questions tabled
0

Counted by Siambr: sums of the Record’s own rows, in Plenary only. Members are not ranked or compared with a chamber average.

Natasha Asghar

  • Welsh Conservative Party · 2026-05-08 to present

Seventh Senedd, to : 28 sittings held while this Member sat.

Last spoke in Plenary
Contributions in Plenary
64
Speaking time in Plenary
1 h 52 m 50 s
From 60 timed contributions
Words spoken in Plenary
23,099
As the Record gives them, chairing excluded
Share spoken in Welsh in Plenary
0%
74 of 23,099 words
Votes cast in Plenary
66%
46 of 70 divisions held while sitting
Oral questions tabled in Plenary
4
By the Record’s OQ reference; supplementaries not counted
Written questions tabled
126

Counted by Siambr: sums of the Record’s own rows, in Plenary only. Members are not ranked or compared with a chamber average.

Peredur Owen Griffiths

  • Plaid Cymru · 2026-05-08 to present

Seventh Senedd, to : 28 sittings held while this Member sat.

Last spoke in Plenary
Contributions in Plenary
54
Speaking time in Plenary
41 m 33 s
From 50 timed contributions
Words spoken in Plenary
6,457
As the Record gives them, chairing excluded
Share spoken in Welsh in Plenary
27%
1,732 of 6,457 words
Votes cast in Plenary
100%
70 of 70 divisions held while sitting
Oral questions tabled in Plenary
4
By the Record’s OQ reference; supplementaries not counted
Written questions tabled
0

Counted by Siambr: sums of the Record’s own rows, in Plenary only. Members are not ranked or compared with a chamber average.

Area record

Senedd records that name a place the gazetteer puts in Casnewydd Islwyn, whoever spoke. Welsh Government’s words are included as the Senedd records them. Listed newest first, never totalled.

Counted by Siambr: places assigned through the ONS Index of Place Names in Great Britain (July 2024) and ONS Output Area lookups. A place name is matched as the gazetteer prints it, case and all. It is placed in a 2026 constituency through the ONS Output Area lookups for the gazetteer's ward, community, built-up area or local authority code. A name the gazetteer gives more than one place, or a place spanning constituencies, is listed as ambiguous, as is a name the Record also prints in lower case or as part of a person's name.

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  1. 2026-10-21 · Speech · Mark Hooper, Deputy Minister for Transport, Member for Pen-y-bont Bro Morgannwg · Climate Change & Transport

    Lywydd, hoffwn ddechrau gyda rhywbeth rydyn ni i gyd yn cytuno arno: mae tagfeydd ar y M4 o amgylch Casnewydd yn broblem fawr i bobl, busnesau a chymunedau.

  2. 2026-10-21 · Speech · Lyn Ackerman, Member for Casnewydd Islwyn · Climate Change & Transport

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    For people in Casnewydd Islwyn, the roads that lead to the M4 matter as much as the motorway itself. Changes at the Newport junction could affect journeys from the Valleys and put more traffic through residential areas. The Arup review warns that traffic could be displaced around Malpas, High Cross and Ridgeway, which affects noise and air quality. A proposal could therefore improve the flow of traffic on the motorway while making some local journeys worse. We need to know where that traffic would go and what the consequences would be for the people living around those routes. The Government has said that no decision to implement junction closures has been taken. It is committed to further traffic modelling before any decisions are made. I support the decision and look forward to seeing the updated data before the Government makes any final decision.

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  3. 2026-10-21 · Speech · Huw Irranca-Davies, Llywydd, Member for Afan Ogwr Rhondda · Not classified

    Nesaf, pleidleisiwn ar ddadl Llafur Cymru, yr M4 o amgylch Casnewydd. Galwaf am bleidlais ar y cynnig a gyflwynwyd yn enw Lynne Neagle. Os gwrthodir y cynnig, byddwn yn pleidleisio ar y gwelliant a gyflwynwyd i'r cynnig. Agorwch y bleidlais. Cau'r bleidlais. Dyma ganlyniad y bleidlais: o blaid 46, neb yn ymatal, yn erbyn 44. Mae'r cynnig wedi ei dderbyn.

  4. 2026-10-21 · Speech · Peredur Owen Griffiths, Member for Casnewydd Islwyn · Climate Change & Transport

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    But, beyond the political theatre, there's a serious problem for the communities I represent. People in Casnewydd Islwyn want to get to work on time. They want reliable trains and buses and an end to the daily frustration of M4 congestion. I know how badly the congestion affects residents and businesses. There's no simple, single solution. If there was one, Labour might have found it during all those years in Government.

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  5. 2026-10-21 · Speech · Paul Rock, Member for Caerdydd Ffynnon Taf · Climate Change & Transport

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    The railway stations recommended by Lord Burns are, as I said, welcome. Experience shows that new railway stations always outperform the passenger number modelling, so these stations could really make a difference to traffic on the M4 around Newport. It won't surprise Members that I feel the Burns stations don't go far enough. In my own constituency, the long-anticipated, but currently unfunded, stations at Gabalfa and Roath park, as well as others like Caerleon, would encourage more people to use public transport, helping to reduce congestion across the whole road network. Rather than spending the entire Welsh Government capital budget on a single new motorway that would devastate a fragile ecosystem, public money is far better spent on making cost-effective improvements more quickly to our existing road network and public transport that, together, can produce considerable benefits for all road users, including freight, private cars, buses, cyclists and pedestrians. Diolch.

