Part of 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Local Government and Public Services – in the Senedd at 2:35 pm on 17 January 2018.
I look forward, therefore, to seeing how exactly you're going to sustain that important accountability, which is what I was asking about.
Turning now to the electoral system and the White Paper on local government reform, it notes that reforming the electoral system to the single transferable vote would not be mandatory to all councils in Wales and that councils would have a choice to bring it forward or not. In my view, that is a mistake. It would enable some local authorities not to move towards real representation for political reasons, perhaps, or self-interest, or whatever reason. Will you consider that, therefore, and ensure that reforming the electoral system to STV is mandatory for all local authorities in Wales?