Wales-focused civil service a necessity
THE case for creating a fully functional and devolved Welsh civil service is a strong one, the day-today consequences of a partially devolved and somewhat periodically Wales-focused civil service are selfevident.
As long as a significant percentage of some (but not all) civil service mandarins’ careers remain understandably focused across the border on Westminster and Whitehall, and remain largely indifferent towards our national aspirations, then to misquote Jawaharhal Nerhu – the civil service in Wales could be described at times as not particularly Welsh, nor particularly civil, nor particularly a service.
A unified depoliticised (let’s be honest, de-labourisation would be no bad thing) Wales-focused civil service is pretty much a necessity.
I would broaden that definition of civil service to include our local government staff, NHS and third security admin and technical staff.
This would allow people to develop broader careers via secondments, promotions, sideways moves and career placements across the whole of the Welsh public sector. Jonathan T Clark Newport, Gwent seeking these services, at which point the NHS or the clinic will provide all the relevant information. Women do not need to be made to feel guilty for their choices but supported in private with making the right decision for them.
I cannot believe that there is nothing that the police or local councillors can do about such vivid and offensive imagery being shown in the middle of a busy shopping centre. Helen O’Sullivan Cardiff