  6. 2026-10-21 · Speech · Jayne Bryant, Member for Casnewydd Islwyn · Climate Change & Transport

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    Let's take the Government's serious proposals to close junctions. Fully closing High Cross and the eastbound slips at Malpas and Caerleon is not a quick fix. The Welsh Government's own report shows that it would only take up to 3 per cent of traffic off the motorway. Not everyone can work from home, and junction closures, whether temporary or permanent, would also affect public transport, access to healthcare, childcare and property prices. It's astounding that the Government is even considering this.

  7. 2026-10-21 · Speech · Huw Irranca-Davies, Llywydd, Member for Afan Ogwr Rhondda · Climate Change & Transport

    Yr eitem nesaf yw dadl Llafur Cymru, yr M4 o amgylch Casnewydd. Galwaf ar Jayne Bryant i wneud y cynnig.

  8. 2026-10-21 · Speech · Jayne Bryant, Member for Casnewydd Islwyn · Climate Change & Transport

    When I asked the Deputy Minister how the remaining junctions at Tredegar Park and the Coldra would cope with the displaced traffic, he had no answer, because it wouldn't cope; it would just funnel toxic air and gridlock into residential streets. That's why, Llywydd, we're asking that this Senedd charts a new course today. Welsh Labour believes that local people should be at the heart of this new Government's approach to the M4 around Newport. Successive Governments—the Conservatives before devolution, a Plaid Cymru Minister in 2009, and Welsh Labour Governments—have all failed to resolve this challenge.

    In addition to junction closures, the review identifies the options of widening the Brynglas tunnels, combined with the ineffective interventions on local roads, and the so-called blue route is back on the table, which would take traffic closer to communities like Liswerry, Ringland, Pill and Duffryn. The blue route might seem like an option for people who don't live in the area, but with thousands of homes built at Glan Llyn and Milton Park since the initial option was proposed, and thousands more being built, turning what's known as the SDR, the southern distributor road, into a quasi motorway is completely divorced from reality. Everyone knows locally how busy that road is.

    Plaid Cymru's public transport plans are not new. They were in progress before this Government. The Burns train stations and better public transport are vital. Welsh Labour championed them, and we need them to be delivered. And while we're glad to see Magor and Undy and Cardiff parkway stations progress, these stations alone will not solve congestion at the Brynglas tunnels. We need to see the Plaid Cymru Government act with urgency to deliver the stations in Newport at Somerton, Liswerry and Tredegar Park. Public transport must be regular, reliable and affordable for people to use it. I say this as someone who's long campaigned for the Ebbw Vale to Newport line and commuters on that line still face unacceptable cancellations and overcrowding. Public transport and road infrastructure must meet the needs of a growing population, and Newport is the faster-growing city with the youngest population in Wales. 

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  9. 2026-10-20 · Oral question · Paul Davies, Member for Ceredigion Penfro · Not classified

    I echo the points raised by the Member for Casnewydd Islwyn about the importance of these annual health checks. It's important that GPs make reasonable adjustments for these annual health checks as well, and that could mean anything from having a quiet space available for people waiting for their appointment to offering a longer appointment for some patients. Now, last week, I met with Mencap Cymru to hear about their 'I'm in' campaign, which highlights the importance of GP learning disability registers as a gateway to accessing annual health checks. Now, for many years, organisations such as Mencap Cymru have highlighted the importance of increasing annual health check uptake and ensuring they are delivered to a consistently high standard. So, therefore, First Minister, can you tell us what support does the Welsh Government provide to local health boards to help GP practices make reasonable adjustments so that these annual health checks are as accessible and as comfortable as possible for people with learning disabilities?

  10. 2026-10-13 · Written questionWQ100902 · Answered by Deputy Minister for Transport

    The report published alongside my Statement on 6 October does not recommend the closure of three M4 junctions. Rather, one of the options considered in the report involves the full closure of Junction 27 (High Cross) and the closure of the east-facing slip roads at Junctions 26 (Malpas) and 25 (Caerleon), with the remaining parts of those junctions continuing to operate. The report notes that alternative combinations of partial or full closures could also be explored through further study.

    The report acknowledges that, if such changes were pursued, some traffic would be expected to reassign to other routes, including the Coldra Interchange. However, the report does not provide a forecast of the expected average daily number of vehicles that would use the Coldra Interchange under this option, as its analysis is strategic and high-level in nature.

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  11. 2026-10-13 · Written questionWQ100893 · Answered by Deputy Minister for Transport

    The report published alongside my Statement on 6 October does not recommend the closure of three M4 junctions. Rather, one of the options considered in the report involves the full closure of Junction 27 (High Cross) and the closure of the east-facing slip roads at Junctions 26 (Malpas) and 25 (Caerleon), with the remaining parts of those junctions continuing to operate. The report notes that alternative combinations of partial or full closures could also be explored through further study.

