Agenda - Local Government and Housing Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 5, Tŷ Hywel

Meeting date: 20 November 2025

Meeting time: 09.30
For further information contact:

Catherine Hunt

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddHousing@senedd.wales

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The Chair will call a lunch break at a suitable time during proceedings

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Private pre-meeting

09.15 - 09.30

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Public meeting

09.30 - 11.00

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

09.30

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2 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27: Evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government (Housing)

09.30 - 11.00 (Pages 1 - 79)

Jayne Bryant MS, Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government, Welsh Government

Alyson Francis, Director - Housing and Regeneration, Welsh Government

Stuart Fitzgerald, Deputy Director - Homes and Places, Welsh Government

Jamie Powell, Deputy Director - Finance and Governance, Welsh Government

Attached Documents:
Research brief
Paper 1: Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27 - Written evidence from Welsh Government

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3 Papers to note

11.00

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3.1 Forward work programme

(Pages 80 - 83)

Attached Documents:
Paper 2: Letter from Public Health Wales in relation to the Committee’s Sixth Senedd Legacy Report – 6 November 2025

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3.2 The Non-Domestic Rating (Chargeable Amounts) (Wales) Regulations 2025

(Pages 84 - 85)

Attached Documents:
Paper 3: Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language to the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee – 7 November 2025

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3.3 Intergovernmental relations and workings

(Page 86)

Attached Documents:
Paper 4: Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs to the Chair of the  Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee in relation to the Independent Intergovernmental Relations (IGR) Secretariat’s annual reports - 11 November 2025

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3.4 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27

(Pages 87 - 88)

Attached Documents:
Paper 5: Letter from the Welsh Local Government Association to the Chair of Finance Committee with additional information on the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27 - 12 November 2025

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3.5 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27

(Pages 89 - 92)

Attached Documents:
Paper 6: Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27 - Additional evidence from the Welsh Local Government Association and Bridgend County Borough Council

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3.6 Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill

(Pages 93 - 95)

Attached Documents:
Paper 7: Letter from NAHT Cymru regarding the Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill

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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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Private meeting

11.00 - 14.00

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Break

11.00 - 11.10

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5 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27: Consideration of evidence

11.10 - 11.25

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6 Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill: Stage 2 order of consideration

11.25 - 11.30 (Pages 96 - 99)

Attached Documents:
Paper 8: Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill: Stage 2 order of consideration

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7 Building Safety (Wales) Bill: Consideration of draft report

11.30 - 14.00 (Pages 100 - 210)

Attached Documents:
Paper 9: Building Safety (Wales) Bill - Draft Report

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