Agenda - Local Government and Housing Committee


Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 5, Tŷ Hywel

Meeting date: 5 November 2025

Meeting time: 09.30
For further information contact:

Catherine Hunt

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddHousing@senedd.wales


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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       General ministerial scrutiny: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government

09.30 - 10.30                                                                             (Pages 1 - 31)

 

Jayne Bryant MS, Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government

Richard Baker, Deputy Director – Land, Welsh Government

Matthew Wellington, Deputy Director – Local Government Policy, Welsh Government

Michael Kay, Deputy Director – Elections, Welsh Government

Attached Documents:
Research brief
Paper 1: Written evidence from Welsh Government

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3       Papers to note

10.30                                                                                                               

 

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3.1   Building Safety (Wales) Bill

                                                                                                 (Pages 32 - 51)

Attached Documents:
Paper 2: Building Safety (Wales) Bill – Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government to the Chair of Finance Committee – 17 October 2025

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3.2   Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill

                                                                                                 (Pages 52 - 54)

Attached Documents:
Paper 3: Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill – Response from Welsh Government to the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee’s Stage 1 Report

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3.3   Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill

                                                                                                 (Pages 55 - 59)

Attached Documents:
Paper 4: Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill – Response from Welsh Government to the Finance Committee’s Stage 1 Report

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

10.30                                                                                                               

 

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Private meeting

10.30 - 10.50

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5       General ministerial scrutiny: Consideration of evidence

10.30 - 10.50                                                                                                  

 

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