Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government – in the Senedd at 1:45 pm on 15 February 2017.
Well, I do think the Member is very one-sided and selective in her view of education consortia, because there are very many successful things to their credit that they are able to demonstrate right across Wales. The regional way of working is one that is firmly endorsed in our White Paper. What we are able to do is meet the governance criticism that the Member has raised, because we say in our White Paper that having agreed regional arrangements, and having agreed the functions that will be discharged on the regional level, we will legislate to create a consistent approach to governance right across Wales. I think that will go a very considerable way to meeting some of the anxieties that have been expressed about some aspects of governance in some regional arrangements.