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  12. 2026-10-13 · Oral question · Peter Fox, Member for Sir Fynwy Torfaen · Not classified

    6. Pa gynnydd y mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi'i wneud o ran mynd i'r afael â thagfeydd ar yr M4 o amgylch Casnewydd? OQ64681

  13. 2026-10-12 · Written questionWQ100889 · Natasha Asghar, Member for Casnewydd Islwyn

    Will the Welsh Government provide the latest traffic count data for the Coldra Interchange in Newport?

  14. 2026-10-09 · Written questionWQ100902 · Natasha Asghar, Member for Casnewydd Islwyn

    What does the Welsh Government expect the average number of vehicles using the Coldra Interchange every day to be under its proposals to close junctions 25, 26 and 27?

  15. 2026-10-09 · Written questionWQ100892 · Natasha Asghar, Member for Casnewydd Islwyn

    Will the Welsh Government confirm the average number of vehicles using the Coldra Interchange (M4 Junction 24) every day?

  16. 2026-10-09 · Written questionWQ100890 · Natasha Asghar, Member for Casnewydd Islwyn

    Will the Welsh Government confirm the average number of vehicles using the Coldra Interchange every day?

  17. 2026-10-06 · Statement · Jayne Bryant, Member for Casnewydd Islwyn · Climate Change & Transport

    Deputy Minister, if you close these junctions, how do you expect the two remaining fully open junctions at Tredegar Park and the Coldra to cope?

  18. 2026-10-06 · Statement · Jayne Bryant, Member for Casnewydd Islwyn · Climate Change & Transport

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    Local people, including in surrounding areas like Risca, Blackwood and Cwmbran, need to have their voices heard, and people haven't been involved at this point. These people aren't just data points in a transport policy document; they are individuals, families and businesses whose lives will be impacted. They should be at the heart of this Government's approach to the M4. But local people's voices are clear: fully closing the junction at High Cross and the eastbound junctions at Malpas and Caerleon will bring more traffic and air pollution closer to homes, schools and businesses—

  19. 2026-10-06 · Statement · Natasha Asghar, Member for Casnewydd Islwyn · Climate Change & Transport

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    So, Deputy Minister, I wholeheartedly agree with you that something needs to be done when it comes to improving the M4 around Newport, but this is not the right way. Not a day goes by when drivers, many of them my constituents, aren't caught up in traffic along the M4 at Newport. Bumper-to-bumper traffic regularly plagues that important stretch of road, causing frustration and making Wales a less attractive place to do business. You could have brought that to an end today, Deputy Minister, but instead you seem hell-bent on making things 100 times worse by closing junctions along the M4. A full closure at junction 27 at High Cross, a partial closure of junction 26 at Malpas, and a partial closure of junction 25 at Caerleon will cause complete chaos across the city. How on earth have you come to the conclusion that this will help improve the situation? All it is going to do is clog up Newport's surrounding A roads and residential streets.

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  20. 2026-10-06 · Statement · Mark Hooper, Deputy Minister for Transport, Member for Pen-y-bont Bro Morgannwg · Climate Change & Transport

    Dirprwy Lywydd, heddiw hoffwn nodi’r camau nesaf ar gyfer croesfannau'r Fenai a’r M4 o amgylch Casnewydd. Rydym wedi cytuno ar y ffordd ymlaen.

  21. 2026-10-06 · Statement · Kerry Ferguson, Deputy Presiding Officer, Member for Ceredigion Penfro · Climate Change & Transport

    Nesaf, datganiad gan y Dirprwy Weinidog dros Drafnidiaeth: blaenoriaethau strategol ar gyfer croesfannau'r Fenai a'r M4 o amgylch Casnewydd. Galwaf ar y Dirprwy Weinidog dros Drafnidiaeth, Mark Hooper.

  22. 2026-09-30 · Speech · Art Wright, Member for Casnewydd Islwyn · Climate Change & Transport

    Good afternoon, all. My only contribution is to state that also in Casnewydd Islwyn, we have three of these sites. Monsanto itself, very famously, is the site within Newport that was creating much of this, but we also have Glebelands and the Severn river estuary. The Severn river estuary was, essentially, used as a point to just pump out tonnes and tonnes of toxic waste, which would have found its way all the way down the Bristol channel and out into the ocean—shameful, at best. But Glebelands, Glebelands is a site that's very close to where I live; I have a lot of friends that live around that site too. Lots of them played there as children, and now, as my colleague in front stated earlier, they are coming through with very rare forms of cancer.

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  23. 2026-09-30 · Oral question · Art Wright, Member for Casnewydd Islwyn · Climate Change & Transport

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    Cabinet Minister, it's not just community green spaces at risk in Casnewydd, but also agricultural land. Currently, plans see 578 acres of farmland given over to solar development at the Candwr and Craig y Perthi sites. Residents have raised serious concerns about flood risk, traffic, landscape damage and impact on wildlife, including the important lapwing habitat on the Gwent levels, particularly around Bishton, which is their only site. What cumulative assessment has the Government made of the impact that these developments will have on food production, biodiversity and local flood risk? And does the Cabinet Minister believe that removing hundreds of acres of agricultural land is compatible with the Government's stated commitment to food security?

