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| Liberal Democrats are investigating allegations about the behaviour of a senior member of the Welsh assembly after a night out in Cardiff. | Liberal Democrats are investigating allegations about the behaviour of a senior member of the Welsh assembly after a night out in Cardiff. |
| The party, which is holding its Welsh spring conference in Swansea, is looking into newspaper claims about Mick Bates, the AM for Montgomeryshire. | The party, which is holding its Welsh spring conference in Swansea, is looking into newspaper claims about Mick Bates, the AM for Montgomeryshire. |
| The party said it took the Wales on Sunday allegations about behaviour at a hospital last month "very seriously". | The party said it took the Wales on Sunday allegations about behaviour at a hospital last month "very seriously". |
| Mr Bates, 62, announced last year he will stand down at the next election. | Mr Bates, 62, announced last year he will stand down at the next election. |
| A spokesperson for the Welsh Liberal Democrats said: "We take these allegations very seriously and we would not condone this sort of alleged behaviour. | A spokesperson for the Welsh Liberal Democrats said: "We take these allegations very seriously and we would not condone this sort of alleged behaviour. |
| "We have already begun an investigation to establish the facts and we will return with a further statement once our investigations are concluded." | "We have already begun an investigation to establish the facts and we will return with a further statement once our investigations are concluded." |
| Mr Bates, who has represented Montgomeryshire since the assembly began in 1999, has been chairman of its sustainability committee since 2007. | |
| A former teacher who became a farmer, he said last year that his wife, a headmistress, was retiring in 2011, and that it was an "ideal time" for him to stand down. | A former teacher who became a farmer, he said last year that his wife, a headmistress, was retiring in 2011, and that it was an "ideal time" for him to stand down. |
| Mr Bates is also a former county chairman of the National Farmers' Union, and became a local councillor in 1994. | |
| He held his assembly seat at the 2007 election with a majority of just over 2,000 ahead of the Conservatives. | |
| BBC Wales has been unable to contact Mr Bates. |