Responding to a question from Labour AM for Swansea West Julie James, the minister confirmed that a Dylan Thomas 2014 Steering Group has been established and will report to the Welsh Government on the plans for the centenary.

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Earlier this month Julie James e-mailed the Telegraph website in response to a separate debate about the story of Debbie Purdy, who has multiple sclerosis and is fighting for clarification of the law on assisted suicide.

BBC: Mother defends rugby suicide son

As the costs mounted, the trial of Jamie Gray, his wife Julie, son James Junior and daughters Jodie and Cordelia got under way at Bicester Magistrates' Court.

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