Agenda - Local Government and Housing Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 2, Senedd

Meeting date: 22 October 2025

Meeting time: 09.15
For further information contact:

Catherine Hunt

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddHousing@senedd.wales

Hybrid

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Private pre-meeting

09.00 - 09.15

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Public meeting

09.15 - 10.45

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

09.15

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

09.15 - 10.45 (Pages 1 - 42)

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

Tania Nicholson, Deputy Director – Housing Quality, Welsh Government

Steve Pomeroy, Head of Fire Services, Welsh Government

Kim Phelps, Head of Building Safety Occupation Phase Policy

Jo Newth, Lawyer, Welsh Government

Building Safety (Wales) Bill

Explanatory Memorandum

Statement of Policy Intent

Attached Documents:
Research brief

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3 Papers to note

10.45

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3.1 Building Safety (Wales) Bill

(Pages 43 - 48)

Attached Documents:
Paper 1: Building Safety (Wales) Bill - Letter from the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government - 2 October 2025

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3.2 Building Safety (Wales) Bill

(Pages 49 - 59)

Attached Documents:
Paper 2: Building Safety (Wales) Bill – written evidence from Social Housing Law Association Wales

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3.3 Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill

(Pages 60 - 74)

Attached Documents:
Paper 3: Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill – Additional evidence from Cymorth Cymru

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3.4 The provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers

(Pages 75 - 92)

Attached Documents:
Paper 4: The provision of sites for Gypsy, Roma and Travellers – Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip – 15 October 2025

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

10.45

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Break

10.45 - 10.55

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Private meeting

10.55 - 12.30

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5 Building Safety (Wales) Bill: Key issues and citizen engagement findings

10.55 - 12.30 (Pages 93 - 121)

Attached Documents:
Paper 5: Building Safety (Wales) Bill – Summary of citizen engagement

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