Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:53 pm on 1 November 2016.
First Minister, on 12 July, you said on the record that
‘lobbyists don’t have access to Welsh Ministers.’
Are you aware that on 27 October, your Minister for finance was pictured on Twitter attending an event with a commercial lobbyist? Are you aware that, tomorrow, on 2 October, the Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children is a keynote speaker at a commercial lobbyist event? So, maybe you can explain to the public and this Chamber the contradiction between what you say here, that they don't have access, and what actually is the reality, because we all know they do? Can you explain the contradiction, please?