Questions Without Notice from the Party Leaders

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:49 pm on 16 July 2019.

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Photo of Paul Davies Paul Davies Conservative 1:49, 16 July 2019

First Minister, in a previous exchange in this Chamber, you said that information is only available because your Government releases it, however, in the last week, two reports have had to be forced out of your Government—the report into kukd.com and the leak inquiry into the sacking of Carl Sargeant. Both of these reports are of an incredibly serious nature, and yet, many people are questioning the level of scrutiny that they can receive, as each one is lacking in detail. It is shocking that the report into the sacking of Carl Sargeant, which led to his death, is barely 350 words long. It is the shortest whitewash in history, First Minister. Now, in that report, the chief security officer used keywords to search the restored mailboxes of those with prior knowledge of the reshuffle. What were those keywords and how can we be confident that they would have captured the right e-mails? The report continues to say that following a questionnaire, where necessary, this was followed up with an interview or interviews. Can you tell us, therefore, how many people were interviewed, and were all staff with prior knowledge interviewed one-to-one? The report concludes that all Welsh Government disclosures were authorised disclosures. Can you tell us who authorised those disclosures?