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Plaid Cymru repeats call for Wales-specific Covid-19 public inquiry
A herd of goats take advantage of quiet streets near Trinity Square, in Llandudno, north Wales, March 31, 2020

WELSH nationalists repeated calls for a Wales-specific Covid-19 public inquiry as the Senedd’s own special committee met today for the first time.

The Senedd’s Wales Covid-19 Inquiry special purpose committee took place one week after the UK Covid public inquiry took evidence from witnesses from Wales.

Former Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price sits on the new Senedd committee and said: “Decisions made in Wales should be scrutinised in Wales.

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