, Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
The Representation of the People (Electoral Registration without Applications) (Electoral Reform) (Wales) Regulations 2026: Evidence session 1
Thank you. I'm just mindful, Tom, that we're running out of time here, because we've got another set of witnesses. So, Rebeca, apologies for not letting you get the question in. Do you want to ask it now?
, Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
The Representation of the People (Electoral Registration without Applications) (Electoral Reform) (Wales) Regulations 2026: Evidence session 1
Oh, I beg your pardon, my fault. Apologies, Rebeca.
, Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
The Representation of the People (Electoral Registration without Applications) (Electoral Reform) (Wales) Regulations 2026: Evidence session 1
Thank you, Tom. Rebeca, you've got a question on timings.
, Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
The Representation of the People (Electoral Registration without Applications) (Electoral Reform) (Wales) Regulations 2026: Evidence session 1
Thank you. Elyn, you've actually got the next question: availability and quality of data.
, Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
The Representation of the People (Electoral Registration without Applications) (Electoral Reform) (Wales) Regulations 2026: Evidence session 1
Thank you. Elyn, can we go back to your question?
, Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
The Representation of the People (Electoral Registration without Applications) (Electoral Reform) (Wales) Regulations 2026: Evidence session 1
Thank you. Mike, did you want to ask a question around frequency of registration? [Inaudible.] Sorry. Mike, bear with me a second.
, Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
The Representation of the People (Electoral Registration without Applications) (Electoral Reform) (Wales) Regulations 2026: Evidence session 1
David.
, Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
The Representation of the People (Electoral Registration without Applications) (Electoral Reform) (Wales) Regulations 2026: Evidence session 1
No.
, Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
The Representation of the People (Electoral Registration without Applications) (Electoral Reform) (Wales) Regulations 2026: Evidence session 1
Marc, you've got a question.
, Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
The Representation of the People (Electoral Registration without Applications) (Electoral Reform) (Wales) Regulations 2026: Evidence session 1
Thank you. Peter, do you want to ask the next question?
, Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
The Representation of the People (Electoral Registration without Applications) (Electoral Reform) (Wales) Regulations 2026: Evidence session 1
Thank you. Elyn.
, Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
The Representation of the People (Electoral Registration without Applications) (Electoral Reform) (Wales) Regulations 2026: Evidence session 1
David.
, Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
The Representation of the People (Electoral Registration without Applications) (Electoral Reform) (Wales) Regulations 2026: Evidence session 1
Thank you very much, Tom. So, I guess this is the point when we get to ask the gentlemen on the Zoom call any questions you may have. So, Peter, I think you want to talk about the evaluation of the pilots.
, Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
The Representation of the People (Electoral Registration without Applications) (Electoral Reform) (Wales) Regulations 2026: Evidence session 1
We move to item 2, which is to take evidence to inform the committee's scrutiny of the Representation of the People (Electoral Registration without Applications) (Electoral Reform) (Wales) Regulations 2026. This is the committee's first evidence session, and…
, Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
Introductions, apologies, declarations of interest and substitutions
Good morning, everyone. I want to welcome Members and the public to this meeting of the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee. I just want you to note that the public items of the meeting are being broadcast live on Senedd.tv and a record of the…
, Plenary
Questions to the Trefnydd, Chief Whip and Cabinet Minister for Culture and Sport
I'd like to start by saying thank you to the Member for raising the question, and apologise because I think it's in the same vein. But Minister, the Welsh Rugby Union recently wrote to me and told me why it is cutting four professional clubs to three. What it…
, Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting
Yes. Okay.
, Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting
Item 2, motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting. Are Members content with that motion?
, Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Good morning. I welcome Members and the public to this meeting of the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee. Apologies have already been received from Peter Fox and Anthony Slaughter, and we are awaiting news from David Hughes, who has indicated…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Diolch, First Minister. I recently spoke to owners of haulage businesses in my constituency, who tell me that it costs around £3,000 to get a driver their HGV licence for a job that can actually pay up to £50,000 a year, yet they still cannot recruit and…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
8. What is the Welsh Government doing to support small and medium-sized businesses in Carmarthenshire? OQ64424
, Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting
Okay. Can we go into private?
, Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting
So, we move on to item 3, the motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix). I propose, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42(ix), that the committee resolves to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting in order to discuss matters relating to the…
, Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee: Remit of the Committee
So, if we move to item 2: Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee—remit of the committee. The purpose of the item is to note the committee's remit. I'm assuming that everybody has received papers in relation to that. And the remit is outlined…
, Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
We'll just carry on.
