Senedd members paid tribute to Dafydd Elis-Thomas following the former Plaid Cymru leader’s death on Friday.

Lord Elis-Thomas served as the first speaker of the then-National Assembly for Wales for 12 years from 1999 until 2011.

Elin Jones, current speaker, described her predecessor as a “close friend to many here, a political comrade to many too, and an enigma to all”.

Leading tributes in the Siambr, on February 11, she said: “This Senedd today is what it is because, to a very great extent, of Dafydd Elis-Thomas.

“And, certainly, all of us in........

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