6. 6. Welsh Conservatives Debate: Local Government

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:08 pm on 22 June 2016.

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Photo of Mark Drakeford Mark Drakeford Labour 5:08, 22 June 2016

Llywydd, I was very glad to meet the leader and chief executive of Monmouthshire County Council 10 days ago. It was a very constructive meeting. They have a series of interesting ideas, which they’ve promised to provide further information to me about. I was very pleased to accept their invitation to visit Monmouthshire again to see some of the practical work they’re doing around community hubs. I am keen to take ideas wherever they are to be found and to see how much we can make of them. I was particularly interested in my meeting with the Member for Arfon to learn more about the proposals set out in the Plaid Cymru manifesto around the regional approach that he has discussed here this afternoon, and the issues of accountability that are implicit in any democratic arrangement. In the same spirit, I look forward to meeting Janet Finch-Saunders over the next few weeks, and was grateful for her offer of co-operation where common ground can be found, for example in considering the future of community councils. Where there is a constructive contribution to be made, I will certainly want to respond in the same spirit. [Interruption.] Of course.