the trefnydd or leader of the house, lesley griffiths, stood in for mark drakeford. in some health boards, one in three patients were contracting the covid virus in a hospital setting. these were decisions that were taken here in wales by welsh government ministers. surely those decisions need now to be tested at a welsh public inquiry and not lost in a uk wide public inquiry. will you commit to using your energies within government to campaign for a wales wide public inquiry so these very issues can be looked at and remediated here in wales? no, i won t. you have hear the first minister say many times, and i know the first minister in his answers to you in chamber has said that he has agreed to four nation inquiry, a uk four nation inquiry. he s had discussions with senior ministers, i think the prime minister himself in the uk government. and, you know, if we had our own inquiry, we would not be able to look at so many of the independencies there are across the four countries in rela
A Wales-specific Covid public inquiry is needed to examine the actions and decisions taken by Welsh public bodies Older People’s Commissioner for Wales, has said. First minister Mark Drakeford has so far resisted calls to hold an inquiry separate to the UK-wide one despite bereaved families campaign groups and opposition parties demanding one. Heléna Herklots, […]
now, these were decisions that were taken here in wales by welsh government ministers. surely those decisions need now to be tested at a welsh public inquiry and not lost in a uk wide public inquiry. will you commit to using your energies within government to campaign for a wales wide public inquiry so these very issues can be looked at and remediated here in wales? no, i won t. you have heard the first minister say many times and i know the first minister, in his answers to you in the chamber, has said that he has agreed to four nation inquiry a uk four nation inquiry. he s had discussions with senior ministers i think the prime minister himself in the uk government and, you know, if we had our own inquiry, we wouldn t be able to look at so many of the independencies that there are across the four countries in relation to covid, so if you think about testing, if you think about vaccines, if you think about ppe, if you think about the drugs that have been used in relation to co
virus in a hospital setting. now, these were decisions that were taken here in wales by welsh government ministers. surely those decisions need now to be tested at a welsh public inquiry and not lost in a uk wide public inquiry. will you commit to using your energies within government to campaign for a wales wide public inquiry so these very issues can be looked at and remediated here in wales? no, i won t. you have heard the first minister say many times and i know the first minister, in his answers to you in the chamber, has said that he has agreed to four nation inquiry a uk four nation inquiry. he s had discussions with senior ministers i think the prime minister himself in the uk government and, you know, if we had our own inquiry, we wouldn t be able to look at so many of the independencies that there are across the four countries in relation to covid, so if you think about testing, if you think about vaccines, if you think about ppe, if you think about the drugs