Concise Minutes - Local Government and Housing Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 4, Tŷ Hywel

Meeting date: Thursday, 18 September 2025

Meeting time: 09.15 - 15.06
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/15359

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 Joel James MS Lee Waters MS
Witnesses:	Geoff Spight, Welsh Cladiators Mark Thomas, Welsh Cladiators Marc Harries, Welsh Cladiators Peter Larwood, Welsh Cladiators Rob Nicholls, Welsh Cladiators Cara Sandys, Welsh Cladiators Jayne Bryant MS, Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government Hannah Fisher, Welsh Government Sarah Rhodes, Welsh Government Julie Stokes, Welsh Government
Committee Staff:	Manon George (Clerk) Catherine Hunt (Second Clerk) Evan Jones (Deputy Clerk) Stephen Davies (Legal Adviser) Harry Moyle (Legal Adviser) Aled Evans (Legal Adviser) Gwennan Hardy (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 The Chair welcomed Joel James MS who has replaced Laura Anne Jones MS as a member of the Local Government and Housing Committee.

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

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2 Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (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 on the Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill.

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3 Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (XI) to resolve to exclude the public from item 4 and 8 of today's meeting

3.1     The Committee agreed the Motion.

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4 Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill: Consideration of key issues

4.1     The Committee considered the key issues in relation to the Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill.

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5 Building Safety Remediation

5.1     The Committee received evidence from the Welsh Cladiators and from Cara, a leaseholder, on building safety remediation works.

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6 Building Safety (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 2

6.1     The Committee received evidence on the Building Safety (Wales) Bill from the Welsh Cladiators.

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7 Papers to note

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7.1 Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill

7.1     The Committee considered the letter.

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7.2 Building safety

7.2     The Committee considered the letter.

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7.3 Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill

7.3     The Committee considered the correspondence.

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7.4 Forward work programme

7.4     The Committee considered the correspondence.

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7.5 Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement

7.5     The Committee considered the correspondence.

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7.6 Building Safety (Wales) Bill

7.6     The Committee considered the correspondence.

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7.7 Legislative Consent: Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) Bill

7.7     The Committee considered the response from Welsh Government.

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7.8 Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill

7.8     The Committee considered the correspondence.

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8 Building Safety (Wales) Bill: Consideration of evidence

8.1     The Committee considered the evidence received.

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