Part of 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Local Government and Public Services – in the Senedd at 2:22 pm on 3 October 2018.
Presiding Officer, in my earlier answer, I said I've been in discussion on these matters at both a ministerial and official level for some time, and I've made that point clear to Members here on previous occasions. I do recognise the proposal made by the Member for the Rhondda, and I am very happy to enter into conversations about that. However, at the moment, we are looking at the reunification of the probation service in Wales, as a single, publicly accountable service. We are looking at the way in which the community rehabilitation contracts are ended in Wales, and that the service is provided as a single, coherent, public service—and that is the basis of the conversations I'm having at the moment. And it is to further explore Members' views on these matters that I have proposed that we have a debate on this matter later in the month.