  24. 2026-09-30 · Oral question · Jayne Bryant, Member for Casnewydd Islwyn · Climate Change & Transport

    Access to green spaces and nature is so important to our physical and mental well-being. The Road to Nature project in Newport is a great example of what can be done, and the incredible work of the Friends of the Road to Nature group, Newport City Council and the wider community has absolutely transformed what was a real criminal dumping ground for rubbish a few years ago, and that's now a haven for wildlife. Biodiversity is absolutely thriving there, and willow emerald damselflies were recorded for the first time in recent weeks, following the completion of a pond dipping area. This area is a real shining example of a community working together for nature restoration. So, will the Welsh Government commit to supporting and funding more projects like this in Casnewydd Islwyn, as well as other parts of Wales?

  25. 2026-09-30 · Oral question · Natasha Asghar, Member for Casnewydd Islwyn · Climate Change & Transport

    Thanks so much for your response. Cabinet Secretary, over the summer, I met up with a group of residents in Newport who are concerned that they are poised to lose the only community green space in their area, and a plan has been drawn up by Newport City Council. Constituents of mine, particularly dog walkers, children and families, make full use of a parcel of land just off Ruskin Avenue in Rogerstone North, but that could soon come to an end if the local authority rubber-stamps the plan to turn the community green space into an allotment site. To be clear, no-one is against allotment sites or developments, but not only would that take away a vital community asset, it's simply not the right site, with fears about even more traffic in the area, as residents are already experiencing and facing that sort of problem.

    Cabinet Minister, more than 200 residents have signed a petition calling for the site in Rogerstone North to be ruled out. I've written to the council myself highlighting the residents' concerns and calling for the site to be dropped, and the decision now rests with the local authority. So, will you join me in putting pressure on Newport council to protect this community green space by removing it from the authority's allotment plans?

  26. 2026-09-22 · Statement · Peredur Owen Griffiths, Member for Casnewydd Islwyn · Not classified

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    Ddydd Sadwrn, bydd yr ŵyl groeso yn digwydd yng nghanol Casnewydd, ac mae croeso mawr i bawb fod yno i ddathlu. I mi, y peth pwysig fydd y gwaddol fydd yr Eisteddfod yn ei adael ar ei hôl. A gaf i felly ddatganiad, os gwelwch yn dda, sy'n disgrifio sut y bydd y Llywodraeth yn cydweithio â'r Urdd, awdurdodau lleol, ysgolion a grwpiau cymunedol i sicrhau bod yr Eisteddfod yn cael effaith barhaol ar y defnydd o'r Gymraeg, ac ar hyder defnydd cymunedol ledled Casnewydd Islwyn, a Bro'r Wenynen yn ei chyfanrwydd?

  27. 2026-09-16 · Oral question · Heledd Fychan, Member for Pontypridd Cynon Merthyr · Not classified

    Mae Llywodraeth Cymru'n cefnogi cyfleusterau llyfrgell yng Nghasnewydd Islwyn drwy gyllid cyfalaf a refeniw ar gyfer datblygu llyfrgelloedd. Mae hyn yn cynnwys £200,000 o gyllid cyfalaf i drawsnewid y llyfrgell i blant yn Llyfrgell Ganolog Casnewydd. Mae llyfrgelloedd Casnewydd Islwyn hefyd wedi elwa o dros £22,000 ar gyfer cyllid prosiectau grantiau bach.

  28. 2026-09-03 · Written questionWQ100264 · Answered by Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability

    The key protection arising from the Cardiff Bay Barrage was the creation of the Newport Wetlands compensatory habitat on the Gwent Levels at Uskmouth. The site was chosen because it offered the opportunity to create and manage large areas of wetland habitat capable of supporting many of the bird species affected by the loss of the Cardiff Bay mudflats. The reserve was officially created on 20 December 2000, shortly after the barrage became operational.

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  29. 2026-08-17 · Written questionWQ100098 · Answered by Deputy Minister for Transport

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    Officials will ask the South Wales Trunk Road Agent to review the condition of the road markings on the M4 in both directions between the Coldra Interchange and the M48 as part of these arrangements. Any works identified as necessary will be prioritised and delivered in line with safety requirements, network needs and available maintenance programmes.

  30. 2026-08-12 · Written questionWQ100098 · Peter Fox, Member for Sir Fynwy Torfaen

    Will the Welsh Government review the condition of road markings on the M4 in both directions between the Coldra Interchange and the M48, and undertake any necessary remedial works to restore faded or missing lines where required to ensure road safety and clear lane delineation?

  31. 2026-08-05 · Written questionWQ99925 · Answered by Deputy Minister for Transport

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    The Welsh Government is investing £49.3 million through the Regional Transport Fund across South East Wales in 2026-27. Under these arrangements, local authorities, working with the Corporate Joint Committee, determine the regional priorities for investment. While the Bassaleg Bridge scheme was not included in the funding programme submitted to Welsh Government, it remains part of the South East Wales Regional Transport Plan, recognising its importance.

