School Merger Plans in Penarth

Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language – in the Senedd at 2:49 pm on 30 March 2022.

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Photo of Andrew RT Davies Andrew RT Davies Conservative 2:49, 30 March 2022

Minister, as part of, obviously, the proposals is a consultation exercise, undertaken by—and I declare an interest as a member of the local authority, the Vale of Glamorgan Council—the council. In this particular case, 238 responses came in to that consultation. Over 70 per cent of those responses were supporting the current status quo and not to change the current dynamic of the two schools. So, what weight, as Minister, would you place on the consultation exercise and in particular any authority, but in this case the Vale of Glamorgan Council, paying due regard to the overwhelming wishes of the community to keep the status quo when it comes to these two important provisions in their community?