The Welsh Tories are unlikely to adopt Mrs Hyde's ideas

Carole Hyde told BBC Wales that the powers should be returned to Westminster as Welsh Labour had failed to deliver on public services.

Mrs Hyde - who sits on the board of the UK party - was speaking on the closing day of the Conservative conference in Blackpool.

However, her comments are extremely unlikely to become party policy - the party's assembly leader, Nick Bourne, has made it clear that the Tories want to make devolution work

Mrs Hyde did admit she was "not a politician".

I think we should devolve back education and the health service to the national government, to a Conservative national government Carole Hyde

Speaking after Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith set out party policies on health and education, she said: "[In Wales] we are devolved and we have unfortunately no control over the Labour lot in Cardiff who are making a real pig's ear out of both issues.

"I think we should devolve back education and the health service to the national government, to a Conservative national government."

However, fellow conference delegate Felicity Elphick, one of the party's European candidates in Wales, disagreed.

She said: "I think that Nick Bourne is doing a fantastic job.

"With this policy behind us, the more AMs that we get in their, we can make sure the Conservative education and health policy is put forward."

There is no question of these matters going back to Westminster Jonathan Morgan

AM Jonathan Morgan said Mrs Hyde was speaking in a personal capacity only.

"I don't agree with her. The party line on this is very clear.

"We have endorsed the powers that the assembly has and in fact called for other functions to be transferred to the assembly," he said.

"Carole is a very passionate lady. I think what she said was in a real state of frustration that money is not reaching front-line services.

"We are there for the assembly to make it work, to ensure that public services are delivered in the way people expect.