The Number of Councils in Wales

Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for Housing and Local Government – in the Senedd at 2:23 pm on 9 October 2019.

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Photo of Mark Reckless Mark Reckless Conservative 2:23, 9 October 2019

The Minister's response seems significantly different from those I recall from her predecessors on similar subjects, but their speeches about suggestions that bigger is better in general are not ones that have led to councils, or councillors at least, wanting to merge. I just wonder, is Welsh Government not able to offer an estimate or some analysis or something to assist in what are the fixed costs of running a council, given that we have a number of really very small councils with significantly high council taxes?