2. Statement by the First Minister: Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 11:37 am on 10 June 2020.

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Photo of Mark Drakeford Mark Drakeford Labour 11:37, 10 June 2020

Llywydd, I respond to the first group by referring them to the advice of the Chief Dental Officer for Wales, who is the person best equipped—a good deal better equipped than the Member will be—to provide people with expert advice in the dental field, and the continuing discussions that she will have with the profession in Wales. That's how decisions should be made—by proper professional discussion and professional leadership, and I refer them to the leader of their profession here in Wales. 

As to the points made by staff at Glyndŵr university, I would be very pleased to recruit and co-opt them into the efforts that we make as a Welsh Government to make clear what the rules are here in Wales, and to put right any confusion caused by his colleagues across our border.