Point of Order

– in the Senedd at 3:43 pm on 18 April 2018.

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Photo of Elin Jones Elin Jones Plaid Cymru 3:43, 18 April 2018

(Translated)

Point of order—Simon Thomas. 

Photo of Mr Simon Thomas Mr Simon Thomas Plaid Cymru

(Translated)

Thank you, Llywydd. I’d like to raise a point of order under Standing Orders, particularly Standing Order 13.9 on conduct in the Chamber. In responding to Angela Burns and then Adam Price yesterday, the First Minister referred twice to myself and my work as a special adviser to Plaid Cymru Ministers in 2007-10. He stated, regarding the actions described by Angela Burns, and I quote:

Photo of Mr Simon Thomas Mr Simon Thomas Plaid Cymru 3:44, 18 April 2018

'That's normal. Plaid Cymru Ministers, as Simon Thomas will be able to tell you, did exactly the same when they were in Government.'

Photo of Mr Simon Thomas Mr Simon Thomas Plaid Cymru

(Translated)

I want to make it clear that I, as a special adviser, never contacted any public body to ask for the content or the nature of correspondence with Assembly Members, and that wasn’t part of the culture of the One Wales Government Ministers to my information. So, the First Minister’s claim is inaccurate.

Photo of Elin Jones Elin Jones Plaid Cymru 3:45, 18 April 2018

(Translated)

That is not a point of order for me to adjudicate on, but Members will have heard your comments, Simon Thomas, and they are now on the record.

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