P-06-1520 Stop all foreign aid payments from the Welsh Government including to "Size of Wales"

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This petition was submitted by Robert Leggett, having collected a total of 1,423 signatures.

Text of petition:

The Welsh Government has this year given £775,000 (up from £670,000 last year) to a Charity called Size of Wales, chaired by ex-First Minister Carwyn Jones.
According to its annual report filed with the Charity Commission Size of Wales lists it spending to include:
- Securing indigenous land rights in Brazil & Kenya
- Building ‘ecosystem resilience’ for orangutans in Indonesia
- Promoting gender work in Kenya and Peru
- Building a solar powered boat in Peru to enable Wampi people navigate the river

Additional information:

Whilst our NHS is on its Knees.
Our roads full of potholes.
The Senedd thinks its ok to waste taxpayers money on foreign vanity projects that do nothing for Wales or its people.
They have no mandate from the devolution act or the people to do this. It must be stopped.

Status

This petition was considered completed by the Petitions Committee at its meeting on 22/09/2025.

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It was first considered by the Petitions Committee on 22/09/2025.

Senedd Constituency and Region

• Montgomeryshire
• Mid and West Wales

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