23 Mawrth 2022 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Ymchwiliad i ail gartrefi: sesiwn dystiolaeth 9—Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Okay. Diolch yn fawr, Weinidog. Thank you very much for coming in to give evidence to committee today and to your officials here in person and joining us remotely. You will be sent a transcript of this evidence session to check for factual accuracy in the…
23 Mawrth 2022 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Ymchwiliad i ail gartrefi: sesiwn dystiolaeth 9—Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Joel James.
23 Mawrth 2022 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Ymchwiliad i ail gartrefi: sesiwn dystiolaeth 9—Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Okay. Alun Davies.
23 Mawrth 2022 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Ymchwiliad i ail gartrefi: sesiwn dystiolaeth 9—Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
If there are no further questions—. Sorry, Mabon.
23 Mawrth 2022 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Ymchwiliad i ail gartrefi: sesiwn dystiolaeth 9—Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Okay, Carolyn. Joel.
23 Mawrth 2022 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Ymchwiliad i ail gartrefi: sesiwn dystiolaeth 9—Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Okay. Thank you, Sam. Thank you, Minister. Carolyn.
23 Mawrth 2022 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Ymchwiliad i ail gartrefi: sesiwn dystiolaeth 9—Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Yes.
23 Mawrth 2022 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Ymchwiliad i ail gartrefi: sesiwn dystiolaeth 9—Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Sam.
23 Mawrth 2022 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Ymchwiliad i ail gartrefi: sesiwn dystiolaeth 9—Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Okay. Diolch yn fawr, Gweinidog. Sam Rowlands.
23 Mawrth 2022 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Ymchwiliad i ail gartrefi: sesiwn dystiolaeth 9—Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Okay, thank you very much, Minister. A further question from me before we move on to other committee members. In the evidence that we've already taken, Minister, there was a plea for clarity in terms of what Welsh Government means by 'community language'. Do…
23 Mawrth 2022 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Ymchwiliad i ail gartrefi: sesiwn dystiolaeth 9—Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Minister, could I just ask you about the Welsh language commission, which has been set up to make recommendations on the future of Welsh as a community language and, indeed, link into the community housing plan? I guess it's often tempting for Government…
23 Mawrth 2022 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Ymchwiliad i ail gartrefi: sesiwn dystiolaeth 9—Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Okay. Diolch yn fawr, Gweinidog. And now Alun Davies.
23 Mawrth 2022 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Ymchwiliad i ail gartrefi: sesiwn dystiolaeth 9—Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Okay. One further question from me, Minister, before we move on to other committee members, and that concerns the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 and how it has affected the development of that Welsh language communities housing plan…
23 Mawrth 2022 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Ymchwiliad i ail gartrefi: sesiwn dystiolaeth 9—Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Okay. I think Alun Davies wanted to come in at this point. Alun.
23 Mawrth 2022 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Ymchwiliad i ail gartrefi: sesiwn dystiolaeth 9—Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Diolch yn fawr, Gweinidog. Could I move on to the 'Welsh Language Communities Housing Plan'? Given the scale of the challenge, and we know these are difficult issues that have been around for some time, but are definitely worsening, is that 'Welsh Language…
23 Mawrth 2022 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Ymchwiliad i ail gartrefi: sesiwn dystiolaeth 9—Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg
Let me welcome everyone back to this meeting of the Local Government and Housing Committee, and we have reached item 8 on our agenda today, which is a further and, in fact, last evidence session with regard to the committee's inquiry into second homes. I'm…
23 Mawrth 2022 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Cynnig o dan Reol Sefydlog 17.42(ix) i benderfynu gwahardd y cyhoedd o'r eitemau canlynol: 4, 5, 6, 7 a 9
Item 3, then, is a motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the following items: items 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9 of this meeting. Is committee content to do so? I see that committee is. Thank you very much. We will then move to private…
23 Mawrth 2022 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Papurau i’w nodi
Diolch yn fawr, Mabon. Well, as you say, we'll be discussing the forward work programme later, so I'm very happy to discuss it at that time, if that's okay, Mabon. Yes. Okay. Are Members content to note the papers, subject to those comments and actions? Okay…
23 Mawrth 2022 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Papurau i’w nodi
Yes. No, absolutely. I'm sure committee would be very supportive of doing that, Alun. Yes, I see agreement on that. Yes, absolutely. Mabon.
23 Mawrth 2022 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Papurau i’w nodi
Okay. Well, we could certainly return to the ombudsman and ask for some background information that led to that part of the report, Joel, if you're content with that, and the rest of the committee is. Yes. Okay. Sorry, Mabon, I'd seen Alun earlier. Alun.
23 Mawrth 2022 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Papurau i’w nodi
Okay. Okay. Committee content with that? Yes. Oh, Joel, did you—?
23 Mawrth 2022 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Papurau i’w nodi
Would you nonetheless be content for us to—
23 Mawrth 2022 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Papurau i’w nodi
Yes. Well, if committee is content, Carolyn, we could liaise with the other committee and make that point and suggest to them that it is a matter that they may wish to turn their attention to, if committee is content with that.
23 Mawrth 2022 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Papurau i’w nodi
Item 2, then, is papers to note. We have a number of papers before us today: paper 3 is a letter from the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales in relation to complaints handled by Welsh local authorities; paper 4 is a paper from an anonymous leaseholder of an…
23 Mawrth 2022 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Cyflwyniad, ymddiheuriadau, dirprwyon a datgan buddiannau
Diolch yn fawr. Any other declarations of interest? No.