Plaid Cymru MS expresses support for UCU strike
Sioned Williams, Plaid Cymru Member of Senedd for South Wales West, has expressed her support for University and College Union (UCU) members who are on strike. Staff at 68 universities across the UK, including at Swansea University and the Open University in Wales, have taken to the picket lines to demand fair pay and pensions.
“Disappointed” by Neath Port Talbot Council's bus scheme decision
Plaid Cymru MS for South Wales West, Sioned Williams has expressed her disappointment at a decision by Neath Port Talbot Council not to pursue a free bus scheme, following similar successful schemes in other local authorities in Wales.
Sioned Williams MS backs cross-party calls to protect “irreplaceable community asset”
South Wales West MS, Sioned Williams backs calls for the preservation of the historic Tennant Canal following concerns over its future.
Plaid MS meets with local young ambassador to hear ambitious plans
Plaid Cymru MS for South Wales West, Sioned Williams, has spoken of her “inspiring” meeting with Tomos Lloyd, Neath resident and ambassador of the #iwill campaign.
MS calls for Mining Disaster Inquest
South Wales West MS, Sioned Williams, has backed calls for an inquest into the 2011 Gleision Mining Disaster that claimed the lives of four mineworkers.
Plaid MS 'disappointed' by FM's response on school reorganisation
Plaid Cymru MS for South Wales West, Sioned Williams has expressed her "disappointment" in the First Minister's "unsatisfactory" response to concerns raised about the Welsh Government's school reorganisation plans in the Swansea Valley.
Welsh Government commits to Plaid Cymru policy on free school meals
Plaid Cymru spokesperson on Social Justice and Equalities Sioned Williams MS today welcomed the new Co-operation Agreement between Plaid Cymru and the Welsh Government, which includes a key Plaid Cymru commitment to introduce free school meals for all primary school children. The Agreement also commits the Welsh Government to supporting the devolution of the administration of welfare – another key Plaid Cymru policy.
Trans Day of Remembrance
Sioned Williams MS - Plaid Cymru spokesperson for Social Justice and Equalities
Transgender Day of Remembrance is an annual observance that honours the memory of the transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence. Today I stand with my trans siblings in Wales and across the world who are abused, slandered and persecuted merely for the so-called ‘crime’ of being themselves.
Welsh Government urged ‘not to neglect Valleys communities’ in Metro plans
Plaid Cymru MS for South Wales West, Sioned Williams, has urged the Deputy Minister for Climate Change, Lee Waters, to “significantly improve” current plans to construct the Swansea Bay and West Wales Metro as they “more or less completely ignore” the Swansea and Afan Valleys.
MS urges Education Minister to stop Swansea Valley school closures
Sioned Williams has called on the Education Minister to overturn Neath Port Talbot’s ‘contemptuous' decision to close three local primary schools.