The Welsh government has been criticised for no longer publishing details of decisions made by ministers on its website.
'Decision reports' - on decisions on spending and other policy matters - will now not be made public.
The Welsh government website, external said the decision was due to "streamlining our process for ministerial advice".
The Conservatives accused ministers of "deep paranoia" while Plaid Cymru said it was part of a "worrying trend".
First Minister Carwyn Jones, answering an urgent question in Senedd, said: "Most of these decision reports that are provided on the website are incredibly mundane, they take up time as far as officials are concerned, and we know money is difficult, and officials' time is more restricted.
"For example, calling in planning applications, funding for car park extensions - these are not thing that I think members would expect to see full decision reports published online about."
Mr Jones was heckled by opposition AMs as he suggested the numbers viewing that section of the website was very low.
Liberal Democrat leader Kirsty Williams said afterwards: "It shouldn't matter whether hardly anyone accesses these webpages, or whether other governments don't do the same.
"If Labour's first minister was truly committed to the principle of transparency, he would not have taken this decision in the first place," she said.
Plaid Cymru AM Simon Thomas said the move was "part of a very worrying trend", while Andrew RT Davies, the leader of the Welsh Conservatives, said: "There is a sense of deep paranoia at the heart of this Welsh Government and this move will make proper scrutiny more and more difficult."
- Published20 July 2011
