Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance – in the Senedd at 2:06 pm on 6 December 2017.
I’m grateful for that response, and I’m pleased that those discussions are ongoing. I’m also grateful for the positive indications given by the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Transport a week ago on the possibility of assistance on the A545 between Menai Bridge and Beaumaris. There will be financial implications beyond road maintenance, of course, and I would appreciate any support when that arrives. But in more general terms, austerity, of course, and the pressure that there has been on local government funding through the Welsh Government, makes it more difficult for councils to build the kinds of reserves that they would desire to have in order to respond to urgent issues such as floods or other occurrences. So, is there any intention within Welsh Government to look at the possibility of creating some sort of new contingency fund that would respond specifically to the difficulties faced by councils now in building the kind of reserves necessary?