This morning’s Western Mail reports on former Minister, Andrew Davies’ on-going campaign to blame the civil service for everything that has gone wrong during his stint in government:
Mr Davies said he was unconvinced that structural changes to senior management had delivered savings of £505,000. The Swansea West AM held the economic development portfolio from 2002 until 2007 and is concerned by how long it has taken to apply the recommendations of a series of wide-ranging reports.
He said: “I’m asking why it has taken three years for that to happen.”
He added that last year’s Glenn Massey report into International Business Wales – a body which the current economic development minister has chosen to scrap – was “fairly damning”.
Dame Gillian said the reports did not use the word “mismanagement”.
Mr Davies also raised concerns about the lack of detail in legislation coming before AMs, saying the cost implications of new Welsh laws were not clear.
He said: “This committee has actually been very worried about the way the Assembly Government has been dealing with Measures.”
He said that on at least one occasion the committee felt it was “unable to scrutinise legislation” because of “insufficient detail”.
Interestingly, one of Mr. Davies’ coalition allies was less than impressed, questioning his motives for raising these matters:
Plaid Cymru AM Chris Franks queried why Andrew Davies was taking this approach to his questions, saying: “I’m bemused to a certain extent that a former minister is now saying these things and I think we as a committee need to reflect on where Andrew is coming from.”
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