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  32. 2026-08-05 · Written questionWQ100042 · Art Wright, Member for Casnewydd Islwyn

    What support is the Welsh Government offering to people impacted by the fire at the Star Industrial Estate, Caerleon?

  33. 2026-07-29 · Written questionWQ99926 · Natasha Asghar, Member for Casnewydd Islwyn

    Will the Welsh Government commit to providing the necessary funding to resolve the ongoing situation with Old Bassaleg Bridge in Newport?

  34. 2026-07-29 · Written questionWQ99925 · Natasha Asghar, Member for Casnewydd Islwyn

    What discussions has the Welsh Government had with Newport City Council about the ongoing situation with Old Bassaleg Bridge in Newport?

  35. 2026-07-23 · Written questionWQ99746 · Answered by Deputy Minister for Transport

    The March 2011 WelTAG report identified the potential for a station at Caerleon. The delivery of railway stations requires significant investment, detailed business case development and supporting infrastructure upgrades to make them suitable for passenger operation. Rail infrastructure and funding for enhancements such as a new station at Caerleon is a reserved responsibility of the UK Government.

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  36. 2026-07-23 · Written questionWQ99745 · Answered by Deputy Minister for Transport

    I appreciate and welcome the high-quality work undertaken by Towards Restoring A Caerleon Station (TRACS) to highlight the potential benefits of a railway station at Caerleon to passengers and local communities. A new station at Caerleon could reduce road congestion both locally and more widely in the M4 corridor. Rail infrastructure, such as a new station at Caerleon, is a reserved responsibility of the UK Government.

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  37. 2026-07-16 · Written questionWQ99587 · Answered by Deputy Minister for Transport

    I recognise the significant impact that the closure of the Old Bassaleg Bridge has had on residents of Forge Mews and the local community. Responsibility for the maintenance and replacement of this bridge rests with Newport City Council. The Welsh Government has supported the council’s work through transport funding and provided £1 million in 2025-26 to support the design and survey work needed to develop a replacement bridge scheme.

    Under the Regional Transport Fund arrangements, local authorities and the Corporate Joint Committee are responsible for prioritising transport schemes within the regional programme. While the South East Wales Regional Transport Fund programme for 2026-27 did not include further funding for the Bassaleg Bridge scheme, Welsh Government officials continue to engage with Newport City Council on the project's development.

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  38. 2026-07-15 · Written questionWQ99746 · Dan Thomas, Member for Casnewydd Islwyn

    Will the Cabinet Minister outline why the train station for Caerleon was not delivered by 2018, as proposed by the March 2011 WelTAG report?

  39. 2026-07-15 · Written questionWQ99745 · Dan Thomas, Member for Casnewydd Islwyn

    Has the Cabinet Minister reviewed the business case for a train station in Caerleon produced by the campaign group TRACS, and if so, what is the Government's view of it?

  40. 2026-07-15 · Speech · Adam Price, Member for Sir Gaerfyrddin · Economy & Welsh Tax

    Mae metro de Cymru yn ganolog i'r uchelgais honno o hyd. Rhaid iddo olygu gwell cysylltiadau rhwng trenau, bysiau a chyfnewidfeydd, a rhwng y rheini a phobl, wrth iddynt gerdded, olwynio a beicio, gan ei gwneud hi'n haws cyrraedd gwaith, hyfforddiant ac addysg, heb orfod dibynnu ar gar ar gyfer pob taith. I gymunedau Casnewydd Islwyn, mae'r prawf yn un syml: a yw'r buddsoddiad yn gwella mynediad go iawn at gyfleoedd ar draws Casnewydd Islwyn, ar draws rhanbarth ehangach y Cymoedd a phrifddinas-ranbarth Caerdydd, ac ar draws Cymru?

    Ddirprwy Lywydd, nid stori am botensial yn unig yw stori economaidd Casnewydd Islwyn. Mae eisoes yn lle o gryfderau sylweddol, capasiti gweithgynhyrchu uwch a gydnabyddir yn rhyngwladol, sydd ag economi ddigidol ac arloesedd sy'n tyfu, cyflogwyr mawr yn y sector cyhoeddus, prifysgol flaenllaw a chymunedau â thraddodiad balch o sgiliau, gwydnwch a menter. Mae'r cryfderau hynny'n sylfeini cadarn at y dyfodol. Wrth inni anelu at haneru'r bwlch cynhyrchiant rhwng Cymru a'r Deyrnas Unedig, adeiladu diwydiannau'r dyfodol a sefydlu asiantaeth ddatblygu newydd i ysgogi buddsoddiad a thwf, bydd etholaethau fel Casnewydd Islwyn yn ganolog i'n llwyddiant ni.

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  41. 2026-07-15 · Speech · Adam Price, Member for Sir Gaerfyrddin · Economy & Welsh Tax

    The good news is that Casnewydd Islwyn already holds many of the key ingredients for Wales's economic success. Start with Newport—a city with a habit of arriving early at the future. In 1839, thousands marched down Stow Hill to demand a vote a generation or more before the rest of Britain caught up with them. Newport is early again today. It has become one of Wales's most important economic centres. It is home, as we've heard, to globally significant semiconductor and advanced manufacturing businesses.

