Rhodri Glyn Thomas AM was elected to the National Assembly in 1999 and represents Carmarthen East and Dinefwr. Between 2007 and 2008 he served as Minister for Culture in the Welsh Assembly Government, and he is now one of the most senior backbenchers in the institution. In the Assembly he has served variously as Chair of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee, Chair of the Culture Committee and Plaid's Deputy Assembly Group Leader. He was born in Wrexham in 1953 and attended the University of Wales Aberystwyth, Bangor and Lampeter.A former Chair of CND Cymru, the Welsh spokesperson for Private Business and Chair of the Mid & South Wales Liaison Committee of NSPCC Wales, he is also a Minister of religion.

An excuse to do nothing

The Welsh Government should be pushing harder for policing and justice powers to be devolved to Wales. So why isn’t it?

Moving beyond ‘business as usual’

Today, the Assembly began the process of debating the Welsh Government’s budget, whose proposals are being opposed by three parties. Here is what one AM said

Time to talk beyond Wales

This afternoon a cross party group of Assembly Members has succeeded in tabling a motion on Gaza in the Assembly. One of them explains why, and what he saw when he visited Gaza

‘A stain on the Government of Wales Act’

The defeat of the Housing LCO was the final straw for anyone who has faith in the current Welsh legislative system – and political posturing in Westminster has let down the social housing sector very badly indeed

Labour needs a leader – but so does Wales

Welsh Labour may feel that the current leadership contest is just a matter for them. Today on WalesHome.org a former Cabinet Member who has sat in government alongside two of the candidates says that Labour members need to be mindful of the wider implications when they vote