Concise Minutes - Local Government and Housing Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3, Senedd

Meeting date: Thursday, 17 July 2025

Meeting time: 09.31 - 12.16
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/15343

Hybrid

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Attendance

Category	Names
Members of the Senedd:	John Griffiths MS (Chair) Peter Fox MS Lesley Griffiths MS Siân Gwenllian MS Laura Anne Jones MS Lee Waters MS
Witnesses:	Jayne Bryant MS, Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government Tania Nicholson, Welsh Government Kim Phelps, Welsh Government Steve Pomeroy, Welsh Government Jo Newth, Welsh Government
Committee Staff:	Manon George (Clerk) Catherine Hunt (Second Clerk) Evan Jones (Deputy Clerk) Harry Moyle (Legal Adviser) Gwennan Hardy (Researcher) Amy Clifton (Researcher) Jennie Bibbings (Researcher)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1     The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting.

1.2     There were no apologies, substitutions or declarations of interest.

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

2.1     The Committee received evidence from the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government.

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3 Papers to note

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3.1 Building Safety

3.1     The Committee noted the letter.

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3.2 The role of local authorities in supporting hospital discharges

3.2     The Committee noted the letter.

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

4.1     The Committee agreed the Motion.

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5 Building Safety (Wales) Bill: Consideration of evidence

5.1     The Committee considered the evidence received.

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

6.1     The Committee considered and agreed the draft report.

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

7.1     The Committee considered and agreed the draft report.

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

8.1     The Committee considered the legal advice note.

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

9.1     The Committee considered the response from Welsh Government.

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10 Forward work programme

10.1   The Committee considered its forward work programme.

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11 Reviewing Committee Effectiveness in the Sixth Senedd

11.1   The Committee considered the letter.

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