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This is a collection of some of Siân Gwenllian MS' publications over the past few years. Among them are:

  • Research Siân has commissioned to support her work in Arfon
  • National policy papers
  • Updates on Siân's work in Arfon

Improving Welsh homes: Going further and faster — July 2025

01.07.2025

This paper is the third in a series that starts to set out Plaid Cymru’s housing proposals ahead of the 2026 Senedd election.

Gwella Cartrefi Cymru

Dublin Social Housing Festival — June 2025

06.06.2025

Between 4 and 6 June 2025, Siân Gwenllian attended a social housing festival in Dublin. In this report, she shares her findings and reflections.

Dublin Social Housing Festival (pdf)

Building a Future: Plaid Cymru’s Vision for Transforming Social Housing Delivery in Wales — Spring 2025

01.04.2025

The paper explores the key challenges and barriers to delivery, such as funding gaps, planning system inefficiencies, and limited land availability, while highlighting opportunities like community-led housing initiatives, while offering a revitalised vision for Unnos, considering its potential strategic role as an enhanced, arms-length entity with independent finance-raising capacity and strengthened compulsory purchase powers. It concludes with actionable recommendations and next steps for ensuring Wales achieves a sustainable and equitable social housing future.

Building a Future: Plaid Cymru’s Vision for Transforming Social Housing Delivery in Wales (pdf)

Homes for all: Right to Adequate Housing, Rent Control and Affordability — December 2024

29.12.2024

This paper is the first in a series that starts to set out Plaid Cymru’s housing proposals ahead of the 2026 Senedd election. Paper 1 is our policy position on the right to adequate housing, fair rents and affordability.

Homes for all: Right to Adequate Housing, Rent Control and Affordability (pdf)

Filling the Gaps: The case for training dentists in Bangor — October 2024

04.10.2024

There are many benefits for the whole of Wales from the establishment of a new Dental School in Bangor and in order to evidence this, this report was commissioned by the independent research company Lafan, and the conclusions are published here.

Dentistry Report Sept 2024

Plaid Cymru and Welsh Government Cooperation Agreement — 2021

29.08.2021

Collaboration Agreement between the Welsh Government and Plaid Cymru in 2021. It was an arrangement to work together on specific policy areas, including Free School Lunch and Free Childcare. 

Welsh only..

Y Cytundeb Cydweithio

Welsh in education: strengthening through legislation? — Spring 2019

29.05.2019

A paper regarding legislation for Welsh language provision within childcare, education and training. Written by Gareth Pierce and commissioned by Siân Gwenllian AM. 

Welsh in education strengthening through legislation

Local housing need and the Welsh language in the planning system — March 2018

14.03.2018

A discussion paper on the local need for housing and the Welsh language in the planning system.

Discussion paper

Reaching the Million — March 2017

29.08.2017

'Iaith: The Welsh Centre for Language Planning' was commissioned to produce this document by Siân Gwenllian, Assembly Member and Shadow Cabinet Secretary for the Welsh Language, Planning, Local Government and Equality.

This document aims to outline some of the key strategic priorities for growing the number of Welsh speakers in Wales to a million by 2050. 

Read Reaching the Million (pdf)

Future of the West — 2017

29.08.2017

Discussion paper about collaborating for the benefit of the economy and the Welsh language, commissioned by Adam Price AM and Siân Gwenllian AM.

Future of the West (pdf)

Tackling The Crisis: A new medical school in Wales — 2016

17.07.2016

This report was commissioned in order to make the case for establishing a new medical school in Wales to address the shortage of doctors and improve medical training in the country.

Medical School Report - Tackling The Crisis

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