<p>Code of Conduct in Relation to the Office of First Minister </p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:07 pm on 17 October 2017.

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Photo of Neil McEvoy Neil McEvoy Plaid Cymru 2:07, 17 October 2017

First Minister, you claimed in this Chamber last year that lobbyists don’t have access to Government Ministers. You had to go back on that when it turned out that they do. You claimed this year that Plaid Cymru Ministers were somehow implicated in the Lisvane land deal scandal when £39 million was lost. The sale was decided after Plaid had left Government. Lastly, you gave an interview to the ‘South Wales Echo’ about local development plans, then you claimed that you never make comments on LDPs or planning applications and the reason why the story appeared in the paper in that way was because I put it there, and phrased it that way. That’s a really serious allegation, to question a journalist’s integrity like that, and I have no influence whatsoever over the ‘South Wales Echo’. You need to be held to account and be properly investigated. So, since you won’t answer me in any other way, I’m asking you now, in front of the people of Wales: will you voluntarily refer yourself to be investigated under the ministerial code of conduct like Alex Salmond did in 2012? Do you have the courage to do that?