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Learn about the role of the Senedd.

You can vote in Senedd elections when you’re 16.

What’s your school or college course like? Have you ever been to your local hospital? Is it easy to get where you want to go by train?

The Senedd makes decisions about these issues.

The Senedd makes laws, sets some taxes, and makes decisions about a range of issues that affect the people of Wales. Responsibilities held by the Senedd are called devolved matters.

You might hear the Senedd be called the Welsh Parliament. 

What is the Senedd anyway?

A video by young people at the Democracy Box, our youth voice partner for Wales, 2023.

Visit the Democracy Box’s website.

The Senedd’s responsibilities include:

  • education, training and universities 
  • housing, including tackling homelessness 
  • protecting the environment and conserving wildlife and natural habitats
  • the NHS  
  • setting some taxes
  • promoting the culture and heritage of Wales, including the Welsh language
  • developing transport 
  • promoting agricultural schemes and rural development 
  • funding for local councils

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