5 Hydref 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Datgarboneiddio'r sector tai preifat - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
We've only got a few minutes left.
5 Hydref 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Datgarboneiddio'r sector tai preifat - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Okay.
5 Hydref 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Datgarboneiddio'r sector tai preifat - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
It's been mentioned for years as a potential moment in a building or a home's history, where renovation work is likely to happen, either before being sold or after being bought; you'd agree that that should be doing some more heavy lifting on this agenda.
5 Hydref 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Datgarboneiddio'r sector tai preifat - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Right. And land transaction tax as well.
5 Hydref 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Datgarboneiddio'r sector tai preifat - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Thank you. Yes, we have 10 minutes left; I know we want to cover finance, which is a big area of concern, and local government’s role as well. So, Huw, do you want to lead us through that?
5 Hydref 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Datgarboneiddio'r sector tai preifat - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Okay. Jenny, did you want to raise some questions around heat pumps?
5 Hydref 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Datgarboneiddio'r sector tai preifat - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Yes, okay. We're short on time.
5 Hydref 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Datgarboneiddio'r sector tai preifat - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Okay, thank you. Janet.
5 Hydref 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Datgarboneiddio'r sector tai preifat - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Sure. Before we come back to Andy, Huw, you wanted to come in.
5 Hydref 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Datgarboneiddio'r sector tai preifat - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Yes, Catherine.
5 Hydref 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Datgarboneiddio'r sector tai preifat - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
It is a problem, certainly, and it does hit people's confidence in doing something, really, doesn't it? That's the issue. Okay, thank you. Back to you, Delyth.
5 Hydref 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Datgarboneiddio'r sector tai preifat - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Thank you. Janet, you wanted to come in on this.
5 Hydref 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Datgarboneiddio'r sector tai preifat - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
I'm mindful that we have a limit to our time, so we'll try and be focused for the remainder of the session, maybe. Delyth next.
5 Hydref 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Datgarboneiddio'r sector tai preifat - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Okay, briefly, and then we'll—
5 Hydref 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Datgarboneiddio'r sector tai preifat - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Huw wants to pick up on something.
5 Hydref 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Datgarboneiddio'r sector tai preifat - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Did you want to come in on this, Janet?
5 Hydref 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Datgarboneiddio'r sector tai preifat - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Thank you. Jenny.
5 Hydref 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Datgarboneiddio'r sector tai preifat - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
There we are, and we'll be pursuing some of those themes further later. Joyce.
5 Hydref 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Datgarboneiddio'r sector tai preifat - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Okay.
5 Hydref 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Datgarboneiddio'r sector tai preifat - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Yes, okay. So, the cost-of-living crisis is hitting hard, as we know—we're reminded of it regularly, and rightly so. That's going to have a huge impact on this whole area, isn't it really, in terms of the need to act, but also, on a practical level, on…
5 Hydref 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Datgarboneiddio'r sector tai preifat - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Okay. So, would you have been aware that this work was ongoing within Government?
5 Hydref 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Datgarboneiddio'r sector tai preifat - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
You may have heard me quote earlier from correspondence from both the social justice Minister and the climate change Minister in responses to a report by the Equality and Social Justice Committee, looking at fuel poverty and the Warm Homes programme…
5 Hydref 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Datgarboneiddio'r sector tai preifat - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Thank you. Andy.
5 Hydref 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Datgarboneiddio'r sector tai preifat - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Gwnawn ni gychwyn gyda Janet.
5 Hydref 2022 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Datgarboneiddio'r sector tai preifat - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
A warm welcome to you both.
