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13 March 2024Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
I'm grateful to Siân Gwenllian for raising this important point, and for your response, Minister, to see this thing progress, sooner rather than later. You said, in response to one of my colleagues earlier in the Chamber, that economies work best when…
13 March 2024Local Government and Housing Committee
Private rented sector: evidence session 7
Okay, thank you. Thanks, Chair.
13 March 2024Local Government and Housing Committee
Private rented sector: evidence session 7
Of course. Richard, do you want to say something?
13 March 2024Local Government and Housing Committee
Private rented sector: evidence session 7
Yes, sure.
13 March 2024Local Government and Housing Committee
Private rented sector: evidence session 7
Okay. Anybody else want to come in?
13 March 2024Local Government and Housing Committee
Private rented sector: evidence session 7
On the point around rent controls, do you think there's anything that should be done at all to mitigate any extreme spikes in rents at all?
13 March 2024Local Government and Housing Committee
Private rented sector: evidence session 7
Perhaps one last point, Chair, if I may.
13 March 2024Local Government and Housing Committee
Private rented sector: evidence session 7
Okay. And Steve, you wanted to come back in.
13 March 2024Local Government and Housing Committee
Private rented sector: evidence session 7
Sure. Is there anything you wanted to add, Tim?
13 March 2024Local Government and Housing Committee
Private rented sector: evidence session 7
Yes, sure. Okay. Does anyone else—?
13 March 2024Local Government and Housing Committee
Private rented sector: evidence session 7
Thanks, Chair. To continue this theme around quality, and, I guess, at least healthy standards of living for people as well, I was wondering what you think might be the top priorities or the biggest things that Welsh Government could do to improve quality and…
13 March 2024Local Government and Housing Committee
Private rented sector: evidence session 7
Yes. Richard, anything from a lending point of view that would be helpful?
13 March 2024Local Government and Housing Committee
Private rented sector: evidence session 7
Thanks. And just in terms of going back to improving that supply side, and, Steve, you raised a couple of specific points that are preventing supply at the moment, there are probably opportunities out there for institutional investors as well, especially in…
13 March 2024Local Government and Housing Committee
Private rented sector: evidence session 7
Thanks.
13 March 2024Local Government and Housing Committee
Private rented sector: evidence session 7
Yes, thank you, Chair, and good morning. Thanks for being with us this morning, it's really appreciated. Just picking up your point on the supply side, there are acknowledged issues around there not being enough supply of housing generally, and specifically…
13 March 2024Local Government and Housing Committee
Private rented sector: evidence session 6
Thanks. I saw Darren's hand up, and then perhaps Steffan could come in.
13 March 2024Local Government and Housing Committee
Private rented sector: evidence session 6
Thanks. I'm conscious of time, Chair, so I might try and jump on to another theme, and I know colleagues will want to perhaps ask questions a bit later about regulation as well. Because I have a nervousness, as you may expect, that with this continued focus…
13 March 2024Local Government and Housing Committee
Private rented sector: evidence session 6
I saw Darren's hand up as well, Chair.
13 March 2024Local Government and Housing Committee
Private rented sector: evidence session 6
Does anybody else want to respond to those points at all?
13 March 2024Local Government and Housing Committee
Private rented sector: evidence session 6
Perhaps before others respond, I'm also considering not just those in temporary accommodation at the moment, but the relationship between landlords and tenants. If there was a much larger supply out there, you'd expect the relationship between landlords and…
13 March 2024Local Government and Housing Committee
Private rented sector: evidence session 6
Thanks, Chair, and good morning, everybody. I appreciate you being here with us. You probably would expect me to ask this question around supply and demand. Perhaps I'm being too simplistic, but would many of the issues that you're describing and the…
13 March 2024Local Government and Housing Committee
Private rented sector: evidence session 5
Okay, thanks.
13 March 2024Local Government and Housing Committee
Private rented sector: evidence session 5
Yes, sure. Ben.
13 March 2024Local Government and Housing Committee
Private rented sector: evidence session 5
Thanks, Orla. I know, both Bens, you touched on equality and perhaps environmental hazards as well. I wondered about any thoughts you might have in terms of what Welsh Government could or should be doing to prioritise better quality or to deal with…
13 March 2024Local Government and Housing Committee
Private rented sector: evidence session 5
Thanks. Thanks for that, Orla, as well. And, perhaps, on the student side, just for a moment, before I move on to some other questions: getting the balance right between quality and affordability is a real challenge, isn't it, and I just wonder how you see…