Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:42 pm on 15 November 2022.
Thank you, Presiding Officer. First Minister, it's good to see you back after last week being away with COVID. A timely reminder that, obviously, the virus is still out there and taking people out of their normal day's activities.
First Minister, last week—two weeks ago, I should say—the chair of the UK-wide COVID inquiry highlighted that the work that they would be able to undertake wouldn't be able to encapsulate all the matters that she would wish for to be taken into account here in Wales, given the volume of work that she has on her plate and the amount of work that is coming in to that inquiry, although she would, along with her colleagues in that inquiry, endeavour to undertake as full an investigation and scrutiny of the actions of the Welsh Government as possible. In light of her comments, do you not think it is now appropriate that we do have that Welsh-wide COVID inquiry, so that those who lost loved ones through the COVID crisis can get the answers they require to bring closure on what is a particularly dark time in their lives?