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  42. 2026-07-15 · Speech · Peredur Owen Griffiths, Member for Casnewydd Islwyn · Economy & Welsh Tax

    I thank Lyn for giving me time to take part in this debate. We both represent Casnewydd Islwyn, along with Jayne and Natasha and others here in this Chamber. Recently, Lyn and I visited the semiconductor company KLA in Newport. KLA have been a real success story and are about to outgrow the state-of-the-art R&D and manufacturing facility that they have. KLA is part of the CSconnected semiconductor cluster in Casnewydd Islwyn, which supports thousands of jobs directly and many more indirectly through the vast supply chain of local firms. These are well-paid jobs. For example, the average wage at KLA is well over £60,000 a year. KLA conduct outreach work and bring their company and wider industry to the attention of children and young people through visits to schools and work with sports clubs.

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  43. 2026-07-15 · Speech · Lyn Ackerman, Member for Casnewydd Islwyn · Economy & Welsh Tax

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    I'm grateful for the opportunity to bring forward this short debate on improving access to local economic opportunities in Casnewydd Islwyn. Economic opportunity is not only about whether jobs, courses, schemes or support exist somewhere in the system; it is about whether people can see those opportunities, reach them and use them. People in Casnewydd Islwyn want decent work. They want young people to have a future close to home. They want local businesses to succeed. This depends on the Welsh Government, local government, colleges, employers and community groups working together. But Government has a role in making the system easier to understand and easier to access. This is the argument of this debate.

    I want to ask the Welsh Government three things. First, how will you make the local economy offer—skills, training, apprenticeships, employment support and growth sector routes—more visible in constituencies such as Casnewydd Islwyn? Second, how will you strengthen the links between education, skills and local employers so people understand what skills are needed and how to move from one stage to the next? Third, how will you make it easier for local employers to engage with the public sector when they want to grow, invest and create jobs?

    This debate is about access. Casnewydd Islwyn has ambition, capable businesses and communities that want to see delivery. The task is to make the route into opportunities clear. This is the spirit in which I bring this debate forward. Thank you.

  44. 2026-07-15 · Speech · Adam Price, Member for Sir Gaerfyrddin · Economy & Welsh Tax

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    It also means learning from our own history, and few places teach the lesson better than this constituency. For generations, coal came down these valleys to be burned at Uskmouth and exported out of the port, and too much of the wealth it created went elsewhere. For too long, Wales has hosted energy projects without keeping enough of the value they generate. That must now be reversed. If Welsh land, wind, water and sea bed create wealth, the people of Wales should see more of the value of it. The energy story of Casnewydd Islwyn is already turning. At Uskmouth, the old coal-fired power station is being transformed into one of the largest battery storage hubs in the United Kingdom, storing clean power on the very site that once burned Valleys coal. Beside the steelworks at Llanwern sits one of the largest solar developments in Britain. The uplands above the Sirhowy and Ebbw valleys have the wind, and beneath them, the flooded workings of the old collieries hold warm water that mine water schemes elsewhere are already putting into homes. Even our newest industries point the same way, because a semiconductor cluster is a hungry customer for clean, reliable, affordable power. So, the question for this constituency and for Cymru, for Wales as a whole, is no longer whether the energy transition will happen here, it's who will own it, who will drive it and who will benefit from it. That's the question my work on behalf of the Government on a national energy strategy is designed to answer, and we will explore the levers we can use in Wales to build a strategy that benefits the people of Wales and Casnewydd Islwyn economically and socially, to ensure that we maximise that prize.

    I think crucial to this, of course—. Private development and private capital, in any economy, will always play a central role, and we want to attract that capital to invest in Wales to enable us to achieve our potential, but we cannot do it alone through private development. That's why developing our own public energy company, as I said, but also co-ordinating across the different parts of Government, across the different organisations—that's going to be essential to ensuring that we achieve the potential in Casnewydd Islwyn and across Wales.

    Crucially, we understand that there's an important role here for transport; it's not a separate issue from economic growth. That's why we're joined at the hip, myself and the Deputy Minister for Transport, because infrastructure is a key part of how we deliver socially and economically for our nation, and for every part of our nation. The south-east Wales regional transport plan gives us a platform to connect communities in Casnewydd Islwyn and across the wider region. We're building further on that plan. We have an ambitious vision in terms of how transport can contribute to ensuring that we have the potential there.

  45. 2026-07-14 · Statement · Art Wright, Member for Casnewydd Islwyn · Not classified

    Trefnydd, the Bassaleg residents of Forge Mews have been abandoned from the life we all know for close to five years. The old Bassaleg bridge was deemed to be unfit to be unfit for use, leaving the residents with no direct access to their properties other than on foot. Newport City Council have attempted to resolve the matter, but due to funding needs denied by the former Welsh Labour Government in the last Senedd, they are still locked out of normal life, with a resolution still to be found. Imagine, Minister, five years of having to walk home instead of arriving on your own doorstep, five years of having to factor in extra travel time for work or school runs, five years of having to rely on emergency access for fire, ambulance and police support delaying response times, and five years of seeing your house price fall in value, locking you into negative equity. Those residents don't have to imagine; it's their lived reality. To add insult to injury, the council has not even offered them a reduction in their council tax across the last five years, despite a clear lack of services for them. Will the Cabinet Minister for Local Government, Housing and Planning agree to meet with me and the resident body to find a lasting solution to their plight?

