Agenda - Local Government and Housing Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 2, Senedd

Meeting date: 13 November 2025

Meeting time: 09.30
For further information contact:

Catherine Hunt

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddHousing@senedd.wales

Hybrid

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Private pre-meeting

09.15 - 09.30

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Public meeting

09.30 - 10.45

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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 Welsh Local Government Association

09.30 - 10.45 (Pages 1 - 59)

Councillor Jane Gebbie, Deputy Leader of Bridgend County Borough Council, Welsh Local Government Association

Councillor Nia Jeffreys, Leader of Gwynedd Council, Welsh Local Government Association

Councillor Mary Ann Brocklesby, Leader of Monmouthshire County Council, Welsh Local Government Housing

Councillor Jake Berriman, Leader of Powys County Council, Welsh Local Government Association

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

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3 Papers to note

10.45

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3.1 Building Safety (Wales) Bill

(Pages 60 - 63)

Attached Documents:
Paper 2: Building Safety (Wales) Bill - Additional information from Swansea Council

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3.2 Building Safety (Wales) Bill

(Pages 64 - 67)

Attached Documents:
Paper 3: Building Safety (Wales) Bill - Additional information from the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health

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3.3 Building Safety (Wales) Bill

(Pages 68 - 72)

Attached Documents:
Paper 4: Building Safety (Wales) Bill – Additional information from Community Housing Cymru

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3.4 Building Safety (Wales) Bill

(Pages 73 - 80)

Attached Documents:
Paper 5: Building Safety (Wales) Bill – Additional information from Welsh Government

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3.5 Building Safety (Wales) Bill

(Pages 81 - 98)

Attached Documents:
Paper 6: Building Safety (Wales) Bill - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary to the Chair of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee

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3.6 Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27

(Pages 99 - 100)

Attached Documents:
Paper 7: Welsh Government Draft Budget 2026-27 - Correspondence between Finance Committee and the Welsh Local Government Association

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3.7 Census 2031

(Page 101)

Attached Documents:
Paper 8: Letter from the Office of National Statistics regarding the Census 2031 topic consultation and additional response options for ethnicity data

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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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Private meeting

10.45 - 11.15

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

10.45 - 11.05

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6 Digital Local Government: Consideration of response from the First Minister

11.05 - 11.15 (Pages 102 - 104)

Attached Documents:
Paper 9: Digital Local Government - Letter from the First Minister

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