Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government – in the Senedd at 2:17 pm on 15 February 2017.
Mark Drakeford
Labour
2:17,
15 February 2017
Well, Llywydd, the general power of competence is a power of the first resort. It allows local authorities to carry out things for the benefit of their local populations without needing to find the specific power that allows them to do that. It is a general power, of course, designed to give local authorities more freedom within the law, not freedom from the law.
