Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:37 pm on 22 November 2016.
The Member knows full well that it’s a local authority decision, and he should direct his anger at the local authority and not at Welsh Government. He knows full well that Welsh Government only intervenes under certain circumstances. I wonder if he has made those representations to the local authority; I’m sure his constituents would want to find out. But, generally, as the education Secretary has already announced, we are looking at ways to help and support rural schools, and looking at new models in order to enable them to deliver better and to stay open in the future—some of them—and I suggest that he goes to his local authority and makes such suggestions to them.