Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee

 

Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 2 - Senedd

 

 

 

Meeting date:

Wednesday, 17 July 2013

 

 

 

Meeting time:

09:15 - 12:10

 

 

 

This meeting can be viewed on Senedd TV at:

http://www.senedd.tv/archiveplayer.jsf?v=en_300000_17_07_2013&t=0&l=en

 

 

Concise Minutes:

 

 

 

Assembly Members:

 

Christine Chapman (Chair)

Leighton Andrews

Peter Black

Janet Finch-Saunders

Mike Hedges

Gwyn R Price

Jenny Rathbone

Rhodri Glyn Thomas

Lindsay Whittle

 

 

 

 

 

Witnesses:

 

Lynsey Edwards, Welsh Government

Francois Samuel, Welsh Government

Simon White, Welsh Government

Kath Palmer, Welsh Government

Carl Sargeant, Minister for Housing and Regeneration

Dr Roisin Willmott, National Director, Royal Town Planning Institute Cymru

David Morgan, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Wales

 

 

 

 

 

Committee Staff:

 

Marc Wyn Jones (Clerk)

Sarah Bartlett (Deputy Clerk)

Rhys Iorwerth (Researcher)

Matthew Richards (Legal Advisor)

Jonathan Baxter (Researcher)

 

 

 

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Transcript

View the meeting transcript.

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1    Introductions, apologies and substitutions

Apologies were received from Mark Isherwood, there was no subsitute.

 

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2    Inquiry into barriers to home building in Wales - Evidence session 4

The Committee heard evidence from the Royal Town Planning Institute Cymru and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. They agreed to provide further information on:

 

Approaches taken by utility companies to new housing developments and their relationship with building companies;

 

Whether smaller developers are at a disadvantage when compared with higher volume national house builders and whether National Planning Policy puts small and medium size developers at a disadvantage;

 

Further information on land banking and its impact on smaller building companies.

 

Examples of off -site contributions.

 

 

 

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3    Inquiry into barriers to home building in Wales - Evidence session 5

The Committee heard evidence from the Minister for Housing and Regeneration. The Minister agreed to provide the following:

 

When available, further information on the proposed Shared Equity Scheme;

 

A note on the amount of private finance raised by stock transfer bodies and the extent that this has stimulated house building;

 

Details of the office/bedrooms for rent project in Prestatyn.

 

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4    Legislative Consent Memorandum for provisions relating to the recovery of possession of dwelling houses

The Committee heard from the Minister for Housing and Regeneration. The Minister agreed to provide further information on the following:

 

The statutory rights for RSL tenants.

 

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5    Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the remainder of the meeting

The Committee agreed the Motion.

 

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6    The future of equality and human rights in Wales - consideration of draft report

The Committee agreed the draft report. 

 

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7    Inquiry into participation levels in sport - consideration of key issues

The Committee considered the key issues, a draft report would be considered in the autumn term.

 

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8    Committee Forward Work Programme

The Committee considered the forward work programme.

 

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9    Papers to note

The Committee noted the papers.

 

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9.1  Additional information from Sport Wales following the meeting on 19 June

 

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9.2  Additional information from the Welsh Local Government Association following the meeting on 27 June

 

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9.3  Correspondence from Bethan Jenkins AM

 

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9.4  Correspondence from Ann Jones AM

 

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