  46. 2026-07-13 · Written questionWQ99505 · Answered by Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy

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    Alongside this, Cadw works with partners to conserve and promote Caerleon's internationally important Roman remains, helping visitors to explore Newport's rich heritage and strengthening the city's tourism offer.

  47. 2026-07-09 · Written questionWQ99591 · Dan Thomas, Member for Casnewydd Islwyn

    What action is the Welsh Government taking to improve public toilet provision in Caerleon?

  48. 2026-07-09 · Written questionWQ99587 · Dan Thomas, Member for Casnewydd Islwyn

    Will the Cabinet Minister provide an update on what the Welsh Government is doing to support a new bridge to replace the Old Bassaleg Bridge in Newport, and how are they supporting residents in Forge Mews impacted by this?

  49. 2026-07-08 · Oral question · Jayne Bryant, Member for Casnewydd Islwyn · Climate Change & Transport

    Diolch. I know it seems to be strange talking about flooding during the summer and on what is one of the hottest days, however, for people who have been flooded or who are at risk of flooding, that concern lasts all year round. The £25 million Stephenson Street scheme in the Lliswerry area of Newport was completed last autumn. It reduced the flood risk from the River Usk to more than 2,000 homes and businesses. Upstream, a tributary of the River Usk at Caerleon, the Afon Lwyd, poses a flood risk to nearby homes and sports clubs. I've met with residents, Natural Resources Wales and sports clubs, and local people are still waiting for clarity from Natural Resources Wales about planned flood defences. The Welsh Labour Government invested record levels of funding for flood defences. So, can the Minister reassure my constituents that this Government will invest in flood defences to protect our communities?

  50. 2026-07-08 · Oral question · Marc Jones, Member for Fflint Wrecsam · Housing & Social Justice

    Diolch, Weinidog Cabinet. Fel dŷch chi wedi'i ddweud, mae Wrecsam wedi ymuno â chynghorau Abertawe, Casnewydd a Merthyr Tudful i ehangu'r cynnig gofal plant i bob plentyn dyflwydd oed yn dilyn y buddsoddiad o £55 miliwn gan Lywodraeth Cymru. Ar hyn o bryd, mae bron 8,000 o blant yn Wrecsam yn byw mewn tlodi, ac yn amlwg bydd y roll-out yma'n help garw i rieni'r ardal, a dwi'n falch bod y Llywodraeth yma yn mynd i'r afael â'r broblem ar frys. Dyma'r gwahaniaeth mae Llywodraeth Plaid Cymru yn medru ei wneud. Felly, pa asesiad mae'r Llywodraeth wedi'i wneud ar effaith y cynnig gofal plant ar leddfu tlodi?

  51. 2026-07-06 · Written questionWQ99226 · Answered by Cabinet Minister for Rural Resilience and Sustainability

    To directly help our communities, local authorities and businesses in tackling litter across Wales we provide funding to Keep Wales Tidy. Details on their activity in the ward of Tredegar Park and Marshfield can be found on Keep Wales Tidy’s website. It includes three community litter picking groups, three litter champions, an active litter free zone at St Joseph's RC High School and two local businesses carrying out wider community litter picking. Our funding of Keep Wales Tidy also supports wider awareness raising and behaviour change campaigns.

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  52. 2026-07-01 · Speech · Peredur Owen Griffiths, Member for Casnewydd Islwyn · Economy & Welsh Tax

    I'd like to concentrate on a high street further south, in my constituency of Casnewydd Islwyn. High streets like Newport's are more than just places to shop. They are where people meet, where small businesses make their living and where the character of a city is shaped. I know this from personal experience. After university, my own career began in a bank on Newport high street, and I saw first-hand how important those businesses are as employers and community anchors. But the pressure is clear. Large businesses are leaving high streets, footfall is changing and too many empty units are becoming visible signs of decline. That affects independent traders, hospitality businesses and local confidence. Business rates are central to this. For many traders, they are the biggest fixed cost, regardless of whether takings rise or fall. So, can the Minister set out what further considerations are being given to business rates reform and what expectations are being placed on local authorities to use every available lever to support high streets like Newport? Diolch yn fawr.

  53. 2026-07-01 · Oral question · Mark Hooper, Member for Pen-y-bont Bro Morgannwg · Economy & Welsh Tax

    Our priorities are practical improvements people can see: better links to Newport city centre and stations, safer walking and cycling, reliable buses, and action on congestion. We will work with local and regional partners in Casnewydd Islwyn to deliver our shared priorities.

