Overview
- Members approved a fortnight’s suspension without pay after the standards report was endorsed without objection.
- An inquiry by the independent commissioner and the cross-party committee upheld only the racist-language complaint, while expense fraud and dismissal allegations were not sustained and police had previously found no fraud.
- The report cited Jones’s WhatsApp message about TikTok—“No chinky spies for me!”—and concluded she breached multiple Senedd Code of Conduct rules.
- Jones accepted the findings and apologized in the chamber, saying leaks and the prolonged process caused severe distress to her family and that she had attempted to take her own life.
- Committee chair Hannah Blythyn condemned the conduct and criticized leaks, as coverage noted the case poses a reputational setback for Reform UK ahead of next year’s Senedd elections.