10 October 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session—Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Siân.
10 October 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session—Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Yes, please. James.
10 October 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session—Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
James.
10 October 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session—Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Yes, that's great, and if the committee could be kept up to date as things develop, that would be very good.
10 October 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session—Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Sorry. Siân.
10 October 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session—Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
James, do you want to continue?
10 October 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session—Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
No.
10 October 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session—Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Okay, Siân? James.
10 October 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session—Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Yes, I'm sure the whole committee would like to add their voices in terms of the thanks and the recognition that those staff deserve, doing such an incredibly important job with such commitment, which I think we all see in our own constituencies. Siân.
10 October 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session—Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Okay, Siân? Okay, thank you for that, Cabinet Secretary. Moving on to the housing support grant and what the future holds, would you plan to increase the housing support grant over the longer term, particularly because we need to see this rapid rehousing…
10 October 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session—Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Yes, Siân.
10 October 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session—Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Okay. Affordable homes taskforce—is it possible for you to provide a little bit more detail than we’ve had hitherto, Cabinet Secretary, in terms of how that taskforce will operate, what you would hope the outcomes to be, and, again, the sort of timescales…
10 October 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session—Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Is there anything you could say about timescale for that, Cabinet Secretary, at this stage?
10 October 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session—Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
We will move on to item 2, then, and that is our ministerial scrutiny session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government, Jayne Bryant. It’s a general scrutiny session today, in two parts—firstly, housing and then local government. Welcome…
10 October 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Okay, welcome everyone—croeso to this meeting of the Local Government and Housing Committee. We’ve received apologies today from Lesley Griffiths, and Hannah Blythyn is attending as a substitute; Hannah will be joining us shortly. One of our Members is…
9 October 2024 , Plenary
90-second Statements
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Undy AFC, in my constituency of Newport East, are celebrating their success in this month's Football Association of Wales regional and national awards. Undy are a community football club, grass roots, inclusive, passionate, so it comes…
8 October 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Mental Health and Well-being: Mental Health and Well-being
I was very pleased last week to visit the 19 Hills health and well-being centre, which is being built in Ringland in Newport East, an area with a lot of health inequalities, and very pleased to see what will be the mental health suite there, which will have…
3 October 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
Item 6 is a motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting. Is committee content to do so? I see that you are. We will move into private session.
3 October 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Papers to note
Our next item is papers to note. We have paper 3, paper 4, paper 5, and paper 6, all of which relate to this particular inquiry. Are Members content to note those papers? Yes, I see that you are.
3 October 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
The provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers: Follow up—Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
You know you'll be sent a transcript in the usual way. Diolch.
3 October 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
The provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers: Follow up—Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Okay. Thank you very much, Cabinet Secretary, and thank you to your officials as well for giving evidence today and for staying with us beyond the allotted time. Diolch yn fawr.
3 October 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
The provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers: Follow up—Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Okay, Cabinet Secretary, thank you very much, and thank you, Altaf. Just one last point from me: when we took evidence from the local authorities earlier, there seemed to be little or no awareness of the ombudsman's ruling, and given, as you say, that local…
3 October 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
The provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers: Follow up—Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Okay. Altaf Hussain.
3 October 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
The provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers: Follow up—Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
We've gone a little bit over, Cabinet Secretary. Are you able to remain with us just a little longer? We have a couple of questions on the ombudsman's report.
3 October 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
The provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers: Follow up—Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Okay, thank you very much. James Evans.
