Agenda - Local Government and Housing Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 5, Tŷ Hywel

Meeting date: 1 October 2025

Meeting time: 09.00
For further information contact:

Manon George

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddHousing@senedd.wales

Hybrid

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Private pre-meeting

08.45 - 09.00

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Public meeting

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

09.00

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2 Building Safety (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5

09.00 - 10.00 (Pages 1 - 55)

Steve Tudball, Housing Enforcement Team Manager for the Shared Regulatory Service, Vale of Glamorgan Council – Directors of Public Protection Wales Housing Expert Panel

Peter Keates, Executive Director, Local Authority Building Control

Tom Price, Divisional Environmental Health Officer - Pollution, Private Sector Housing and Building Control, Swansea Council

Alice Marks, Team Leader - Private Sector Housing, Swansea Council

Attached Documents:
Research brief
Paper 1: Building Safety (Wales) Bill – Written evidence from the All Wales Housing Expert Panel
Paper 2: Building Safety (Wales) Bill – Written evidence from the Welsh Local Government Association
Paper 3: Building Safety (Wales) Bill – Written evidence from the Local Authority Building Control

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Break

10.00 - 10.10

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3 Building Safety (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6

10.10 - 11.00 (Pages 56 - 68)

Sion Slaymaker, Area Manager, Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service

St.John Towell, Head of Business Fire Safety, South Wales Fire and Rescue Service

Station Manager Paul Slade, Compliance Officer, South Wales Fire and Rescue Service

Steven Roberts, Head of Protection, North Wales Fire and Rescue Service

Attached Documents:
Paper 4: Building Safety (Wales) Bill – Written evidence from the Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service
Paper 5: Building Safety (Wales) Bill – Written evidence from the South Wales Fire and Rescue Service

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Break

11.00 - 11.10

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4 Building Safety (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7

11.10 - 12.00 (Pages 69 - 73)

John Marr, Principal, Devolved Government and Social Housing, UK Finance

Attached Documents:
Paper 6: Building Safety (Wales) Bill – Written evidence from UK Finance

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5 Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting and for item 1 of the meeting on 9 October

12.00

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Private meeting

12.00 - 12.30

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6 Building Safety (Wales) Bill: Consideration of evidence

12.00 - 12.15

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7 Reviewing Committee Effectiveness in the Sixth Senedd

12.15 - 12.30 (Pages 74 - 83)

Attached Documents:
Paper 7: Reviewing Committee Effectiveness in the Sixth Senedd Consultation – Letter from the Chairs Forum

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