The Welsh government has “refused to open itself up to scrutiny” over its decision-making during the pandemic, the UK Covid inquiry has heard.
A lawyer acting for Covid Bereaved Families for Justice Cymru (CBFJC) said the group was left “bitterly disappointed” after ministers in Cardiff refused to establish an independent Wales-specific inquiry “despite repeated calls from the Welsh bereaved and political community”.
Nia Gowman said the ‘special purpose committee’ the Welsh Assembly set up instead “lacks teeth” and has been likened by its own members to “using a sticking plaster to treat a bad wound”.
