Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government – in the Senedd at 1:30 pm on 21 September 2016.
Cabinet Secretary, do you regret the decision to raise the threshold required to trigger a referendum? Because we’ve seen all around the UK now that the use of elected mayors has revived local government and, indeed, is at the heart of devolution within England. Many people feel that these questions at least should be put to the electorate, without absurdly high qualifications to trigger the process.