Health shake-up email row
Opposition parties table a vote of no-confidence in Health Minister Lesley Griffiths, following the publication of emails from an advisor to the author of a report into reforms to the Welsh NHS
- Nick Powell
Minister 'appalled' by attack on professor
The Health Minister, Lesley Griffiths, has told AMs that she will not allow 'political posturing to block the path of good government'. She said that the opposition should be ashamed of the attack on herself and her officials and on Professor Marcus Longley.
The Shadow Health Minister, Darren Millar, claimed that emails between officials and Professor Longley, released under the Freedom of Information Act, justified the allegations, despite Lesley Griffiths' insistance that she and her officials did not try to influence or change the report in any way.
Earlier, the First Minister Carwyn Jones, who's a qualified barrister, said Darren Millar should take legal advice about making such allegations outside the Assembly chamber, where AMs are protected from the law of libel.
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Health Minister survives vote of no-confidence
After a difficult day, Lesley Griffiths survives a no-confidence vote in the Senedd.
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Health Minister's double challenge
Health Minister Lesley Griffiths is to be quizzed by Assembly committee before facing a no-confidence vote
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AMs to quiz Health Minister over emails row
Members of the Assembly's Health Committee agree to question the Minister and officials about claims they influenced an independent report