Local Government and Housing Committee

Item 3, then, is papers to note. We have paper 2, which is our predecessor committee in terms of our responsibilities, the Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee legacy report, published at the end of the last Senedd term, making observations for future committees on working practices and potential areas for future work.

Paper 3 is the last Senedd's chairs' forum legacy paper, providing observations about working practices for committees. Paper 4 is a letter from Llamau, the charity working to end youth homelessness, and we will, I'm sure, return to those matters in due course. The next paper is a letter from the Auditor General for Wales just setting out his keen desire to work with the committee in terms of our remit and overlap with his responsibilities, and paper 9 is a letter from the Llywydd regarding the Business Committee's decision on timetabling.

The committee is invited to note those papers. Are Members content to do so?

I'm content to note it, Chair, but I must say that I express a level of extreme frustration with the decision of the Business Committee to reduce the amount of time available for scrutiny in this Senedd. I think it's a very, very poor way of operating and I hope that the committee will be able to respond to the Business Committee in due course to say that we expect to be provided not only with the resources that we clearly do have, but also the time to scrutinise Government, both ministerial and policy scrutiny, to ensure that we're able to fulfil the expectations of the people who elected us.

Okay. Thanks for that, Alun. I'm sure that committee will want to give those matters full discussion in due course, but, yes, it's useful to have that flagged up at this stage.

Subject to that, then, is committee content to note the papers? Mabon.

If I may just briefly ask as a new Member, just so that I can understand the procedures of the committee correctly, there are a number of recommendations in the papers in terms of priorities for this Senedd and certain things that are recommended that this committee should look at. Where are they going to slot in with our discussions today? Will we discuss these in detail later on in the committee?

We will discuss these matters in detail during the private session of the committee today, Mabon.

Thank you.

Okay. Diolch. Subject to that, then, we note those papers.

Item 4 is a motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting. Is committee content so to do? Okay, thank you very much. We will then move into private session.