, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
Diolch, Gadeirydd. If I could start with electoral management boards, first off, do you think that the Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru is the appropriate body to host the new electoral management boards? I suppose the point I'm getting at here is: do…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 4
Great. Thank you, Chair.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 4
Perhaps there's a point there, then, in terms of providing some discretion for council officers to make the decision.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 4
Thank you. Unless Llinos wants to come back in, I will hand back to you, Chair.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 4
I think you touched on the implications that I was thinking of, where you might have that general local authority election happening literally a month or two after that election—potentially, probably, a by-election a councillor might take part in, to become a…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 4
Moving to a separate point then around the grace period that's afforded to councillors who are then elected Members of the Senedd, would you support removing that grace period? And I'm thinking in particular here around the impact that that requirement to…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 4
Quite. Llinos, did you want to add anything on that point?
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 4
If I could move to disqualification regimes as well, separate to resettlement payments, I'd be interested in your views on bringing the disqualification regime for town and community councils in line with the existing regime for members of principal councils…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 4
I think that's the point, isn't it? We're always talking about the principle of encouraging more people to participate in the democratic process, but unless we can ensure that they do then have some safety net in terms of their employment, ultimately the only…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 4
Yes, of course.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill: Evidence Session 4
Diolch, Cadeirydd. If I could just touch on resettlement payments. Of course, there are provisions within the Bill that will allow for resettlement payments for members of local authorities. I'd be interested just in your views around those resettlement…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
You rightly mention, of course, the Wales management succession fund worth £25 million, which has had successes, to be fair. However, the current level of resources made available through DBW to promote succession processes is arguably unequal to the scale of…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Thank you for that response, First Minister.
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
3. What support is the Welsh Government providing to businesses in terms of legacy planning and succession processes? OQ60257
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Minister for Climate Change
Diolch.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Minister for Climate Change
Okay. Good.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Minister for Climate Change
Okay. Turning then to some of those leaseholders then, is the Welsh Government now looking at how we can increase the numbers around eligibility for applying for the leaseholder support scheme?
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Minister for Climate Change
Yes. Okay. Thinking back to I think it was a response to the committee's letter back in May, there was mention of three developers now being invited to sign a contract with the Welsh Government. Is there any update on whether they've actually now signed?
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Minister for Climate Change
So, generally, then, you're quite happy that these are being done in a timely way?
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Minister for Climate Change
Diolch, Cadeirydd. If we could turn to building safety next, is the Government satisfied with how quickly developers are starting to do some of the remedial works around building safety?
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Minister for Climate Change
Great. Diolch.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Minister for Climate Change
And finally, Chair, just a quick question on an officer being specifically responsible for homelessness within health boards—is that something that the Government is also looking to explore further? We know that some health boards already have somebody in…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Minister for Climate Change
But I understand the point, because there's a lot of crossover in these boards. But there is an argument that's been put to me by several of the stakeholders as part of the expert review panel that there seems to be not enough space within regional…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Minister for Climate Change
I know we're often referred to as the land of song, but I always say the land of committees as well.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Ministerial scrutiny session: Minister for Climate Change
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Good morning, Minister. I can see the desire to ensure that putting forward the Bill—the due diligence behind that. I think, in terms of the expert review panel so far, the conversations I've had with a number of stakeholders have been…
