10 Hydref 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog—Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Lywodraeth Leol a Thai
As I said, I am hearing about the difficulties that local authorities are facing, and Judith will have had those discussions within that meeting.
10 Hydref 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog—Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Lywodraeth Leol a Thai
Thank you, James. Just to say as well, the WLGA are bringing a paper to the next finance sub-group, on 22 October, outlining the pressures that local authorities are facing and are trying to manage. So, I have discussions with local government on financial…
10 Hydref 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog—Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Lywodraeth Leol a Thai
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Absolutely, and I'd like to say today I fully acknowledge all the pressures that local authorities are under, and have been under, over a number of years, despite the level of support the Welsh Government has been able to give. I've met…
10 Hydref 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog—Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Lywodraeth Leol a Thai
Next week.
10 Hydref 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog—Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Lywodraeth Leol a Thai
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Obviously, we're keen to make sure that we're doing everything that we possibly can to put decarbonisation on a good footing, but I don't know if there's anything particular to add on the previous schemes that have happened in the past.
10 Hydref 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog—Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Lywodraeth Leol a Thai
Diolch, Siân. So, we've been working to develop our approach to housing decarb that will form the basis of our policy package for the housing pathway for carbon budget 3. The work obviously builds on the heat strategy for Wales, which sets out our clear…
10 Hydref 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog—Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Lywodraeth Leol a Thai
Oh, sorry. Yes, not the—
10 Hydref 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog—Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Lywodraeth Leol a Thai
Diolch, Siân. We're aware that the UK Government has made that commitment. In Wales, social landlords have until 31 March 2030 to achieve the higher energy and efficiency standards set out in our Welsh Government quality standard 2023. Welsh social landlords…
10 Hydref 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog—Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Lywodraeth Leol a Thai
Yes. No, no, that's absolutely fine, and we will take note of that report, Siân, and the subsequent ones that come out of that as well.
10 Hydref 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog—Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Lywodraeth Leol a Thai
Diolch, Siân. In terms of—. The Welsh language communities housing plan sits with the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language. As you say, I have a very keen interest in it, but I think he's scheduled to make an oral statement on Welsh-speaking…
10 Hydref 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog—Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Lywodraeth Leol a Thai
Diolch, Siân. I don’t know if officials have any comments, but—
10 Hydref 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog—Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Lywodraeth Leol a Thai
Diolch, Siân. We’ve got the pilot in Dwyfor, and the pilot is subject to an independent evaluation. There are three phases of evaluation. We’ve got the initial research, which is data mapping and fieldwork. That’s now concluding, with an interim report to be…
10 Hydref 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog—Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Lywodraeth Leol a Thai
Diolch, Siân. We have been making some progress in this area. Changes to the planning framework, or article 4, mean that, in future, residential properties will need planning permission to be changed to second homes, and I think that’s an important way to…
10 Hydref 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog—Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Lywodraeth Leol a Thai
Yes, absolutely. When the First Minister did her listening exercise, one of the things that she said that had come up time and time again was around town centres. I think it is about how we feel about the place that we live in, so I think it is really…
10 Hydref 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog—Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Lywodraeth Leol a Thai
In terms of the enforcement and training, as Emma said in one of her responses, through our industry expert, more than 850 councillors and officials across all local authorities in Wales have been trained on using those enforcement measures to deal with empty…
10 Hydref 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog—Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Lywodraeth Leol a Thai
And, as you will know, being a former Minister as well, when you get 'shortly', you don't know what that time could be either, so until you see it yourself, you're not sure whether—
10 Hydref 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog—Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Lywodraeth Leol a Thai
'Shortly' comes after I don't know what month, but—
10 Hydref 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog—Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Lywodraeth Leol a Thai
Shortly.
10 Hydref 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog—Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Lywodraeth Leol a Thai
Oh, right, yes. Sorry.
10 Hydref 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog—Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Lywodraeth Leol a Thai
We commissioned that independent research, which will help us establish what small businesses would find most useful in terms of accessing empty town-centre properties. The survey and fieldwork have now been completed, and the first draft of the report is…
10 Hydref 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog—Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Lywodraeth Leol a Thai
We'll make sure we write to the committee. I think Sarah wants to come in on that.
10 Hydref 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog—Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Lywodraeth Leol a Thai
Yes.
10 Hydref 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog—Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Lywodraeth Leol a Thai
Yes. Absolutely. That is something that is important to do, because, again, getting down to some of that granular detail and understanding the reasons behind it will be really important to make sure that local authorities are able to access the funds that…
10 Hydref 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog—Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Lywodraeth Leol a Thai
I think it's also how we work with local authorities on this. So, I'm sure that there are ways that we can look at how we can work better together in terms of making sure that that information is available and making sure that it's getting to the right…
10 Hydref 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Sesiwn i graffu ar waith y Gweinidog—Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Lywodraeth Leol a Thai
And being new in post, Lee, I'm really keen to understand—. You know, there are a number of grants in this area and different schemes and I'm keen to understand similar barriers or reasons why, perhaps, others aren't taking them up in the same way. And I…
