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Statistics published by the Welsh Government. Each chart covers the years since the 2016 Senedd election, or as far back as the figures go, and marks each election since.

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The Programme for Government 2026 to 2030 belongs to the Seventh Senedd. Choose the Seventh Senedd to see how often each commitment has come up.

Source: Welsh Government, Programme for government 2026 to 2030: New ambition for Wales, first published on 10 September 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Mentions are found by matching the names of plans, bodies and schemes; a mention says nothing about progress.

The Welsh Government's latest press releases and Cabinet statements on this brief.

1. Cabinet statement, 23 September 2026

   Oral Statement: Building Safety Programme Update

   Siân Gwenllian MS, Cabinet Minister for Local Government, Housing and Planning

Statements, debates and legislation in Plenary on this brief, newest first. Oral question sessions are counted in the contributions below.

1. 3 March 2026Legislation

   Stage 3 of the Building Safety (Wales) Bill

   Debate

   Opened by Y Llywydd / The Llywydd1 contribution

2. 24 February 2026Legislation

   Motion to vary the order of Stage 3 amendments to the Building Safety (Wales) Bill

   Opened by Y Llywydd / The Llywydd3 contributions

3. 24 February 2026Legislation

   The Building Safety Act 2022 (Consequential Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026

   Opened by Y Llywydd / The Llywydd8 contributions

4. 12 November 2024Statement

   Building safety

   Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government

   Opened by Y Dirprwy Lywydd / The Deputy Presiding Officer22 contributions

5. 17 May 2023Debate

   Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal—High-rise building safety

   Opened by Y Dirprwy Lywydd / The Deputy Presiding Officer28 contributions

6. 21 March 2023Statement

   Building Safety

   Statement by the Minister for Climate Change

   Opened by Y Dirprwy Lywydd / The Deputy Presiding Officer16 contributions

Votes are tagged from their own titles and the agenda item they were held under.

Ministers' meetings with outside organisations and their engagements on this brief, from the register the Welsh Government publishes every three months. 1 since the 2026 election:

1. 16 September 2026

   Developers who are delivering the Building Safety Remediation works

   Meeting, Cabinet Minister for Local Government, Housing and Planning

Source: Welsh Government, ministerial meetings and engagements. The register is published three months or more after the meetings it lists.

• 39% of Welsh adults said housing would be very important to their vote.

Ipsos asked 747 Welsh adults aged 16+ between 2 April 2026 and 8 April 2026, before the 2026 Senedd election. People could choose as many issues as they liked. More on public opinion.

No written questions on this brief in the Sixth Senedd yet.

No petitions on this brief opened in the Sixth Senedd.

Committee sessions where this brief was on the agenda, newest first.

1. 29 January 2026Local Government and Housing Committee

   Building safety authorities and fire safety authorities (Amendments 119, 46, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 49, 50, 142, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59 ,60, 61)

   Group 14

   24 contributions

2. 29 January 2026Local Government and Housing Committee

   Stage 2 proceedings

   Building Safety (Wales) Bill

   1 contribution

3. 1 February 2024Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee

   Building Safety in Wales

   Evidence Session with the Welsh Government

   185 contributions

4. 17 January 2024Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee

   Building Safety in Wales

   Evidence Session

   197 contributions

5. 1 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee

   Building safety - evidence session 2

   72 contributions

6. 1 March 2023Local Government and Housing Committee

   Building safety - evidence session 1

   87 contributions

567 contributions in the Sixth Senedd, newest first.

1. Eluned MorganLabour

   5 November 2024, Plenary

   Questions to the First Minister

   Well, thanks very much, and I’m really pleased to see the progress being made in relation to RAAC in Withybush. It was very, very difficult at the time, decanting lots and lots of patients to other hospitals, and it's great that those wards have been reopened. I spent some time in the hospital…

   Tagged from the title of its item or question: “Building Safety”Official Record

2. Paul DaviesConservative

   5 November 2024, Plenary

   Questions to the First Minister

   First Minister, you mentioned Withybush hospital in my constituency, and there have been RAAC problems at the hospital for some time. Now, Hywel Dda University Health Board has said that whilst it’s something that will have to be managed, Withybush hospital is definitely over the worst of the RAAC…

   Tagged from the title of its item or question: “Building Safety”Official Record

3. Eluned MorganLabour

   5 November 2024, Plenary

   Questions to the First Minister

   Diolch yn fawr iawn. We’re in a very different situation from England, partly because of the massive investment in twenty-first century schools that’s happened—billions gone into those—which means that, in England, there are 237 schools with RAAC, and, in Wales, there were only two high schools, and…

