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Inquiry into the provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers: evidence session 3
Okay. Thank you very much, Pam. We'll move on to Carl, please. Thank you.
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Inquiry into the provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers: evidence session 3
If you've got any more you'd like to add regarding that, or would you like me to move on?
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Inquiry into the provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers: evidence session 3
Okay. Sorry, I should have said right at the beginning—I've found my notes now—Pam is the chief constable of Gwent Police, and we've got Carl Foulkes, who is the North Wales Police chief constable, and Dafydd Llywelyn, who is the police and crime commissioner…
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Inquiry into the provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers: evidence session 3
We can. Thank you very much.
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Inquiry into the provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers: evidence session 3
Good morning. We're just moving into agenda item 4: inquiry into the provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers—evidence session 3. We have Dafydd Llywelyn here in the room with us, and we also have Pam Kelly and Carl Foulkes who are online. So, I'd…
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Inquiry into the provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers: evidence session 2
I don't think it's been well publicised or promoted, personally, as well, and I think this is a good point to end on. We've run out of time now, and I would like to thank you both for your really good contributions today, and the committee for some really…
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Inquiry into the provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers: evidence session 2
I can't—can anybody else? No.
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Inquiry into the provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers: evidence session 2
Thank you. I'm just going to bring Jayne in now—Jayne Bryant.
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Inquiry into the provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers: evidence session 2
Thank you. Joel, do you want to come in?
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Inquiry into the provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers: evidence session 2
Joel, do you want to carry on with your questioning?
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Inquiry into the provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers: evidence session 2
Allison, could you respond to that?
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Inquiry into the provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers: evidence session 2
Yes, thanks for your view on that. I'm going to move on to Joel now, who's going to ask about the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.
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Inquiry into the provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers: evidence session 2
Making sure it's implemented and carried out.
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Inquiry into the provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers: evidence session 2
Okay. Sam, you've finished. Can I just ask, do you think, at this stage, that there should, then, be a wholesale review of the framework regarding legislation, policy and design? What do you think?
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Inquiry into the provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers: evidence session 2
Thank you, Mabon, as well. Thank you, both. If we move on to Sam now.
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Inquiry into the provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers: evidence session 2
Okay, thank you.
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Inquiry into the provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers: evidence session 2
Okay, thank you. That leads us on, then, to Mabon, who's going to ask about local authority sites and provision. Mabon.
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Inquiry into the provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers: evidence session 2
Okay, thank you. Allison, is there anything you'd like to add?
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Inquiry into the provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers: evidence session 2
Okay, thank you for your frank answer. I was going to ask you whether the current legislative and policy framework in Wales supports the provision of culturally appropriate sites for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities, and how does the framework compare to…
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Inquiry into the provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers: evidence session 2
Okay, thank you.
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Inquiry into the provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers: evidence session 2
Okay, thank you. And Allison.
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Inquiry into the provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers: evidence session 2
Thank you very much. To start with, could we just provide some context, a little, brief overview of the key challenges facing Gypsy, Roma and Travellers in finding residential and transit sites and pitches in Wales? So, Jo, would you like to start, and then…
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Inquiry into the provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers: evidence session 2
Thank you, welcome. And Allison.
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Inquiry into the provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers: evidence session 2
If we move on to item 3: inquiry into the provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers—evidence session 2. The purpose of this item is to receive evidence in relation to the committee's inquiry into the provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers…
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Good morning, welcome to the meeting of the Local Government and Housing Committee. I would like to welcome Jayne Bryant to her first meeting of the committee. The meeting is being held in a hybrid format, and aside from the other adaptations related to…
