Concise Minutes - Local Government and Housing Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 2

Meeting date: Wednesday, 24 April 2024

Meeting time: 09.30 - 12.30
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/14601

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Attendance

Category	Names
Members of the Senedd:	John Griffiths MS (Chair) Altaf Hussain MS Jack Sargeant MS Lee Waters MS
Witnesses:	Julie James MS, Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Local Government and Planning Gareth Baglow, Welsh Government Sarah Rhodes, Welsh Government
Committee Staff:	Catherine Hunt (Clerk) Angharad Era (Deputy Clerk) Rachael Davies (Second Clerk) Jennie Bibbings (Researcher)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting of the Local Government and Housing Committee.

1.2 Apologies were received from Luke Fletcher MS and James Evans MS.

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2 Private rented sector - Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Local Government and Planning

2.1 The Committee received evidence from:

Julie James MS, Cabinet Secretary for Housing, Local Government and Planning

Sarah Rhodes, Deputy Director, Housing Policy, Welsh Government

Gareth Baglow, Senior Private Sector Housing Policy Manager, Welsh Government

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3 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting

3.1 The Committee agreed the motion.

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4 Private rented sector - Consideration of key issues and summary of engagement

4.1 The Committee considered the key issues and summary of engagement.

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5 Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No. 3) on the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill - Consideration of draft report

5.1 The Committee considered the Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum.

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6 Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Renters (Reform) Bill - Consideration of draft report

6.1 The Committee considered the Legislative Consent Memorandum.

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