The Rt Hon. the Lord Wigley
Plaid Cymru
Member of the House of Lords
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Lord Wigley's full title is The Rt Hon. the Lord Wigley. His name is Dafydd Wynne Wigley, and he is a current member of the House of Lords.
Allowance claims · 2026
Data not yet released for 2026 — the Lords Finance Office publishes monthly CSVs ~6-8 weeks after month-end.
Lords votes · 2026
162 divisions
26 Content(16.0%)
21 Not-Content(13.0%)
115 didn't vote(71.0%)
2026-02-04
Content
62–295
Not-Content
2026-01-12
Not-Content
201–169
Content
Source: lordsvotes-api.parliament.uk. "Result" shows the headline
Content vs Not-Content tally (including tellers). The Lords doesn't
publish a "didn't vote" attendance roll like the Commons, so the
figure above conflates absence with abstention.
Recent Hansard contributions · latest 25
2026-06-16
Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill
My Lords, very briefly in the gap, I flag up my support, and that of Plaid Cymru, for the Bill’s general objectives, although we have reservations on some of the detail, which I hope I can pursue at later stages. I also wish the Minister well in his new
2026-06-16
Children: Physical Punishment
My Lords, does the Minister agree that there has been overwhelming acceptance in Wales of the policy that was introduced by the former Labour Government? In the recent election, there was hardly an issue on this matter arising. Will she take the opportun
My Lords, I am very grateful for this opportunity to speak in this short debate, as I was to serve on the Select Committee, although I did experience certain frustrations. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Rock, for her huge commitment to autism and the b
2026-06-10
Farming and Food Production
My Lords, does the Minister accept that the backbone of food production in rural Wales and in many other areas is small family farms but that one of the banes of their lives is the red tape levels they have to face in undertaking their work? Will the Gov
My Lords, I welcome this debate and congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Alton, on securing it and on the manner in which he moved today’s Motion. This of course follows the First Reading earlier today of the Genocide Determination Bill—a Private Member’s B
2026-06-01
Devolved Public Services: Funding
My Lords, is the Minister aware of the huge controversy in Wales arising from the UK Government’s refusal to provide Barnett consequentials for capital rail projects such as HS2 and the Oxford to Cambridge rail link, on the spurious pretext that such sou
2026-06-01
Devolved Public Services: Funding
To ask His Majesty’s Government what discussions they have held with the newly elected Government of Wales regarding the funding of devolved public services.
2026-05-19
King’s Speech
My Lords, I too congratulate both maiden speakers.
As my noble friend Lady Smith of Llanfaes noted yesterday, a new political era has opened in Wales. Plaid Cymru First Minister, Rhun ap Iorwerth, emphasised in his first conversation with Keir Starmer
My Lords, the Minister will be aware that the GDP per capita of Wales historically ran 20% below that of the UK, largely because of depressed activity rates arising from the work patterns in heavy industries, such as coal and steel. That has persisted. N
2026-04-21
Midwives: Graduate Guarantee
My Lords, does the Minister accept that while patient safety is, of course, the primary thing, there is also a very strong obligation to ensure that promises made to young people going in for training are fulfilled? We are aware of these challenges in Wa
2026-04-16
Data Centres: Energy Demand
My Lords, does the Minister accept that the most economic way of meeting such peak demand from clean sources is rapidly to accelerate the programme for building hydro pump storage schemes? There are a number that are ready to go in Wales and Scotland. Th
2026-03-23
UK Steel Strategy
My Lords, with the indulgence of the House, I welcome the strategy and the Statement, as far as it goes. The Government previously announced that £500 million would come to Port Talbot. Will any of the newly announced £2.5 billion come to Wales? Did the
2026-03-23
Pension Schemes Bill
My Lords, I strongly support the objectives of Amendments 124, 128 and 154, as well as the similar provision made for Northern Ireland in Amendments 132 and 136. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Altmann, for all the work she has done, and continues to do
2026-03-17
Fujitsu: Post Office Horizon Case
My Lords, is it not inconceivable, in the circumstances that have developed, that Fujitsu could get away without making a payment? Should there not now be a ring-fenced fund into which it is required to pay, so that all the liability does not land on the
2026-03-16
UK Domestic Visitor Levy
My Lords, for the avoidance of doubt, can the Minister clarify that the scheme that she is talking about would be applicable to England and not to Wales? That must be the case for two reasons: first, there is a facility in Wales for having these sorts of
2026-03-11
Crime and Policing Bill
I am following what the Minister is saying with great interest because it responds to the numerous points that have been made about the reorganisation that is needed to make sure there is no vacuum. The point I would press is that we have an election for
2026-03-10
Foreign Direct Investment
Is the Minister aware of the key role that was undertaken over a 25-year period by the Welsh Development Agency, which helped attract more than 200 businesses from the United States and more than 50 businesses from Japan to invest in Wales? If, followin
2026-03-09
Crown Estate: Wales
Is the Minister not aware of the reply given by a Minister in the other place to the MP for Anglesey, Llinos Medi, when the Government confirmed that they had no assessment of how many jobs would come to Wales from the new offshore wind projects in the C
2026-02-24
Prisons: Education
My Lords—
2026-02-23
US Tariffs
My Lords, the Minister quite rightly referred to pharmaceuticals and their importance. Can he clarify whether the derogation regarding pharmaceuticals will include the equipment and technology used for testing the need for and application of pharmaceutic
2026-02-05
Crime and Policing Bill
My Lords, I support Amendments 472 and 473. We have already heard how these amendments could help victims and survivors to seek justice for some of the worst atrocities. We heard from the noble Lord, Lord Alton, and a moment ago from the noble Baroness,
2026-02-05
Pension Schemes Bill
I am very grateful and I hope that the benefit will be substantial.
