Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople

Part of 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Local Government and Public Services – in the Senedd at 2:39 pm on 3 October 2018.

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Photo of Alun Davies Alun Davies Labour 2:39, 3 October 2018

I don't want to use that sort of terminology to describe the way that PSBs are working. Can I say this? I think there is a great deal of complexity in the way we govern and the processes and structures that we have. One of my ambitions and objectives is to reduce our complexity in Government and to reduce the amount of governance, if you like, that we conduct in Wales. I want to see more streamlined structures that enable the public to hold clearly identifiable politicians to account for the decisions that they take, and I want to see public service workers feeling that there is very clear leadership from the political leadership locally and in this place. So, I want to see a far more streamlined way in which decisions are taken in Wales. I want to see fewer meetings and more action, and I hope that what the PSBs are doing is starting to deliver that. But I do feel that, having seen the well-being plans earlier in the summer, it is right and proper that we now allow those PSBs the freedom and the opportunity to deliver on the objectives that they have set themselves.