International Activity (7th Senedd)

Inward visit from David Wilson, Clerk of the New Zealand House of Representatives

09 June 2026

55th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) British Islands and Mediterranean Region (BIMR) Conference

Gibraltar

17–20 June 2026

Attended by James Evans MS; Matthew Jones MS; Natasha Asghar MS and Shav Taj MS

British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (BIPA) Steering Committee 

Dublin, Ireland

5–6 July 2026

Attended by the Deputy Presiding Officer (DPO) and Darren Millar MS.

Inward visit from the Rt Hon Gerry Brownlee, Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives

16–17 July 2026

Led by the Llywydd, DPO and Senedd officials.

Attended by Hon. Dan Bidois, MP; Hon. Laura McClure, MP; Dr Tracey McLellan, MP; Hon. Tāmatha Paul, MP; Joint CPA New Zealand Branch Secretaries - Dr David Wilson, Clerk of the New Zealand House of Representatives and Rafael Gonzalez-Montero, Chief Executive of the New Zealand Parliamentary Service; and Kirsty Murfitt, CPA Pacific Regional Secretary.

Schedule here.

13th Commonwealth Youth Parliament 

July 2026

Sydney, Australia

Attended by Qahira Shah, a former member of the Welsh Youth Parliament 

69th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference

Cape Town, Republic of South Africa

13-18 September 2026

Attended by Natasha Asghar MS and Shav Taj MS

Inward visit from His Excellency Hiroshi F. Suzuki, Ambassador of Japan to the U.K

14 October 2026

Welcomed by the Llywydd and Deputy Presiding Officer (DPO)

69th British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (BIPA) Plenary

Sheffield, England

18-20 October 2026

Attended by the Deputy Presiding Officer (DPO), Darren Millar MS, Elyn Stephens MS, Jayne Bryant MS 

Report here