The Welsh parliament has voted to set up a COVID-19 inquiry committee - but campaigners say it does not go far enough
.public inquiry to focus specifically on the decisions taken by the Welsh government, which often acted at different time and on different advice to the UK's other devolved governments during the pandemic.is through the UK-wide COVID inquiry.
Senedd members have now backed plans to set up a special committee that goes some way towards investigating decisions made during the pandemic in Wales. Campaign group COVID-19 Bereaved Families For Justice Cymru called the move"embarrassing", saying the committee would be the equivalent of a"parish council meeting" and branded it"Vicar Of Dibley-style".Plans to establish the special purpose committee came after discussions between the Welsh Labour government and the Welsh Conservatives - the official opposition party in Cardiff Bay.
Plaid Cymru's health spokesperson, Rhun ap Iorwerth, said he hoped the committee would be able to provide families with some answers. He said:"I would like to pay tribute to the tireless efforts of the COVID-19 Bereaved Families for Justice Cymru who have led the arguments, led the case for a Welsh COVID inquiry and I hope that this special purpose committee, though not giving us what we want ultimately, will at least provide them with some of the answers that they so richly deserve."
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