Part of 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Local Government and Public Services – in the Senedd at 2:59 pm on 3 October 2018.
Cabinet Secretary, I appreciate that we've already touched on these issues in the Chamber today. I think it is clear that public services boards have a vital role to play in working with communities to work up their well-being plans and strategies, and then to make sure that they're properly implemented, working in that cross-cutting way across public sector bodies. And, of course, we have the work of the local authorities' scrutiny committees and, indeed, the future generations commissioner in ensuring that they are effective in that way. I just wonder what you would say about the role of Welsh Government in taking an overview of the effectiveness of the work of public services boards, and whether there is a need for that additional layer of scrutiny and help, if it's necessary, to make sure that, right across Wales, the public services boards are working effectively and efficiently.