Information between 22nd November 2025 - 22nd December 2025
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24 Nov 2025 - Planning and Infrastructure Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Llanfaes voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 1 Plaid Cymru Aye votes vs 0 Plaid Cymru No votes Tally: Ayes - 81 Noes - 132 |
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24 Nov 2025 - Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Llanfaes voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 1 Plaid Cymru No votes vs 0 Plaid Cymru Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 200 Noes - 244 |
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10 Dec 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Baroness Smith of Llanfaes voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 2 Plaid Cymru No votes vs 0 Plaid Cymru Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 219 Noes - 223 |
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Baroness Smith of Llanfaes speeches from: Crime and Policing Bill
Baroness Smith of Llanfaes contributed 6 speeches (1,717 words) Committee stage part one Wednesday 17th December 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office |
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Baroness Smith of Llanfaes speeches from: Domestic Abuse: Emergency Accommodation
Baroness Smith of Llanfaes contributed 1 speech (56 words) Wednesday 26th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Justice |
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Baroness Smith of Llanfaes speeches from: Wales: Further Devolution
Baroness Smith of Llanfaes contributed 2 speeches (118 words) Tuesday 25th November 2025 - Lords Chamber Northern Ireland Office |
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Prisons: Welsh Language
Asked by: Baroness Smith of Llanfaes (Plaid Cymru - Life peer) Monday 24th November 2025 Question to the Ministry of Justice: To ask His Majesty's Government whether it is possible for the Welsh Ministers to make His Majesty’s Probation and Prison Service liable to be required to comply with Welsh language standards, pursuant to the Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011, without the Secretary of State’s consent. Answered by Lord Timpson - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice) It is for Welsh Ministers to specify, in regulations under the Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011, the bodies which the Welsh Language Commissioner may require to comply with Welsh language standards. Where Welsh Ministers seek to provide for standards to apply specifically to a Minister of the Crown, they must obtain the consent of the relevant Secretary of State. HM Prison & Probation Service has a Welsh Language Scheme (2024-27) which outlines its Welsh language obligations. The scheme, which applies in England as well as Wales, has been approved by the Welsh Language Commissioner, who regulates compliance with Welsh language requirements under the Welsh Language Act 1993 and the Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011. |
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Prisons: Wales
Asked by: Baroness Smith of Llanfaes (Plaid Cymru - Life peer) Tuesday 25th November 2025 Question to the Ministry of Justice: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of universal access to Welsh language TV for prisoners in Wales. Answered by Lord Timpson - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice) His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) in Wales regularly assesses the availability of S4C, the Welsh language public service broadcasting channel, across the prison estate in Wales through engagement with each prison’s nominated Welsh language champion, and site visits undertaken by regional assurance teams. |
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Childcare: Wales
Asked by: Baroness Smith of Llanfaes (Plaid Cymru - Life peer) Thursday 11th December 2025 Question to the HM Treasury: To ask His Majesty's Government how much the Welsh Government received in Barnett consequentials in 2025–26 from the childcare offer in England. Answered by Lord Livermore - Financial Secretary (HM Treasury) The Barnett formula applies to all changes to UK Government department Departmental Expenditure Limits (DEL) funding.
At Spending Reviews, the Barnett consequentials associated with individual programmes cannot be identified because the Barnett formula is applied to the overall change in a departments’ DEL, and not to the individual programmes driving the change in a UK department’s DEL budget. This is the case for the additional funding for childcare in England provided at Spending Review 2025.
The Welsh Government are free to allocate Barnett consequentials as they see fit across their devolved priorities, and they are accountable to the Senedd for these decisions. |
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25 Nov 2025, 2:54 p.m. - House of Lords "Baroness Smith of Llanfaes. >> My Lords. >> I beg leave to. >> Ask the question. Standing in my " Baroness Chapman of Darlington, Minister of State (Development) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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17 Dec 2025, 7:27 p.m. - House of Lords "thought that the the noble Lady Baroness Smith of Llanfaes spoke passionately and actually " Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-affiliated) - View Video - View Transcript |
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17 Dec 2025, 7:17 p.m. - House of Lords "support the Baroness Smith of Llanfaes, not least because my noble friend Lord Hendy co-signed " Baroness Chakrabarti (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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17 Dec 2025, 7:49 p.m. - House of Lords " I'm grateful to the noble Baroness Smith of Llanfaes for explaining the amendments and for explaining the amendments and for tabling them today, and I'm grateful for the support that was " Lord Hanson of Flint, The Minister of State, Home Department (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Tuesday 25th November 2025
Department of Health and Social Care Source Page: Letter dated 21/11/2025 from Baroness Merron to Baroness Smith of Llanfaes regarding points raised in the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill committee stage debate (first day): devolution, clauses subject to a Legislative Consent Motion and the powers those provide to the Welsh Government. 1p. Document: Baroness_Merron_to_Baroness_Smith_TIA_Bill.pdf (PDF) Found: Letter dated 21/11/2025 from Baroness Merron to Baroness Smith of Llanfaes regarding points raised in |