2026-02-05
Pension Schemes Bill
My Lords, I support Amendment 203ZB, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Davies of Brixton. I shall also address the government amendments in this group. I have signed the noble Lord’s Amendment 203, which we will come to later, recognising that he has p
2026-02-02
China: Human Rights and UK National Security
My Lords, the Minister will have noticed that, in the earlier Question, the House ran out of supplementaries, and, on this Question, it is fairly sotto voce. Will she accept that that does not reflect an unwillingness to engage with this issue, but rathe
2026-01-28
National Police Service
My Lords, as a former Welsh MP, the Minister will recall the Silk commission recommending devolution of aspects of police and crime to Wales, something that was supported by the Government of the noble Lord, Lord Jones of Penybont, and is now supported b
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Register of Interests · 2 entries on file
Declarations under the Lords Code of Conduct. Free text — no monetary values, no hours worked. A declaration that an interest exists, not a claim about its size.
Category 3: Land and property
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Part share in a flat, Cardiff
registered 2011-01-26 · amended 2025-04-05
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6 acres of land near Caernarfon from which rental income is received
registered 2011-01-26 · amended 2025-04-05
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Read the full
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for what each category covers and the disclosure thresholds.
Party history
1974-02-28 → present
Plaid Cymru
current
Government posts
None recorded.
Opposition posts
None recorded.
Committee memberships
1983-06-09 → 1987-05-15
Welsh Affairs Committee
1997-07-25 → 1997-12-16
Public Accounts Committee
2013-05-16 → 2013-11-06
Olympic and Paralympic Legacy Committee
2017-10-17 → 2020-04-23
EU Internal Market Sub-Committee
2020-04-23 → 2020-05-07
EU Goods Sub-Committee
2025-01-30 → 2025-11-10
Autism Act 2009 Committee
Contact
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APPGs (2026) · 4 active officership(s) · 7 historic
| Group | Role(s) | Funders | Officers in group | Next deadline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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All-Party Parliamentary Group for Future of UK Freight and Logistics
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | — | 13 | 2023-09-24 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Argentina
Country Group
|
Vice Chair | — | 11 | 2024-05-29 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Chess
Subject Group
|
Vice Chair | — | 4 | 2026-08-30 |
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All-Party Parliamentary Group on Slovenia
Country, Area or Region Group
|
Officer | — | 4 | 2027-02-23 |
One row per active APPG. Funder names link out via the
/appgs Top secretariat funders panel — click any funder
there to open its full relationship graph. Officer matching is name-based against
the parliament.uk register text and may miss titled / hyphenated variants.
Written parliamentary questions · 2026
Showing
69
of 69 tabled
62 answered(89.9%)
16
departments
2026-05-13
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Hydroelectric Power: Storage
Answered
2026-04-23
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Lithium-ion Batteries: Hazards
Answered
2026-04-14
Department of Health and Social Care
Accident and Emergency Departments: Death
Answered
2026-04-14
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Veterinary Services: Antibiotics
Answered
2026-04-14
Department for Transport
Electric Bicycles and Electric Scooters: Fires
Answered
2026-03-10
Department for Work and Pensions
Industrial Diseases: Compensation
Answered
2026-03-10
Department for Work and Pensions
Industrial Diseases: Compensation
Answered
2026-03-10
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Middle East: British Nationals Abroad
Answered
2026-02-25
Department for Work and Pensions
Industrial Diseases: Compensation
Answered
2026-02-25
Department for Work and Pensions
Industrial Diseases: Compensation
Answered
2026-02-24
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Small Modular Reactors
Answered
2026-02-24
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Empty Property: Homelessness
Answered
2026-02-04
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Empty Property: Greater London
Answered
2026-02-03
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Floods
Answered
2026-01-29
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Coastal Erosion: Expenditure
Answered
2026-01-21
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Greenland: British Nationals Abroad
Answered
2026-01-21
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Hornets: Pest Control
Answered
2026-01-21
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Social Media: Children
Answered
2026-01-15
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Trawsfynydd Power Station: Radioisotopes
Answered
2026-01-15
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Wind Power: Seas and Oceans
Answered
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Bills sponsored & supported · 2026
0 bills
0 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
No bills sponsored or supported in 2026.
Source: UK Parliament Bills API. "Lead" sponsor is the
primary mover (sortOrder = 1); "Supporter" rows are
members of either House who
backed the bill at introduction. Year is the bill's first-reading
date.
Historic bills (all-time)
8 bills
8 as lead sponsor
0 as supporter
| Bill | Info | Role | Status | Introduced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crown Estate (Wales) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2024-09-10 | |
| Government of Wales (Devolved Powers) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 1st reading | 2022-06-06 | |
| Learning Disabilities (Access to Services) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 1st reading | 2022-02-10 | |
| Policing Resources Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2020-02-05 | |
| Policing Resources Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2019-10-29 | |
| Policing Resources Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2017-07-06 | |
| Employment Practices Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | 2014-06-10 | |
| Disability Employment (Gap) Bill [HL] | Sponsored | 2nd reading | — |
Same source as the year-scoped panel above, but unconstrained by
year. The "Sponsored" tag = lead sponsor; "Supported" = backed at
introduction. Sorted newest first.