3. Business Statement and Announcement

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:01 pm on 4 December 2018.

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Photo of Bethan Sayed Bethan Sayed Plaid Cymru 5:01, 4 December 2018

I heard what you said to Andrew R.T. Davies earlier, but, of course, last week, we did have the inquest into the death of Carl Sergeant and it was well publicised for good reason. We heard details—some of them hard to hear—regarding the events leading up to Carl's tragic and too early death. Given the strong public interest in this case and the clear question marks that have been raised again recently, will your Government now, finally, publish the report from the leak inquiry in full, as we have requested previously, so that we can assess it and we can know exactly what that particular inquiry said?

My second request is—we know that the Welsh Government has committed to Healthcare Inspectorate Wales investigating the Kris Wade scandal here in Wales. Healthcare Inspectorate Wales has been conducting a report over the last year into what happened, talking to key stakeholders. They did promise that this would be able to be released before the end of this term. But what I wanted to raise here today was to ensure that we get access to that report before the end of term, by which I mean by Tuesday or Wednesday next week, so that we can actually scrutinise the health Secretary, instead of him putting something out on a Friday. I don't doubt that he may have reasons to do so, but we would want to have access to that report before the end of term so that we can scrutinise him here because of the severity of the situation. What I don't want is an opportunity missed for Assembly Members to be able to hold the Welsh Government and Healthcare Inspectorate Wales to account by virtue of not having had access to that report. So, that's my request to the Welsh Government.