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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Housing
'—provide one-quarter of funds given to Tory party'. 'UK governing party has received nearly £18m from donors with property interests in the past two years'.
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Housing
Can you see that there?
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Housing
'Property donors—'
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Housing
Well, the United Kingdom is amongst the most unequal states in the world. That isn't a political statement to cast aspersions on others, but a declaration of fact, according to the research undertaken by, amongst others, the OECD. Poverty is now endemic in…
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Ukraine
Well, friends, what is to be? This is a question that many people are asking themselves today. The future is a foreign country, and at this moment it is a terrifying one. But in thinking of this future, it's worth looking back to our history, and history…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you, Llywydd, and thank you, Minister, for that response. But to continue with TB, two years ago, DEFRA published a report showing the financial impact of TB on cattle farms in England and in Wales. It shows that the median cost paid directly by…
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Thank you very much, Llywydd. I want to continue on the theme of TB, if I may. On a number of occasions over the past two years, the Government here has talked of the need to follow the science when it comes to COVID. We should use the same principles in…
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Papers to note
If I may endorse both points that have been made. There's the Welsh Cladiators and there have been a few letters, if I remember rightly, on this issue, which is clearly a very important issue and an issue that is urgent certainly for those individuals. I was…
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Inquiry into second homes: evidence session 7—landlords and community groups
If I can just ask then—. Douglas, you touched on this, the definitions around second homes, holiday homes. We don't seem to have a legal definition as to what constitutes a second home in this respect. How helpful would it be for us to have clear definitions…
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Inquiry into second homes: evidence session 7—landlords and community groups
Thank you very much for those responses. It's heartbreaking to hear some communities that I represent being named there, and I'm fully aware of those concerns. So, thank you for that.
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Inquiry into second homes: evidence session 7—landlords and community groups
With apologies to Douglas, I will get on to some of the issues that you raised, Douglas, in a minute. I just want to take this opportunity, actually, to take a step back if I may, Chair. Since we've got three representatives here who represent on-the-ground…
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Inquiry into second homes: evidence session 7—landlords and community groups
Good morning, and thank you very much for joining us this morning and providing your expertise. I'm very grateful to you. I understand that we do have a technical problem, so I will ask my question in English.
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Inquiry into second homes: evidence session 6—second home owners
Thank you. And, finally—I know there are other Members with a number of questions they want to get on to, and we're limited with time—there are 60,000 people on the waiting lists for social housing in Wales. Do you think it's right that we have that number of…
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Inquiry into second homes: evidence session 6—second home owners
Just to go back to one thing you said earlier, you said 'We love Wales, we love the language, we love the culture', and that's great. I'm just trying to understand what you mean by that. Do you see this as a Wales versus England thing?
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Inquiry into second homes: evidence session 6—second home owners
Not wanting to put words in your mouth, would you say that's sustainable or unsustainable?
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Inquiry into second homes: evidence session 6—second home owners
Okay. That's Gwynedd. What about Aberdyfi? If you take Aberdyfi, where 40 per cent, 45 per cent of the homes are second homes or holiday lets, would you say that's a reasonable number?
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Inquiry into second homes: evidence session 6—second home owners
So, if you can have such a thing as too many second homes in a community, what is the figure you'd put that at, percentage wise?
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Inquiry into second homes: evidence session 6—second home owners
No problem, I'll ask you in English. Do you think that you can have such a thing as too many second homes in a community?
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Inquiry into second homes: evidence session 6—second home owners
Good morning, Jonathan. Thank you very much to you for joining us this morning. Very briefly, do you think that it's possible to have too many second homes in any one community?
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Inquiry into second homes: evidence session 5—Welsh language
Thank you very much for those responses. If I could move on, we have talked about second homes, holiday homes and short-term holiday lets. I remember a fierce discussion in a seaside town in the summer discussing these issues, and there was a misunderstanding…
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Inquiry into second homes: evidence session 5—Welsh language
Good morning to you all. Thank you very much to you all for joining us this morning and for giving your evidence and expertise. We're very grateful. Of course, this inquiry is discussing second homes and holiday homes and so on, and we started the…
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
I would just refer you to my register of interests.
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Topical Questions
I thank the Minister for that response. Now, whatever the spin of the Conservative Government in Westminster, the truth is that this trade agreement will leave Welsh farmers at the whim of a market that they have no control over. If something changes in the…
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Topical Questions
1. What assessment has the Government made of the impact of the United Kingdom and Aotearoa (New Zealand) trade agreement on agriculture in Wales? TQ602
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Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
And how will the fund be used in order to accelerate the policy and the funding for the decarbonisation of housing?
