, Local Government and Housing Committee
Group 4: Fire risk assessments (Amendments 150, 152, 151, 153, 154, 155, 156)
I'd like to move.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Group 4: Fire risk assessments (Amendments 150, 152, 151, 153, 154, 155, 156)
I withdraw.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Group 4: Fire risk assessments (Amendments 150, 152, 151, 153, 154, 155, 156)
I'd like to withdraw.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Group 4: Fire risk assessments (Amendments 150, 152, 151, 153, 154, 155, 156)
You'd like to withdraw. Okay, that's not moved, so that's fine.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Group 4: Fire risk assessments (Amendments 150, 152, 151, 153, 154, 155, 156)
I'd like to withdraw.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Group 4: Fire risk assessments (Amendments 150, 152, 151, 153, 154, 155, 156)
Withdraw, yes.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Group 4: Fire risk assessments (Amendments 150, 152, 151, 153, 154, 155, 156)
Thank you, Chair. I just want to thank the Cabinet Secretary for a comprehensive response to the amendments and also for an advance copy of the letter to CHC, which arrived yesterday, I think. I accept some of the concerns that have been expressed, and I'm…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Group 4: Fire risk assessments (Amendments 150, 152, 151, 153, 154, 155, 156)
Thank you, Chair. With regard to amendment 150, it's considered that the Bill does not currently make it sufficiently clear on its face that fire risk assessments are intended to apply only to the common parts of a building, with this limitation instead being…
, Plenary
Debate: The Local Government Settlement 2026-27
It will come as no surprise that we won't be abstaining on this motion like Plaid Cymru. We will not be supporting this settlement because while Welsh Labour presents this local government settlement on paper as fair, responsible and sustainable, the reality…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Thank you, Chair. I'm sort of in two minds with this petition now, because I know we've discussed it a few times, and I think, as a committee, we're relatively satisfied with the direction that the Football Association of Wales is going in, in terms of…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Thank you, Chair. I know this petition has come before us a couple of times now, if I remember rightly, and I think the last time we were of mixed views, in the sense that it was getting to the point where it wasn't something that the committee really could…
, Petitions Committee
New Petitions
The question is, then, outside of Ukrainian refugees, how successful has the nation of sanctuary policy been? That's the issue that I've always had with it. It's just been pointless.
, Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Yes, thank you, Chair. I just wanted to highlight a few issues here. As you know, for a short period of time, I was shadow Minister for social partnership, and so I shadowed, amongst others, policies of the nation of sanctuary. From my time shadowing that…
, Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Yes.
, Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Thank you, Chair. Just like Vaughan, I've had a number of constituents contact me about these specific issues, and obviously, although it's a wider ranging petition, there is mention of Cosmeston lakes. As you know, when we've discussed this previously…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Follow-up inquiry on social housing supply: Evidence session 2
Yes, if you're aware of why it was withdrawn there.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Follow-up inquiry on social housing supply: Evidence session 2
From a UK perspective, I know rent convergence was withdrawn about 10 years ago, I think. Obviously, I won't say how old I was then, but could you give an idea of why was that? Was that a political decision or was there something other than that there?
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Follow-up inquiry on social housing supply: Evidence session 2
Thank you, Chair. I'm conscious of the time, so I'll probably just ask the one question, really. It's a question I asked the previous evidence in committee, and I think it's been raised in the written evidence here, about social rent convergence. I know the…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Follow-up inquiry on social housing supply: Evidence session 2
So, with that, then, to what extent would you say it's market driven, rather than driven by the Welsh Government?
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Follow-up inquiry on social housing supply: Evidence session 2
Thank you, Chair. It was just a quick question, really—it just jogged my memory about infrastructure limitations and that. One of the questions I asked in the previous evidence session—and I think it's been raised in your written evidence as well—was about…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Follow-up inquiry on social housing supply: Evidence session 2
How across the board do you think that is, then? Because that would strike me as a rarity, if that makes sense. When I've visited housing builders who pride themselves on that, that's what sets them apart from their competitors. But the vast majority of…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Follow-up inquiry on social housing supply: Evidence session 2
Thank you, Chair. It just brings me on with what Councillor Williams was just saying there, then—. So, obviously, in my role as a Senedd Member, we visit a lot of new housing estates that have been built, and the thing that strikes me the most is, when I have…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Follow-up inquiry on social housing supply: Evidence session 1
Yes, thank you, Chair. It's just a quick one, really. I know last year that the UK Government was consulting on social rent convergence, and it looks likely that they might bring it in now, with the 10-year rent settlement. I just wanted to get your views on…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Follow-up inquiry on social housing supply: Evidence session 1
I had a meeting earlier in the week, and one of the issues that they said was that, in Wales, we seem to focus on trying to deliver a gold standard rather than delivering basics or getting it right. Is that something where you think, 'Well, actually, the…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Follow-up inquiry on social housing supply: Evidence session 1
Thank you, Chair. I hope you don't mind, I just wanted to come in because the Chair asked about investing in housing and affordable housing, but, obviously, one of the biggest concerns that I have, and I suppose it has been reflected to the committee, is the…
