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COP 26 and Wales

Llyr Gruffydd MS


Llyr Gruffydd MS and Chair of the Senedd’s Climate Committee will attend CoP26 along with nine other Members. Here he outlines what he’d like to see as outcomes from the conference.

 

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Heavy rain means more sewage

Picture caption, from left: Conwy county councillor Liz Roberts, Capel Curig community council chair Gethin Davies, Llyr Gruffydd MS, community councillor Shan Ashton.

Lack of action on raw sewage at beauty spot prompts Plaid MS anger

Llyr Gruffydd, Plaid Cymru's North Wales MS, has condemned the lack of action over rivers of sewage pouring through a noted beauty spot as today's heavy rainfall has seen another outbreak.
Earlier this year Mr Gruffydd met with local campaigners and councillors in Capel Curig to highlight the long-standing problem of sewage and regular overflows in the village.
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A tragic, avoidable scandal

Plaid Cymru has demanded ministers take responsibility for failings in mental health services after raising key questions in the Senedd tonight surrounding a suppressed report that highlighted deadly ligature points.

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School leads the way on climate change

From left: Teacher Rachel Allen, Harvey Barratt, Llyr Gruffydd MS, Matthew Humphreys and school librarian Annette Gardner.

A secondary school is leading the way in the drive to reduce carbon emissions impacting on climate change.

That's the view of Plaid Cymru's North Wales MS Llyr Gruffydd after visiting Ysgol Dinas Brân, at Llangollen, to see for himself the green energy project.

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Call for new cycle path in Vale of Clwyd

Llyr Gruffydd MS with Councillor Emrys Wynne on the A525 between Ruthin and Denbigh

A Plaid Cymru councillor and the North Wales regional MS have joined forces to push for a better cycling and walking route in the Vale of Clwyd.

The call to develop an active Travel Route linking Ruthin and Denbigh came from Councillor Emrys Wynne, who represents Ruthin.

In response to Denbighshire County Council’s ‘County Conversation’, Cllr Emrys Wynne has emphasised the need for previous plans to develop a Cycle/Walking Route linking Ruthin and Denbigh to be revisited and included for prioritising in the next Denbighshire Corporate Plan. Whilst cyclists and walkers are now able to cycle and walk safely along a dedicated route between Ruthin and Rhewl, it’s not possible to continue the journey beyond these two places without using busy rural A and B-class roads.

 

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Heartfelt thanks to care home workers

The four staff given awards at Dolywern were Justine Brady (Outstanding care team member), Pam Gratrick (outstanding member of clinical team), Meinir Austin (outstanding member of ancilliary team) and Siân Jones (outstanding team member for service). Pictured are the winners with Llyr Gruffydd and Glyn Meredith, Leonard Cheshire director for Wales.

Plaid Cymru's North Wales MS has joined with a disability charity to celebrate their care heroes who have gone above and beyond - paying a heartfelt and very personal tribute to the work they've done during the pandemic.

Leading disability charity Leonard Cheshire has been celebrating their care staff across Wales this month in a series of award ceremonies.

 

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Call for Welsh Government to fund historic bridge restoration

Plaid Cymru county councillor Meyrick Lloyd-Davies with Llyr Gruffydd MS at Pont Llannerch

Historic bridges in Wales are facing unprecedented threats from increased floods, a North Wales MS fears.

Llyr Gruffydd, Plaid Cymru's North Wales MS, was speaking after visiting Pont Llannerch near Trefnant in the Vale of Clwyd, which was swept away in the January floods, with local councillor Meyrick Lloyd-Davies. 

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Raw sewage blights beauty spot

Picture caption, from left: Conwy county councillor Liz Roberts, Capel Curig community council chair Gethin Davies, Llyr Gruffydd MS, community councillor Shan Ashton.
Plaid Cymru's North Wales MS has called for urgent action by Dwr Cymru-Welsh Water over complaints that raw sewage is running through a popular holiday destination.
The village of Capel Curig in Eryri (Snowdonia) has a population that quadruples in the summer and the drainage system can't cope with the added pressure as well as increasing downpours.
Llyr Gruffydd, Plaid Cymru's North Wales MS, met with local representatives this week to discuss the problem on site.
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Tories challenged over benefit cuts

Part of Rhyl still the most deprived area in Wales - North Wales Live
Plaid Cymru's North Wales MS has challenged the Tories to defend plans to cut Universal Credit to more than a quarter of all families living in one constituency in the North.
A survey by the Joseph Rowntree Trust has revealed that the Vale of Clwyd, which includes Rhyl, Denbigh and Prestatyn, is one of the hardest-hit areas with 26% of all families claiming Universal Credit or Working Tax Credits.
The UK Tory Government plans to reduce Universal Credit payments by £1040 a year from October.
Llyr Gruffydd, Plaid Cymru's North Wales MS, said the cut would hit the most vulnerable the hardest at a time of rising living costs and job insecurity: "The Tories in London seem very happy to throw billions of pounds of public money at their wealthy friends and donors, who have grown rich on PPE contracts and the like. Now they're expecting the poorest in our communities to pay the price with this disgraceful £20 a week cut in Universal Credit.
 
"Vale of Clwyd has some of the poorest communities in Wales and is in the top 10 worst-affected areas in Wales in terms of this cut. I wonder what the local Tory MP and MS think of this assault on thousands of local families? Are they backing the UK Government or will the stand up for hard-hit communities?"
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