Last Wednesday’s meeting of the Welsh Parliament provided the first opportunity in the sixth Senedd term to question the First Minister directly. With the UK Government allowing responsibly organized outdoor wedding receptions to be held in private gardens in England, I asked him why he is not allowing this in Wales, quoting constituents who have contacted me in desperation.
In his response he said “I make no apologies at all for having those receptions in regulated premises”.
It seems the First Minister remains determined to do things differently in Wales, as if the scientific and medical advice wasn’t the same on both sides of the border, and regardless of the damage this is causing to families and businesses in Wales, as weddings are cancelled here and many are re-arranged a few miles away in England.
I also asked him what plans he has to offer the COVID-19 vaccine to those under 16 years old as rates of the Indian variant increase across the UK – and to prioritise clinically extremely vulnerable young people. In his response, the First Minister said…
