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Welsh Conservative leader Darren Millar has again made minor changes to his top team in the Senedd.

It is the second time in the last month that Mr Millar, who replaced Andrew RT Davies as the party’s leader in December, has rejigged his frontbench.

Last month’s changes came following Tory resignations from the Senedd’s Covid committee. The latest changes, announced on Thursday May 1, come after Monmouth MS Peter Fox was elected chair of the Senedd’s health and social care committee.

Mr Fox had served as his party’s shadow secretary for infrastructure, transport, and rural affairs prior to this appointment, but now steps aside from the frontbench role.

Fellow shadow cabinet member Sam Rowlands will now take on the transport and infrastructure portfolios, while Samuel Kurtz has been given the rural affairs role.

Taking on the roles, Mr Rowlands attacked the Welsh Government over its 20mph speed limit rollout, while Mr Kurtz accused the ruling Welsh Labour party of ‘neglecting’ farmers.

Elsewhere, the shadow cabinet remains unchanged, with South Wales East Senedd Members Natasha Asghar and Laura Anne Jones retaining their current shadow cabinet positions.

Full shadow cabinet

• Darren Millar – Leader of the opposition;
• Paul Davies – Deputy leader, chief whip, and shadow secretary for the constitution;
• Natasha Asghar – Shadow secretary for education;
• Gareth Davies – Shadow secretary for culture, tourism, sport, and north Wales;
• James Evans – Shadow secretary for health and social care;
• Janet Finch-Saunders – Shadow secretary for climate change and environment;
• Tom Giffard – Shadow counsel general, and shadow secretary for delivery, external affairs and Welsh language;
• Altaf Hussain – Shadow secretary for equalities and social justice;
• Joel James – Shadow secretary for children, young people, mental health and wellbeing;
• Laura Anne Jones – Shadow secretary for local government, housing, and the Armed Forces;
• Samuel Kurtz – Shadow secretary for the economy and energy, and rural affairs;
• Sam Rowlands – Policy director and shadow secretary for finance, transport, and infrastructure.