Concise Minutes - Local Government and Housing Committee

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 4, Tŷ Hywel

Meeting date: Wednesday, 21 January 2026

Meeting time: 09.30 - 12.22
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/15721

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Attendance

Category	Names
Members of the Senedd:	John Griffiths MS (Chair) Peter Fox MS Lesley Griffiths MS Siân Gwenllian MS Joel James MS
Witnesses:	Wendy Dearden, Bevan Foundation Matthew Dicks, Chartered Institute of Housing Cymru Lauren Caley, Shelter Cymru Clarissa Corbisiero, Community Housing Cymru Craig Sparrow, ClwydAlyn Jim McKirdle, Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) Andrea Williams, Swansea Council Neil Barber, Codi Group
Committee Staff:	Catherine Hunt (Clerk) Huw Gapper (Clerk) Andrea Storer (Second Clerk) Evan Jones (Deputy Clerk) Gwennan Hardy (Researcher) Jennie Bibbings (Researcher)

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed everyone to the meeting.

1.2 Apologies were received from Lee Waters MS. There were no substitutions or declarations of interest.

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2 Follow-up inquiry on social housing supply: Evidence session 1

2.1     The Committee received evidence from representatives of Shelter Cymru, the Bevan Foundation and the Chartered Institute of Housing.

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3 Follow-up inquiry on social housing supply: Evidence session 2

3.1     The Committee received evidence from the Welsh Local Government Association, Community Housing Cymru, ClwydAlyn, and Codi Group.

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4 Papers to note

4.1     The Committee noted the papers.

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4.1 Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement

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4.2 Inter-Institutional Relations Agreement

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4.3 Social housing supply

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

5.1     The Committee agreed the Motion.

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6 Follow-up inquiry on social housing supply: consideration of evidence

6.1     The Committee considered the evidence received.

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7 Forward work programme

7.1     The Committee considered and agreed the scope and approach paper for its inquiry on hazardous disrepair in social homes.

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8 Building Safety (Wales) Bill: consideration of the Welsh Government's response to the Committee's Stage 1 report.

8.1     The Committee considered the response from the Welsh Government to the Stage 1 report on the Building Safety (Wales) Bill

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