, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
This is my final point. That’s where the Welsh Government have got a role, then, isn’t it? It's in actually supporting those local authorities to make those decisions without the statutory consultees coming back. That could be something perhaps coming from…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
One thing that we've heard, and I hear anecdotally from my time in local government, as well, is about statutory consultees and the time they take to respond back to planning applications. I know Welsh Water, for example, Natural Resources Wales and others…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
I'm not sure I can, really, John, but I'll try my best. [Laughter.] I'm not quite sure who to address my question to, but I'll go to you, Cabinet Secretary and you can defer if you want. Regional planning structures was something that was brought in by…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Cadeirydd, I’ll take some direction for you. As the Cabinet portfolios have changed and some of my questions are directly to the new Cabinet Secretary, I’d like some direction from you over the line of my questioning, because I don’t think it’s fair on Mr…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Diolch, Cadeirydd. Cabinet Secretary, the First Minister outlined yesterday that as a Government priority she’s going to speed up planning decisions, which is welcomed, I’m sure, across the whole system. But outside the developments of national significance…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
A lot of people around this table—[Inaudible.]
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Yes, very quickly. I hope you can enlighten me, Cabinet Secretary, on the new delivery Minister, since we're talking about delivery—it's the new buzz word of the Government. We've moved away from 'deep-dives' to 'delivery'. So, I'm just wondering how you…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Okay.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Obviously, that would be a conversation with Government, because, obviously, they've got a business model as well, since some of those properties are a lot more expensive, probably, than others.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
It's going through the RSLs, is it?
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
It's actually building on Lee's point a little bit. In some of these areas where some of these homes are coming back on the market, those local authorities are not stock-holding local authorities either. Powys, for example, still retains its own housing…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Yes, I just wanted to say that it's a bit of short-termism, isn't it? In Brecon, for example, there are a lot of two-up, one-downs—the other way around, sorry—which will never meet the WHQS standard, but they're a perfectly fine house for somebody who is fit…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Cabinet Secretary, in my part of the world, a lot of single-person accommodation tends to be older persons' bungalows. In Powys, for example, you don't tend to have many high-rise flats and estates. One thing we do have, though, is a lot of flats that are…
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Thank you.
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Social housing supply: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government
Yes, on the conditions survey. It's nothing new, it's been bandied about for years as far as I can remember—years ago, when I was in local government, it was being bandied about then. Have Welsh Government done any estimates of how much this will cost local…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Winter fuel payment
Today we've come here to show our support for some of the most vulnerable people in our society, our pensioners. The UK Labour Government's decision to remove the winter fuel payments has placed an additional and unacceptable burden on the elderly here in…
, Plenary
Questions to the Senedd Commission
Diolch, Llywydd. Thank you very much for your answer. A lot of constituents who I speak to since the boundary proposals came out are very unsure about what this means for the Senedd election. It's very good that group has been pulled together, but I think it…
, Plenary
Questions to the Senedd Commission
2. What is the Commission doing to inform people about the changes to the voting system and constituency boundaries for the next Senedd election? OQ61506
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Political choices.
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
Thank you for your answer, Cabinet Secretary. Putting political differences aside, I think no-one in this Chamber can question your commitment to improving social justice in Wales. However, the callous act by the UK Labour Government to remove winter fuel…
, Plenary
Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip
6. What is the Welsh Government doing to support pensioners who will lose their winter fuel payments? OQ61505
, Plenary
Nomination of the First Minister under Standing Order 8
Andrew R.T. Davies.
, Plenary
Short Debate: Confronting the crisis: Tackling youth homelessness in Wales
I'd like to thank Luke Fletcher for bringing forward this really important debate today and it's just a shame to see there are not many more Members in the Chamber, actually, on this very, very important issue. You did mention in your speech, Luke, about…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Farming
Welsh farmers not only produce high-quality products that grace our tables, but they also support a wide range of related industries, from food processing to agri-tourism. In 2022, the estimated GVA of Welsh agriculture reached over £810 million, reaching…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Farming
Diolch, Llywydd. Today, I open this debate on the significant and huge benefits that are facing our rural communities and our farming sector right the way across Wales. This debate this afternoon will explore four key areas that are essential to the future of…
