A two day strike by civil servants has led to the cancellation of today’s Assembly Plenary session. It is understood that the House of Commons will be meeting as usual.
Although it would have been possible to go ahead with the Plenary session a number of Assembly Members and Government Ministers refused to cross picket lines and have withdrawn all business. This is despite the fact that it is their government that has provoked the dispute by unilaterally changing the working conditions of civil servants.
The Senedd and the rest of the Assembly estate will be closed to the public on health and safety grounds.
Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Kirsty Williams has urged that a way to avoid future cancellations should be found, saying: “The National Assembly for Wales is a legislature that serves the people of Wales, therefore unions and government must do all they can to reduce the impact on the work of this place. I hope that future strikes can be avoided to prevent disturbances to Assembly business.”
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