Students at Monmouth School for Girls and Monmouth School for Boys were given an insight into life as a Member of the Senedd this week.
Natasha Asghar, the MS for South East Wales, spoke with around 140 students at Monmouth’s Blake Theatre on Thursday morning in her pledge to raise awareness of the Welsh Parliament and encourage more people from across Wales to get involved in politics.
With a packed-out hall she talked about the qualities needed to be a politician, what the job entails, diversity, her personal life, and Labour’s controversial plans to add more politicians to the Senedd and introduce gender quotas.
Students also quizzed Natasha over devolution, Brexit, and politics in Westminster before taking part in workshops.
Natasha Asghar MS said:
“It has been incredibly difficult to visit schools and talk to students in recent times because of the pandemic so I jumped at the opportunity to speak with youngsters at Monmouth School for Boys and Monmouth School for Girls.
“Based on some of the great and challenging questions they asked me, I have no doubt that I was in the midst of some future politicians.
“I would like to say a massive thank you to the schools for having me and to the students for listening to me. I hope I managed to ignite their political passions and hope to see them debating in the Senedd chamber one day.”
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Disgyblion yn cael blas ar fywyd fel gwleidydd yng Nghymru
Cafodd disgyblion yn Monmouth School for Girls a Monmouth School for Boys yn Nhrefynwy flas ar fywyd fel Aelod o’r Senedd yr wythnos hon.
Siaradodd Natasha Asghar, yr AS dros Ddwyrain De Cymru, gydag oddeutu 140 o ddisgyblion yn Theatr Blake yn Nhrefynwy fore Iau fel rhan o’i haddewid i godi ymwybyddiaeth o’r Senedd ac annog mwy o bobl ledled Cymru i gymryd rhan mewn gwleidyddiaeth.
Bu’n siarad gyda neuadd lawn am y priodweddau sydd eu hangen ar rywun i fod yn wleidydd, hyd a lled y swydd, amrywiaeth, ei bywyd personol, cynlluniau dadleuol Llafur i ychwanegu mwy o wleidyddion yn y Senedd a chyflwyno cwota rhywedd.
Bu’r disgyblion yn holi Natasha hefyd am ddatganoli, Brexit a gwleidyddiaeth yn San Steffan cyn cymryd rhan mewn gweithdai.
Meddai Natasha Asghar AS:
“Mae wedi bod yn anodd dros ben ymweld ag ysgolion i siarad gyda disgyblion yn ddiweddar oherwydd y pandemig felly achubais ar y cyfle i siarad gyda’r plant yn Monmouth School for Boys a Monmouth School for Girls.
“Ar sail rhai o’r cwestiynau gwych a heriol a ofynnwyd i mi, does gen i ddim amheuaeth fy mod yng nghwmni ambell i wleidydd y dyfodol.
“Hoffwn ddiolch o galon i’r ysgolion am fy nghroesawu ac i’r disgyblion am wrando arnaf. Gobeithio fy mod wedi llwyddo i danio eu hangerdd gwleidyddol a gobeithiaf eu gweld yn dadlau yn siambr y Senedd rhyw ddydd.”
