Questions remain around First Minister’s actions, yet he continues to avoid scrutiny.

Plaid Cymru has responded to the evidence given by Vaughan Gething to the Scrutiny of the First Minister session held on 12 July.

The session included questions to the First Minister following further developments this week surrounding the sacking of the former Welsh Government Minister, Hannah Blythyn, who has been accused by the First Minister of leaking messages by Vaughan Gething to the press.

Following the scrutiny session, Plaid Cymru member Llyr Gruffydd MS said:

“It was somewhat ironic that in the scrutiny session of the First Minister, Vaughan Gething did everything possible to avoid scrutiny.

“There remain two conflicting accounts relating to alleged leaked messages and the First Minister continues to side-step important questions. Why did he delete messages, contrary to Welsh government policy and why did he fail to provide messages to the UK Covid inquiry.

“The longer the First Minister is in denial about the scale of the scandal which surrounds him, the longer the people of Wales suffer by the impotency of his Labour government.”