Welsh Health Minister Eluned Morgan has been banned from driving for six months.
Mrs Morgan was banned for accumulating too many points on her license after driving 30mph in Wrexham.
In a statement, he said he pleaded guilty to a speeding charge and accepted the court’s punishment.
“This is not something I’m proud of and I apologize unreservedly,” she said.
Ms Morgan, a Labor member of the Senedd for Central and West Wales, was disqualified at Mold Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday.
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She was appointed Minister for Health and Social Services after Senedd’s election last year and was Minister for International Relations and Welsh Language for the previous two and a half years.
As health minister during the pandemic, she has had a high profile, regularly hosting Welsh government Covid briefings and doing rounds of media interviews.
The minister is also a member of the House of Lords, with the formal title of Baroness Morgan, and was a member of the European Parliament between 1994 and 2009.
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