Register of interests

Sioned Williams MS

Registration of Interests and Records of Membership of Societies and the Employment of Family Members

Register of financial and other interests

1. Category 1: Directorships
Entry in respect of Name of company and nature of business
NoneNone
2. Category 2: Remunerated employment, office, profession etc
Entry in respect of Name of company, nature of post and business
Spouse University Lecturer, Swansea University (in receipt of sponsorship from the Higher Education Council for Wales)
Spouse External Examiner (in receipt of sponsorship from the Higher Education Council for Wales)
Spouse Commentator on cultural issues, various broadcasting companies
Spouse Commentator on cultural issues, various journals (in receipt of sponsorship through the Books Council)
Spouse Author, University of Wales Press
Spouse Musician (sponsored by the Arts Council)
Member Completed survey for Ipsos Mori. Donated all of the money paid (£90) directly to the account of the Plaid Cymru Neath branch.
Member Completed Britain Thinks survey on higher education. The £50 fee was donated to charity,
Member Completed Savanta survey on the Member's work as an MS on 23 March 2023, giving all the money (£100) to Neath Plaid Cymru.
Member Completed survey on the Financial Services Authority in her role as a Member of the Senedd on 31 May 2023 for Britain Thinks - Member was paid £50, which was paid directly to a charity of the Member's choice, namely Friends of Pontardawe Arts Centre.
Member Completed IPSOS survey on Member's work as an MS on 8 December 2023, with payment made directly (£100) by IPSOS to Neath Plaid Cymru.
Member Completed Savanta survey from Member's perspective as an MS on 11 December 2023, with payment (£50) made directly by Savanta to Neath Plaid Cymru.
Member Received a payment of £35 in March 2024 for writing an article for Cylchgrawn Barn on the future of Tata Steel Works in Port Talbot.
3. Category 3: Names of clients
Entry in respect of Name of client and nature of client's business
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4. Category 4: Gifts, hospitality, material benefit or advantage
Entry in respect of Description and person or organisation making gift
Member Ticket and hospitality for the Wales v Scotland rugby match on 12 February 2022 from ITV Wales.
Member and spouse Hospitality (food and drink) and two tickets for the Women's Six Nations Wales v Ireland rugby match on 25 March 2023 from the Welsh Rugby Union.
Member Two tickets and hospitality (meal and drinks) for the Member and her 17-year-old son for the Cardiff v. Osprey Judgement Day rugby match at the Principality Stadium on 22 April 2023 from BT.
5. Category 5: Remuneration or other material benefit
Entry in respect of: Remuneration or benefit and organisation involved:
NoneNone
6. Category 6: Financial sponsorship
Sponsorship as candidate or Member, and amount: Sponsor and nature of business if a company:
Candidate All 2021 election costs paid by Plaid Cymru
7. Category 7: Overseas visits
Entry in respect of Date(s), destination, purpose and who met costs
NoneNone
8. Category 8: Land and property
Entry in respect of Nature of property and general area
Member Part-ownership of the Member's mother's home in Caerphilly CBC with the Member's sister. Her mother lives in the house and the Member does not derive any financial benefit from this.
9. Category 9: Shareholdings
Entry in respect of Name of company or body, and nature of business
Member Shares in Awel Co-op and Egni Co-op, renewable energy companies
10. Category 10:Membership/Chairmanship of bodies in receipt of Senedd funds
Entry in respect of Name of Organisation and position held
Member Deacon– Soar Church Pontardawe
Member Member - Neath Port Talbot Menter Iaith (ceased)
Member Member - Saunders Lewis Trust
Member Member - Friends of Pontardawe Arts Centre
Member Member - Papur Bro Llais Editiorial Board
Spouse Member - English-medium grants panel for the Welsh Books Council
Spouse Town councillor – Pontardawe Town Council (ceased in May 2022)
Spouse Fellow - The Welsh Academy
Member Member - Celtic Credit Union
Member Subscriber - Bevan Foundation
Member Trustee - Pantry Food Bank, Pontardawe

Record of membership of societies

11. Record of membership of societies
Name of club or society
The Learned Society of Wales
Member - CND

Record of employment of family members with the support of Commission funds

12. Record of the employment of family members
Name of employee and relationship to MS Position, dates of employment and contracted hours
Name: Angela Owen Griffiths Capacity in which employed: Senior Parliamentary and Media Officer
Family Member of: Peredur Owen Griffiths Date employment commenced: 6 November 2023
Relationship to the MS: Spouse Contracted hours: 37