Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services – in the Senedd at 2:05 pm on 2 December 2020.
Minister, I agree that where we can take a four-nation approach, then of course, we should; but sometimes I'm glad we don't, because we were shocked to read the conclusions of the National Audit Office's report on the lack of transparency in the way the UK Government has procured PPE and other key contracts during the coronavirus, and then subsequent revelations about multi-million pound deals with few checks and balances that have led to COVID windfalls for friends of Government Ministers and friends of governing party MPs. So, I welcome your recent statement about how PPE has been procured here in Wales, and can I seek your assurance that we will not, in Wales, be drawn into any appearance of dodgy dealings or fast-track funding for friends, as we seem to have seen in Westminster?