Public Services Boards

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government – in the Senedd at 2:19 pm on 15 December 2021.

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Photo of Jenny Rathbone Jenny Rathbone Labour 2:19, 15 December 2021

Obviously, it's a key plank of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 to ensure that all public services named in the Act are collaborating together in order to eliminate duplication. And I've just heard you tell Peter Fox that, once we disregard the additional money we've got for COVID, which is obviously a very special set of challenges, the UK Government is actually planning to reduce the budget for Wales, not next year but the following year, which is pretty frightening. So, all the more reason why public services boards have a huge role to play in their collaborative innovative approaches. Are you able to tell us which public services boards you regard as pathbreaking in leading the way in showing how well they can work together?