Plaid leader Rhun ap Iorwerth said: 'The outgoing First Minister is running away from scrutiny as he prepares to leave office and in doing so he is undermining democracy and showing disrespect to the families who lost loved ones during Covid'

The First Minister has been accused of undermining democracy after he refused to answer questions about Covid in the Senedd but was happy to answer them during a radio interview.

Last week Mark Drakeford was heavily criticised for refusing to answer any questions about Covid in First Minister’s Questions because he said it would be “disrespectful” to the Covid Inquiry that he is due to appear at this week. In the Senedd Mr Drakeford was asked about disappearing WhatsApps by both the leaders of Plaid and the Welsh Tories.

In the Senedd Welsh Tory leader Andrew RT Davies asked: “Can you confirm whether you do use WhatsApp regularly as in the evidence that was put to the Covid inquiry, in particular, when it came to policy and rule decisions?”