Agenda - Local Government and Housing Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3, Senedd

Meeting date: 17 July 2025

Meeting time: 09.30
For further information contact:

Manon George

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddHousing@senedd.wales

Hybrid

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Private pre-meeting

09.15 - 09.30

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

09.30

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2 Building Safety (Wales) Bill: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government

09.30 - 11.00 (Pages 1 - 60)

Jayne Bryant MS, Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government

Tania Nicholson, Deputy Director – Housing Quality, Welsh Government

Steve Pomeroy, Head of Fire and Rescue Services Branch, Welsh Government

Kim Phelps, Head of Building Safety Occupation Phase Policy, Welsh Government

Jo Newth, Lawyer, Welsh Government

Attached Documents:
Research brief
Paper 1: Building Safety (Wales) Bill - Bill Summary

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3 Papers to note

11.00

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3.1 Building Safety

(Pages 61 - 63)

Attached Documents:
Paper 2: Building Safety - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government regarding Building Safety Data

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3.2 The role of local authorities in supporting hospital discharges

(Pages 64 - 65)

Attached Documents:
Paper 3: The role of local authorities in supporting hospital discharges – Letter from Care and Repair Cymru

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

11.00

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Break

11.00 - 11.10

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5 Building Safety (Wales) Bill: Consideration of evidence

11.10 - 11.30

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6 The role of local authorities in supporting hospital discharges: Consideration of draft report

11.30 - 11.50 (Pages 66 - 125)

Attached Documents:
Paper 4: The role of local authorities in supporting hospital discharges: Draft report

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7 Legislative Consent: Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) Bill: Consideration of draft report

11.50 - 12.00 (Pages 126 - 131)

Attached Documents:
Paper 5: Legislative Consent: Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) Bill: Draft report

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8 Legislative Consent: Pension Schemes Bill: Consideration of Legal Advice Note

12.00 - 12.10 (Pages 132 - 136)

Attached Documents:
Paper 6: Legislative Consent: Pension Schemes Bill - Legal Advice Note

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9 Housing support for vulnerable people: Consideration of the Welsh Government response

12.10 - 12.20 (Pages 137 - 148)

Attached Documents:
Paper 7: Housing support for vulnerable people - Welsh Government response

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10 Forward work programme

12.20 - 12.30 (Pages 149 - 152)

Attached Documents:
Paper 8: Forward work programme

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11 Reviewing Committee Effectiveness in the Sixth Senedd

12.30 - 12.40 (Page 153)

Attached Documents:
Paper 9: Reviewing Committee Effectiveness in the Sixth Senedd - Letter from the Chairs Forum

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