6. Debate: The Local Government Settlement 2018-19

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:13 pm on 16 January 2018.

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Photo of Mr Simon Thomas Mr Simon Thomas Plaid Cymru 5:13, 16 January 2018

I'm grateful. You mentioned the waste transfer grant. Of course, that was taken from the portfolio of his fellow Cabinet Secretary and given directly to local authorities. It could be said that that's been one of the most successful direct grants of Welsh Government in driving very high recycling targets and has been quite rightly praised by the Government itself as being one of the great successes in this field. What is he going to do to ensure that, although the principle of hypothecation is going, these successes continue? Because there does seem to be some work to be done with some councils.