Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government – in the Senedd at 1:50 pm on 15 February 2017.
Yes, thank you. We do need a balance, but I’m glad that you were mindful of considering it although I appreciate that the responsibility lies automatically with another Minister. But, thank you.
Now, complying with regulations can be a recurring issue for councils. Obviously, we need regulations—sensible regulations, that is—but regulations do add cost. One recurring debate that we will probably be having here over the next couple of years will be which EU regulations we actually want to keep. There have been major issues over household waste collections in recent years. In Cardiff, the relevant cabinet minister, Bob Derbyshire, has frequently cited the needs to comply with EU regulations, but soon we will no longer have to comply with them. Given that, would now be a good time for councils to review their policies on waste collection?