Party: Plaid Cymru
Region: South Wales West
Contact information
Office Address:
75 Briton Ferry Road
Melin Cryddan
Neath
SA11 1AR
Phone: 01639 643549
Assembly Address:
National Assembly for Wales
Cardiff Bay
Cardiff
CF99 1NA
Phone: 029 2089 8713
Email: Bethan.Jenkins@wales.gov.uk
Membership
Terms of office
- 04/05/2007 - 31/03/2011
- 06/05/2011 -
Membership of Cross Party Groups
- Eating Disorders (Chair)
- Healthy Living
- Human Rights (Chair)
- Human Trafficking in Wales
- Media and Broadcasting (Chair)
- Muscular Dystrophy (Chair)
- The Welsh Language
- Women in Democracy
Additional Information
Personal history
Bethan enjoys swimming and going to the gym, as well as watching football and rugby league. She also enjoys music and plays the viola.
Professional background
Bethan is a former president of Aberystwyth’s Guild of Students and member of the Welsh Language Society’s Senate.
Political history
After she was elected to the National Assembly for Wales in 2007, Bethan sat on the Petitions Committee, the Public Accounts Committee (formerly Audit Committee) and the Communities and Culture Committee. She was also Plaid Cymru’s spokesperson on child poverty and cultural issues.
Bethan’s political interests include economic development, international affairs, women’s rights, asylum matters, the safeguarding of local services and eating disorder provision in Wales.
