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Dominic Cummings: Welsh health minister 'would have quit' if caught in similar row
May 26, 2020
Wales' Health Minister Vaughan Gething says he would have resigned if he had been caught in a similar row to Dominic Cummings.
The prime minister's chief adviser said on Monday he did not regret driving 260 miles from London during lockdown.
Mr Cummings said he acted "reasonably" and within the law.
Mr Gething has himself been caught in a row after he was photographed sitting eating chips in Cardiff Bay with his family.
It came days before Welsh Government advice changed allowing people to sit and eat while exercising.
Speaking about Mr Cummings, the Labour health minister refused to be drawn on whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson should keep his adviser in post.
But he said if it had emerged that he himself had driven a long way because he was worried about his son he would have had to resign, or would have been sacked.
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On Monday, at a press conference, Mr Cummings revealed he had not told Boris Johnson when he decided to take his family to County Durham after his wife developed Covid-19 symptoms.
Mr Cummings said he realised the family would have been left without childcare in London if, like his wife, he had fallen ill.
Conservative junior minister Douglas Ross resigned on Tuesday , saying Mr Cumming's view of the government guidance was "not shared by the vast majority of people".
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