After Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board attended the Senedd's Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee last March, I wrote to them as Chair regarding concerns about some of the responses that they provided us with and seeking clarity on certain points. Our letter included that we were disappointed by the lack of ownership and responsibility taken by the executive of the problems at the board, referring to various reports over the previous decade, including Holden, Ockenden, HASCAS and Public Account Committee reports. This letter stated:

'We are also concerned about the ongoing presence of executives and managers at the health board who were implicated in the conclusions of these reports and about their ability to deliver the internal change required.'

In your written statement yesterday, Minister, you stated that you've agreed that it is time for the chair, vice-chair and independent members of the board to step aside. How, therefore, do you respond to the alternative perspective placed on this by the independent members of the board in their letter to the First Minister yesterday, on which north Wales Members were copied? They state:

'We are writing to express our sincere concerns about the future of health services in North Wales following this morning’s meeting with the Minister when we were left with no option but to resign as Independent Members with immediate effect.‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‍'

They said that they are gravely concerned at the Minister's response to the Audit Wales report and that to have focus on independent members rather than the operational executive and their delivery exposes patients across Wales and the organisation to significant risk going forward.

Finally, the Senedd's Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee has consistently highlighted concerns around the oversight of the health board by theWelsh Government. Why have you and your predecessor health Ministers allowed matters to reach this head, when the Public Accounts Committee reported concerns regarding board functionality in its reports on the board published in 2013, in 2016, in 2019—