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Diolch, Rhys. Any other comments from Members? Are Members content? Content. Okay. Item 4.2, P-06-1378, 'We want farm subsidies to be extended to small scale and market gardeners.' 'Most farmers receive around 50% of their income from government subsidies…
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New Petitions
Okay. I'll move to item 4 on today's agenda. Item 4.1, P-06-1377, 'Decline planning permission for the development planned, proposed as Parc Solar Caenewydd'. 'Decline planning permission for the development planned proposed as Parc Solar Caenewydd; on farm…
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P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
And again, thank you for travelling from Scotland to join us today; we do appreciate it. I think you've given us some steer into where we may want to go. You'll get a transcript—it'll be shared with you after today's session. Please check that for factual…
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P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
No problem. I'm just looking to Joel and Rhys for any further questions. No. Any further comments you would like to make?
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P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
Okay. Let's leave that there. If there is, after the session, it would be good to have that in writing. Peredur, you wanted to come in.
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P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
Would there be any initial improvements you could make to the Act that perhaps you would like to see if Welsh legislation came forward? I'm conscious that there's—
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P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
As I say, we struggled getting some management companies here, so we're grateful for—. I've actually written at the top of my page of notes 'written statement of service', and the question was going to be, again, you do that because it's a conscious—. You…
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P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
Any further comments?
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P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
That's a very welcome comment, and we'll make a note of that when we write our report. In our report, we'll make specific recommendations to the Welsh Government to respond to. I wondered if perhaps you could help us in some way. What recommendations do you…
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P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
Thank you, Joel. I'll move to perhaps final questions from Members. I'll start them, and then perhaps Members may want to come in at the end. I touched on regulation in the last question to you. What does regulation look like as a possibility? Would you…
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P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
Thank you for that. Sorry, Joel.
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P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
Can I just raise two points before Joel carries on? We hear, don't we, where house builders should give the information about there will be a management company coming on board that charges £300 a month, whatever, and they should do that. They may do that…
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P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
Thank you, Peredur. We move to Joel James.
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P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
Thank you, Rhys. Peredur Owen Griffiths.
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P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
Rhys ab Owen, who's on the screen.
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P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
Thank you. And I should state, we're not trying to catch you out here, we're trying to use this as valid information for our committee and the recommendations we seek to make. I know you've travelled from Scotland to be with us—we're grateful, because we did…
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P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
Sorry, Rhys, I will bring you in. In terms of the engagement with residents and householders, do you try and do that at the start? Is that just a business decision—you're not forced to do that?
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P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
And would that typically look—? So, what does that look like, then? You're appointed before the houses are sold—you take the whole estate?
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P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
Thank you, Pred. Just before I bring Rhys ab Owen in, we undertook a committee visit to Cwm Calon estate in Caerphilly. Hefin David was there as the constituency Member, and committee members were Buffy Williams and me, and there was a real confusion at the…
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P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
Thank you. I'll move to questions from Members. Peredur Owen Griffiths.
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P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
Thank you for that. I suggested that question because it is not as simple as, perhaps, a local authority moving resource from one department to the next. Local authorities, perhaps 30 years ago, could've done that, as you suggested, but probably not right…
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P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
Thank you. Can I dig a bit deeper into the specialist role? Is it a specialist role? Are there specific qualifications required for this role or specific experience, or is this something that, perhaps, local authorities can do or others can do? Robin, I think—
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P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
Thank you very much. Welcome to the Senedd Petitions Committee. We're grateful for your time here. I think this is going to be our last evidence session of this inquiry and we'll seek to report in the new year now. But we have heard from Member of the Senedd…
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P-06-1307 The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local authorities
Okay. Croeso nôl. Welcome back to the Senedd's Petitions Committee. We have now item 3 on our agenda. It's another evidence session for petition P-06-1307, 'The Welsh Government should commit to the adoption of the maintenance of new housing estates by local…
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Session with Professor Cristina Leston-Bandeira
Excellent. On that note, we will bring—. Are there any further questions? No. Okay. We have gone a little bit over time, but I think it was important that we did so. As I said, professor, we will respond formally to you. I'm hopeful that this committee, as I…
