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'Jones the Jag' row
Shadow Welsh Secretary Owen Smith has criticised David Jones, after the Welsh Secretary was photographed making a 100 metre journey from Downing Street in a chauffeur-driven Jaguar.
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Welsh Secretary: 100 metre Jaguar trip 'is not a big deal'
Welsh Secretary David Jones MP has hit back at critics in a newspaper interview.
“It (travelling by car) enables me to do so without physically going through security at the gate, having to remove my coat or jacket" he told the Daily Post.
“I’m not in any sense troubled by this, it is all part of it. It’s not big deal.”
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Welsh Secretary 'used car journey to read Cabinet papers'
"The Secretary of State for Wales, Mr David Jones, did travel by car to Cabinet as he was reading Cabinet papers and briefing until his arrival at Downing Street” says a spokesperson for the Wales Office.
Labour criticises 'Jones the Jag' Welsh Secretary
Shadow Welsh Secretary Owen Smith has hit out at David Jones, after the Welsh Secretary was photographed making a 100 metre journey from Downing Street in a chauffeur-driven Jaguar.