Agenda - Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee


Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 3 - The Senedd

Meeting date: 5 July 2018

Meeting time: 09.00
For further information contact:

Naomi Stocks

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddCommunities@assembly.wales


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Pre-meeting (9.00 – 9.10)

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

                                                                                                                          

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2       Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 2

(9.10 - 10.10)                                                                             (Pages 1 - 37)

David Cox, Chief Executive, Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) Propertymark

Isobel Thomson, Chief Executive, National Approved Letting Scheme (NALS)

Charlotte Burles Corbett, Managing Director, Parkmans / RICS

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3       Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3

(10.10 - 11.10)                                                                         (Pages 38 - 41)

Douglas Haig, Vice-Chairman and Director for Wales, Residential Landlords Association (RLA)

Chris Norris, Director of Policy & Practice, National Landlords Association (NLA)

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Break (11.10 – 11.20)

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4       Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Wales) Bill - evidence session 4

(11.20 - 12.20)                                                                         (Pages 42 - 52)

Liz Silversmith, Campaign Director, Let Down in Wales

Cerith D. Rhys Jones, External Affairs Manager, National Union of Students

Hannah Slater, Policy and Public Affairs Manager, Generation Rent

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5       Papers to note

                                                                                                 (Pages 53 - 54)

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5.1   Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Transport in relation to making the economy work for people on low incomes

                                                                                                 (Pages 55 - 56)

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5.2   Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Local Government and Public Services in relation to Communities First

                                                                                                 (Pages 57 - 64)

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5.3   Letter from the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) in relation to Communities First

                                                                                                 (Pages 65 - 68)

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5.4   Letter from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee in relation to its forward work programme

                                                                                                           (Page 69)

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5.5   Letter from the Minister for Children, Older People and Social Care in relation to the Welsh Independent Living Grant

                                                                                                 (Pages 70 - 72)

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5.6   Letter to the Minister for Housing and Regeneration in relation to the Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Wales) Bill

                                                                                                 (Pages 73 - 74)

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5.7   Letter from the Chair of the External Affairs and Additional Legislation Committee to the First Minister in relation to human rights in Wales

                                                                                                 (Pages 75 - 76)

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5.8   Letter to the Minister for Housing and Regeneration in relation to fire safety in high rise blocks in Wales

                                                                                                 (Pages 77 - 79)

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6       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 (vi) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting

                                                                                                                          

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7       Renting Homes (Fees etc.) (Wales) Bill - consideration of the evidence received under items 2, 3 and 4

(12.20 - 12.35)                                                                                                

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8       Inquiry into pregnancy, maternity and work in Wales - consideration of the draft report

(12.35 - 14.00)                                                                       (Pages 80 - 127)

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