23 April 2024 , Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: Creating a smoke-free generation and tackling youth vaping
I'd like to congratulate Welsh Government on its work for a smoke-free Wales and a smoke-free generation, and also congratulate UK Government for the bold steps it's taken to help create that smoke-free generation. Cabinet Secretary, as far as registration is…
23 April 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the Counsel General
Counsel General, I believe it's very important, when we look at youth justice, that we take a child-centred approach, and see a child as a child first and an offender second, and I'm very pleased to say that this is the approach of the Newport youth justice…
23 April 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, many families in Newport East have been and are affected by the events in Israel and Gaza, and what they want, as we've already touched upon, is an immediate and permanent ceasefire, the release of hostages, sufficient humanitarian aid finding…
18 April 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(vi) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting
In that case, we will move on to item 3, which is a motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting, so that we may consider legislative consent motions relating to the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill…
18 April 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Papers to note
Yes, absolutely, if everybody is content, we can indeed accept all the letters, and note them, without me listing them individually. Are Members content to do that? Yes, I see that they are.
18 April 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Papers to note
Then we will move on to item 2, papers to note. Paper 1 is a letter from the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee to the then Minister for Climate Change in relation to the legislative consent memorandum for the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill…
18 April 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Welcome, everyone, to this meeting of the Local Government and Housing Committee. Our first item on the agenda today is introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest. Following Jayne Bryant's appointment as Minister for Mental Health…
17 April 2024 , Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Transport
Diolch, Llywydd. As we discussed earlier during our question sessions, climate change demands substantial change to our transport system here in Wales, and particularly we need a modal shift from road use to use of public transport and active travel, and that…
17 April 2024 , Plenary
Debate on the General Principles of the Residential Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill
I'd like to begin by thanking Sam Rowlands for bringing forward these issues for discussion in the way that he has. I do believe, as others have said, that it's obviously very important that the outdoors, connecting with nature and activity, have a very…
16 April 2024 , Plenary
& 9. The general principles of the Local Government Finance (Wales) Bill and the financial resolution in respect of the Local Government Finance (Wales) Bill
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. I'm very pleased to speak today as Chair of the Local Government and Housing Committee, which has undertaken Stage 1 scrutiny of this Bill. I would like to start by thanking all those who contributed to the committee's inquiry and the…
16 April 2024 , Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
First Minister, we do need a much more integrated transport system in Wales, and in south-east Wales, of course, we’ve had the Burns commission. We now have the Burns delivery unit, working to create that more integrated system. A very important part of that…
20 March 2024 , Plenary
Nomination of the First Minister under Standing Order 8
Vaughan Gething.
13 March 2024 , Plenary
Debate on the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee Report, 'Town Centre Regeneration'
I'd like to begin by thanking the committee for its report, which I think is very timely and very useful. There is quite a degree of common ground, isn't there, across the Chamber, as we’ve already heard, and we’re all familiar with the challenges of online…
13 March 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
We will then move on to the next item, which is a motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the rest of this meeting. Are committee content to do so? Yes. We will move to private session.
13 March 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Papers to note
Okay, the next item on the committee's agenda today is papers to note. There are three of them. The first is a letter from the Minister for Climate Change in response to our report on the Welsh Government's draft budget. Paper 14 is additional evidence from…
13 March 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Private rented sector: evidence session 8
Okay. Thank you very much. Thank you, Jayne. Thank you for coming in to give evidence to committee today. You will be sent a transcript to check for factual accuracy. Diolch yn fawr.
13 March 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Private rented sector: evidence session 8
Jayne Bryant.
13 March 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Private rented sector: evidence session 8
Yes, please do share that with us, James.
13 March 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Private rented sector: evidence session 8
Okay. Thanks for that. Joel James.
13 March 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Private rented sector: evidence session 8
Okay.
13 March 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Private rented sector: evidence session 8
Okay. Could I just ask, then, about the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016? Has that had an impact? Is it having an impact on these issues?
13 March 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Private rented sector: evidence session 8
Do you want to repeat the question, Carolyn, please? We just lost the beginning of the sentence.
13 March 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Private rented sector: evidence session 8
Okay. Thank you all very much for coming in to give evidence. We'll begin our questioning, then, with Carolyn Thomas. Carolyn.
13 March 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Private rented sector: evidence session 8
Okay, then, our final evidence session of the day on the private rented sector: I'm very pleased to welcome a further three witnesses. Would you like to introduce yourselves for the record, please, starting with Annabel?
13 March 2024 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Private rented sector: evidence session 7
Okay, thank you all, all three of you, for coming in to give evidence to committee today. You will be sent a transcript to check for factual accuracy. Diolch yn fawr.