  54. 2026-07-01 · Oral question · Natasha Asghar, Member for Casnewydd Islwyn · Economy & Welsh Tax

    6. Beth yw blaenoriaethau Llywodraeth Cymru o ran trafnidiaeth ar gyfer Casnewydd ac Islwyn? OQ64239

  55. 2026-07-01 · Oral question · Art Wright, Member for Casnewydd Islwyn · Economy & Welsh Tax

    I must state an interest as a former soldier and a Ministry of Defence contractor. It is clear, with the current advancement in artificial intelligence, the internet of things, data centres, 5G technology, and the current demand for semiconductors, we will only see an upwards trajectory. Add in the various needs of the weapons industry in the British military, and we ourselves have a vital asset within Casnewydd Islwyn, and I for one am proud they've chosen Newport as their home. Their pathway is to employ 500, rising to 900, in highly skilled, well-paid jobs and, as my colleague has already stated, massively above the common average for the area itself. The chief technology officer has already stated, and I quote him directly, that they will draw upon the skilled workforce of Newport.

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  56. 2026-06-24 · Oral question · Peredur Owen Griffiths, Member for Casnewydd Islwyn · Not classified

    My constituency of Casnewydd Islwyn has a proud tradition of welcoming immigrants. This can be seen in the multicultural communities around Newport docks, in places such as Maindee and Pill, and in the Basque children embraced by Caerleon when they fled fascism during the Spanish civil war. Across the coalfield communities of Islwyn, Polish families settled after the second world war, helping to rebuild communities facing severe workforce shortages. Even further back, the National Roman Legion Museum reminds us that Wales has long been shaped by people arriving, settling and living alongside those already here. Minister, do you agree that Wales's history is a rich tapestry, rooted in long traditions, but strengthened and enriched by immigrants who have made Wales their home and now proudly call themselves Welsh? And do you also agree that celebrating this history more widely would promote greater understanding and tolerance of the diversity that has long been part of our communities?

  57. 2026-06-23 · Written questionWQ99109 · Answered by Deputy Minister for Transport

    I appreciate the benefits that a railway station at Caerleon could bring to passengers and local communities.

    Transport for Wales’ publication Today, Tomorrow, Together includes plans for major enhancements which are required for the delivery of new stations such as Caerleon. Measures to improve capacity and linespeed on the Marches line would facilitate the introduction of local services on this route. This would significantly strengthen the case for a new station at Caerleon to serve both local and long distance services.

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  58. 2026-06-22 · Written questionWQ99213 · Dan Thomas, Member for Casnewydd Islwyn

    What consideration has the Cabinet Minister been given to supporting a new visitor centre in Caerleon?

  59. 2026-06-18 · Written questionWQ99157 · Dan Thomas, Member for Casnewydd Islwyn

    What support will the Welsh Government provide to Caerleon’s bid for UK Town of Culture 2028?

  60. 2026-06-17 · Written questionWQ99109 · Dan Thomas, Member for Casnewydd Islwyn

    What plans does the Welsh Government have to build a railway station at Caerleon?

  61. 2026-06-02 · Oral question · Peredur Owen Griffiths, Member for Casnewydd Islwyn · Not classified

    Brif Weinidog, dros y chwe mis diwethaf, rydych chi'n gwybod fy mod wedi cael profiad personol iawn o feddyginiaeth frys ar ôl disgyn yng Nghasnewydd a rhwygo tendon yn fy mhen glin. Fe wnes i gael fy ngweld yn y royal Gwent, yn y Grange a wedyn cael llawdriniaeth yn St Woolos. Yn ystod y cyfnod hwnnw, gwelais y gorau o fwrdd iechyd Aneurin Bevan, ond hefyd y pwysau aruthrol sydd ar y system. Roedd y staff yn broffesiynol ac yn garedig, ac yn gwneud eu gorau glas o dan amgylchiadau anodd iawn. Gwelais hefyd beth mae pwysau ar y system yn ei olygu i gleifion: arosiadau hir, diffyg capasiti, pwysau ar welyau. I fi, y peth mwyaf anodd i ddelio efo fo oedd yr ansicrwydd yn y cyfathrebu am beth sydd yn mynd i ddigwydd nesaf. Felly, Brif Weinidog, a ydych chi'n cytuno bod gwella gofal brys yng Nghasnewydd Islwyn yn golygu edrych ar daith gyfan y claf, nid jest y targedau, a bod cyfathrebu'n glir yn fewnol rhwng adrannau a gyda chleifion a theuluoedd yn rhan annatod o wneud yn siŵr bod pobl yn cael eu trin gydag urddas o'r dechrau i'r diwedd?

  62. 2026-06-02 · Oral question · Rhun ap Iorwerth, First Minister of Wales, Member for Bangor Conwy Môn · Not classified

    The minor injuries unit at the Royal Gwent Hospital, located in the Casnewydd and Islwyn constituency, met the national target in April. Ninety-six per cent of patients were assessed, treated and discharged within the four-hour standard. But, more broadly, I expect the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board to deliver sustainable improvements to emergency care across the wider Gwent area. NHS Wales Performance and Improvement is actively providing support and reviewing the health board’s plan.

Ambiguous place names

These names could mean a place in Casnewydd Islwyn or somewhere else. Siambr does not choose: each name lists every place the gazetteer gives for it.