Security services would help MSs with spying fears, says Eluned Morgan

Security services are on standby to help Senedd members believing they have seen infiltration attempts by hostile foreign states, according to First Minister Eluned Morgan. It follows the arrest and release on bail of three men with connections to Wales and the Labour Party last week on suspicion of spying for China. In Tuesday's First Minister's Questions, Conservative Senedd leader Darren Millar asked Morgan when she knew of the "national security concerns" and if there was an urgent review of vetting. Morgan said she it would be "inappropriate" to comment "on any detail" of a "live investigation" but that security services had offered to support MSs fearing "any attempt at infiltration". The three men were arrested at addresses in Wales and London last Wednesday and subsequently bailed as part of a counter-terrorism investigation under the National Security Act. In the Welsh Parliament on Tuesday Millar accused the first minister of issuing "a few cursory sentences that told us nothing" on the case in a written statement last Thursday. Millar asked: "Can you tell us when did you become aware of the national security concerns, and can you also tell us whether you've initiated an