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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Reducing vulnerability to flood risk and the independent review of the 2020-21 flooding
Thank you very much for that, Vikki, and thank you for your kind words. So, part of what we're looking at is who is responsible for which bit of this, where does the data come from, who is responsible for collating and holding it and so on, and, as I said…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Reducing vulnerability to flood risk and the independent review of the 2020-21 flooding
Yes, so all the reports, published or not, will be available to the review. The review is obviously subject to confidentiality and so on, but they will be subject to the review, absolutely. One of the things I expect to come out of the review is better…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Reducing vulnerability to flood risk and the independent review of the 2020-21 flooding
Well, thank you, and, obviously, I can't comment on individual planning applications—I don't have all of the detail and it wouldn't be appropriate for me as the planning Minister—but I do take the point you're making. I mean, there are a number of things to…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Reducing vulnerability to flood risk and the independent review of the 2020-21 flooding
So, I work very closely with my colleague the local government Minister on these issues, and we've had many discussions with local government colleagues about resilience for it and how they work and how the flood responses—. And the local authority has…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Reducing vulnerability to flood risk and the independent review of the 2020-21 flooding
I heard you perfectly well all the way through, certainly through the translation there, Delyth. So, thank you very much for that. Just on that last one first, we have a number of reviews going on into slightly different elements of the flood and coastal…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Reducing vulnerability to flood risk and the independent review of the 2020-21 flooding
Thank you, Janet. Just to start right where you finished, no, I don't think that at all. I think one of the things that we absolutely need to do is integrate this work, and the idea that you have a separate quango for every single bit of climate change where…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Reducing vulnerability to flood risk and the independent review of the 2020-21 flooding
Over the last few months, Plaid Cymru designated Member Siân Gwenllian and I have been working closely to develop the scope, approach to delivery and draft terms of reference for securing the co-operation agreement commitment to commission an independent…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Reducing vulnerability to flood risk and the independent review of the 2020-21 flooding
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. The First Minister, the Deputy Minister and I have made clear that addressing flood risk is a priority for this Government. We have put in place, through the flood strategy, a comprehensive programme that sets out our long-term…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: The Housing-with-Care Fund
So, going backwards with your questions then, Jenny, on that last one, we're looking at a mixed economy, really. So, we haven't got very many of these yet in Wales, but we're accelerating the pace of building them. I want to encourage the regional partnership…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: The Housing-with-Care Fund
Yes, I'd be delighted, Carolyn, to come and visit. I'm planning a trip up to north Wales very soon, so perhaps we can incorporate it then. That would be lovely. That's a project that absolutely evidences what we've just been talking about. That is bringing a…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: The Housing-with-Care Fund
Thanks, Mike. Yes, I do absolutely agree with that; you've always been a champion for this kind of housing, I absolutely acknowledge that, and it's been really good to work alongside you on these agendas. We are absolutely going to scale and pace. One of the…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: The Housing-with-Care Fund
Diolch, Mabon. You make a series of really good points there. We absolutely have learnt lessons from the ICF; we always look to evaluate our programmes as they run through and hope to adapt them as we go. Amongst the lessons learned, we've been looking at how…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: The Housing-with-Care Fund
Thank you, Janet. I think I discerned somewhere in there an enthusiasm for housing with care, which I certainly am really pleased to see. So, just to set your mind at rest: we obviously haven't waited five years. In response to the report that you mentioned…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: The Housing-with-Care Fund
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. Sorry, there was a small thing about sharing pens there, so apologies. Decent, affordable housing is fundamental to the health and well-being of everyone in Wales. Healthy homes provide individuals and families with a stable and secure…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Inquiry into second homes: evidence session 9—Minister for Climate Change
Thank you.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Inquiry into second homes: evidence session 9—Minister for Climate Change
I'll certainly do my best to do that, Chair. And I apologise—as you know, I've been off work for a little while, so that's held things up, I know. So, apologies for that. I will certainly make sure that we get you a response as fast as is humanly possible.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Inquiry into second homes: evidence session 9—Minister for Climate Change
So, as I said, Carolyn, one of the things we're doing is—. Well, first of all, we're incentivising with carrots. So, there are grants available. You have to reside in the property or give it to us as a long-term social let in order to access those grants…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Inquiry into second homes: evidence session 9—Minister for Climate Change
So, again, we're running a voluntary scheme as part of the pilot area, partly to get some information about what that looks like. A voluntary scheme is hardly the same thing, obviously, but it would be interesting to see what information we get back from…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Inquiry into second homes: evidence session 9—Minister for Climate Change
So, yes it's local. The local authority would have to put an article 4 direction in place. In order to do that, they'd have to get a range of evidence together, in order to make a lawful decision to do that. And what we're doing is working with Gwynedd to…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Inquiry into second homes: evidence session 9—Minister for Climate Change
So, that's why we're running the pilot with Gwynedd.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Inquiry into second homes: evidence session 9—Minister for Climate Change
We haven't made that decision yet, just to be clear, and there are a series of considerations around things like planning constraints and so on that will have to be factored in. But just to be clear what we're talking about, what we're talking about is the…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Inquiry into second homes: evidence session 9—Minister for Climate Change
Yes. So, again, when the measures come in, they'll have a regulatory impact assessment with them, and we'll go through all of that more formally. But, in the end, what we're talking about is getting the local authority to produce an evidence base before it…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Inquiry into second homes: evidence session 9—Minister for Climate Change
Yes, it's a bit of both, isn't it?
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Inquiry into second homes: evidence session 9—Minister for Climate Change
So, the whole purpose of allowing the local authorities to do that, as opposed as imposing it, is to make sure that the local authority itself gets the evidence base together to understand what impact that would have in its local area. And that's exactly why…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Inquiry into second homes: evidence session 9—Minister for Climate Change
I don't disagree with that, Sam, but just to make the comment: I'm sorry, but one of the issues that we have is that developers will go to the easiest place to develop without any consideration of the infrastructure around it. So, we have a constant problem…