   Tagged from the title of its item or question: “Building Safety”Official Record

4. Heledd FychanPlaid

   5 November 2024, Plenary

   Questions to the First Minister

   Diolch, Prif Weinidog. I recently met with a small group of residents who are private home owners on the Gower estate in Hirwaun, where there is RAAC in the ceilings. They are mainly elderly people, all from low-income households. In order to make their homes safe, they are facing bills of thousands…

   Tagged from the title of its item or question: “Building Safety”Official Record

5. Eluned MorganLabour

   5 November 2024, Plenary

   Questions to the First Minister

   The Government puts people’s safety first. We don’t just talk about what we’re doing, we deliver. And all schools that have been affected by RAAC have completed the mitigation work that’s necessary, and wards have reopened at Withybush hospital, and also mitigation works have already been completed…

   Tagged from the title of its item or question: “Building Safety”Translated from WelshOfficial Record

6. Heledd FychanPlaid

   5 November 2024, Plenary

   Questions to the First Minister

   1. Will the First Minister provide an update on the progress of the Government's recovery programme for reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete, including timescales, the current status of recovery efforts, and any further funding allocated to ensure the safety of affected buildings? OQ61785

   Tagged from the title of its item or question: “Building Safety”Official Record

7. Mark IsherwoodConservative

   17 October 2024, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee

   Papers to note

   …the letter, so thank you all. The fifth paper to note is a Welsh Government response to our report on building safety, which thanks us for our work in this area with all recommendations either accepted or 'accepted in principle'. If I remember correctly, a previous report from this committee in the…

   Tagged for: “building safety”, “Grenfell”Official Record

8. Jayne BryantLabour

   10 October 2024, Local Government and Housing Committee

   Ministerial scrutiny session—Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government

   …the funding there. We have a route to remediation for all residential buildings over 11m in the Welsh building safety fund, and we're getting on with work, and nothing is being held up due to budget constraints. We have committed £210 million of funding since 2021, with a spend of £50 million…

   Tagged for: “building safety”Official Record

9. James EvansConservative

   10 October 2024, Local Government and Housing Committee

   Ministerial scrutiny session—Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government

   …I'm hogging the session at the minute. The £127 million of capital funding that was made available for building safety, I'm just wondering how much of that has actually been spent this year. And also, with remedial works, how many buildings that are in the remediation programme are behind schedule?…

   Tagged for: “building safety”Official Record

10. Jayne BryantLabour

    10 October 2024, Local Government and Housing Committee

    Ministerial scrutiny session—Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government

    …adopting our approach is we're looking at internal and external safety issues as well—not just the cladding in the external bit, but internal fire safety issues, because we believe that's the best way to make buildings safe. In terms of the workforce, you're absolutely right—if we don't have the…

    Tagged for: “cladding”, “building safety”Official Record

11. James EvansConservative

    10 October 2024, Local Government and Housing Committee

    Ministerial scrutiny session—Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government

    I'm sure other colleagues will come on to some other questions there. But I want to move on to building safety, if that's okay. We haven't seen the pace of delivery on building safety that a lot of people would have liked to have seen, but a lot of that as well is around having a robust workforce to…

    Tagged for: “building safety”, “Grenfell”Official Record

12. James EvansConservative

    10 October 2024, Local Government and Housing Committee

    Ministerial scrutiny session—Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government

    Yes, before I move on to building safety, one element that can end homelessness is actually the building of houses, and we've seen that the phosphate regulations that were brought in had a major impact on house building across Wales. Have you quantified, Cabinet Secretary, the number of housing…

    Tagged for: “building safety”Official Record

13. John GriffithsLabour

    10 October 2024, Local Government and Housing Committee

    Ministerial scrutiny session—Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government

    …of housing and regeneration, Sarah Rhodes, deputy director housing policy, and Jo Larner, head of building safety programme. Croeso i bawb—welcome to you all. Perhaps I might just begin, then, with some initial questions. Firstly, Cabinet Secretary, regarding homelessness and the upcoming ending…

    Tagged for: “building safety”Official Record

14. Jane DoddsLib Dem

    9 October 2024, Plenary

    Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report, 'Sound the Alarm: The Governance of Fire and Rescue Services'

    …change for the people in Wales. The Government mention the pressing need for change in the light of the Grenfell disaster, but that was seven years ago, and we are left with inaction and delays. So, will the Government please give an indication as to whether they have a timeline as to when the new…

    Tagged for: “Grenfell”Official Record

15. Jenny RathboneLabour

    9 October 2024, Plenary

    Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report, 'Sound the Alarm: The Governance of Fire and Rescue Services'

    …based on intensive research, and simply ignore it—. All these reports on the lessons to be learned from Grenfell, the role of firefighters and how they could be broadened, and the haphazard approach to training, is all summarised in the report that was published yesterday. In south Wales, it is good…

    Tagged for: “Grenfell”Official Record

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