Carl Sargeant, Minister for Local Government and Communities
This was published under the 2011 to 2016 administration of the Welsh Government
In December 2010 I announced a decision to establish an independent review of the timetabling and quality issues associated with the electoral review programme by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales and to identify actions required to ensure the delivery of the reviews in good time for the 2016 elections. In March last year I designated Glyn Mathias to conduct the review and to report to me by June.
On 22nd June, I made a statement to this Assembly following my receipt of the review’s report, responding to the overall finding that the Commission was ‘not fit for purpose’ and announced appropriate action. I undertook to provide a further statement outlining next steps.
The full recommendations of the report, together with my response, are as follows (See attachment below) (Note: numbers in brackets refer to paragraphs in the Mathias report).