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Legislative Consent Motion on the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill
Diolch, Llywydd. I move the motion. The Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill is a short Bill that starts the process of dealing with a very big topic, leasehold reform. The Bill's stated policy objectives are to make leasehold ownership fairer and more…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Building Safety
Thank you very much, Jenny. I'm certainly well aware of your enthusiasm for Part L, which we are hoping to bring forward early next year, and particularly in terms of the energy efficiency of homes, and so on. Of course, building regulations cover a lot more…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Building Safety
Diolch, John. I admire your committee's constant asking of me about timetables for the Bill, but I'm afraid my answer is the same as the one I gave in committee, which is that we will negotiate the timetable when the Bill is introduced with yourselves, and…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Building Safety
Diolch, Rhys. I welcome your support. In the previous Senedd, we had good cross-party working. Janet Finch-Saunders and our colleague David Melding, in particular, took an interest, and I'm absolutely certain that when the Bill comes forward, we'll be able to…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Building Safety
Diolch, Peter. I can see that my colleague the Minister for finance is listening to your question there. It's in her portfolio, but I can confirm that we've had some preliminary discussions about whether or not a lengthening of the time period to sell the…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Building Safety
Diolch, Mike. Yes, of course, we'll be able to do technical briefings for residents in buildings to assist them to apply in the same way we have done for the building passport scheme. We're very keen to make sure that people understand the full range of help…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Building Safety
Diolch, Mabon. I won't repeat what I said to Janet Finch-Saunders in terms of the timing of this. It's obviously very frustrating, and we all have in mind the tragedy of Grenfell and the fight of the people who survived that for justice, of course, but the…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Building Safety
Thank you, Janet Finch-Saunders. I think, broadly, we're in the same place. You've slightly conflated the problems of the existing leaseholders with what the new regime might look like. So, just in terms of the new regime going forward, once we take the…
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Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Building Safety
Diolch, Llywydd. Thank you for the opportunity to provide a further update to Members on the important issue of building safety. A significant amount of work has been progressed on this most important and complex of issues since I last updated you in July…
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Debate on petition P-06-1208 New laws to protect rare red squirrels from habitat loss which causes population decline
I'm just coming on to the 10 year point. I'm not going to be drawn on 'shortly', because we're in negotiation about Plenary time for it, but very shortly—we are aware of the urgency of it. So, as I was saying, although not legally required, NRW seek approval…
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Debate on petition P-06-1208 New laws to protect rare red squirrels from habitat loss which causes population decline
Yes, certainly.
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Debate on petition P-06-1208 New laws to protect rare red squirrels from habitat loss which causes population decline
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. I too am very grateful to the petitioner and also to Jack Sargeant, the Chair of the Petitions Committee, for bringing forward this important issue, which, as he and many others said, relates not only to the protection for red…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you, That's a mix of a couple of things. My colleague Hefin David has been talking about the issue of connecting estates and the estate management charges that sometimes are left with home owners as a result for quite some time. This continues to be a…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Builders are responsible for ensuring that new homes comply with the building regulations. The Building Safety Bill will set out clear responsibilities for compliance and provide a means of redress where things go wrong.
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Yes, indeed. The principles of sustainable management of natural resources puts multiple benefits, particularly mental and physical well-being, at the heart of any strategic plan to create or improve Wales's green spaces. In fact, as I think you know, Sarah…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
We are actively working with all local authorities across Wales to improve green spaces through a number of initiatives, such as our Transforming Towns placemaking grant, supporting the Valleys regional park, funding local nature partnerships and our…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
This is a really complicated area of law. So, sometimes, the river course is owned by someone, so sometimes the whole river course is owned by it. It's a fact of common law, though, that the edges of the river are owned by the properties adjacent to and…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Thank you for the question.
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
I'm not entirely certain what that's got to do with erosion in riparian watercourses, but if the Member wants to write to me again and ask for a meeting, I'm happy to do so.
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Well, Hefin David, I'm really sorry to hear of the impact that river erosion is having on your constituents. I understand that Natural Resources Wales has met with you and the affected residents, and you've just outlined the advice. Unfortunately, you are…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
The Welsh Government funds local authorities to reduce the risk posed to communities by coastal erosion. However, addressing the consequences of river erosion is the responsibility of the riparian landowners whose property adjoins or contains the watercourse…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
So, again, Janet, I almost admire your ability to put two facts together and make three completely different ones with no relation to the original two. So, we have an ambitious social home building programme of 20,000 low-carbon social homes in the next…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Well, Janet, I just don't know where to start. First of all, you started with an assessment of the national construction company, which clearly indicated you weren't listening to the answer I had just given you. Quite clearly, I did not say anything about…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Well, the juxtaposition of the two things at the end is quite startling, so I'll deal with that first. The idea that a national construction company would somehow get in the way of building new homes is quite extraordinary. We have yet, as part of the…
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
Well, I set out in my initial response to you that we have 10 developments of national significance in progress, which is very good news, considering the length of time that 'Future Wales' has been in place. So, I appreciate the point you're making, but it's…
