Questions Without Notice from the Party Leaders

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:58 pm on 20 October 2020.

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Photo of Paul Davies Paul Davies Conservative 1:58, 20 October 2020

Well, First Minister, you say that there is compelling evidence, you say you publish all the data, but information on a community-to-community basis is still not available in all parts of Wales, and data on a transmission basis and on a demographic basis is certainly not available. So, I would urge you to publish that level of information as a matter of urgency.

Now, First Minister, to my mind and to thousands of people living right across Wales, the Welsh Government's decision to implement a nationwide lockdown in response to the figures I've just mentioned is unjustified, and it'll take more than a one-size-fits-all approach to tackling this virus in our communities. We have to see a much more targeted intervention approach, and yet, from Friday, everyone living in Wales will be under the same restrictions, regardless of whether the data shows further intervention is needed. In your press briefing yesterday, you made it clear that you don't expect to see any results at the end of the two-week period and that it'll be a little while later before cases will fall. Therefore, can you tell us exactly what criteria the Welsh Government will use to measure the success of a national lockdown, and, should the Government not get the results it wants in all 22 local authority areas, then can the people of Wales expect a further lockdown in the very near future?