Part of 4. Topical Questions – in the Senedd at 4:09 pm on 11 November 2020.
Thank you, Minister, for that answer. Could I seek assurance from you on two fronts, and some availability of the planning to date? Yesterday, in First Minister's questions, the First Minister highlighted that the chief medical officer has been in discussions since June, and then in direct discussions with the health boards from July, about the availability and distribution of the vaccine here in Wales. Could I ask that those discussions are made available and the outcomes of those discussions are made available for Assembly Members to see, so that we can understand how prepared Wales is to make sure the logistics are in place when the vaccine becomes available? Are you confident enough to be in a position, like the UK health Secretary did yesterday in the House of Commons, to commit that, from 1 December, the Welsh NHS will be in a position, irrespective of when the vaccine will come, to be able to distribute and administer the vaccine here in Wales?