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NDM7831 Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal - Rent control
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Meeting: 09/02/2022 - Plenary (Item 6)
Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal: Mabon ap Gwynfor (Dwyfor Meirionnydd) - Rent control
NDM7831
Mabon ap Gwynfor (Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
To
propose that Senedd:
1.
Notes a proposal for a Bill on rent controls.
2.
Notes that the purpose of this Bill would be to:
a)
help combat some of the more severe effects of Wales’s housing emergency,
affecting over a million people across the nation;
b)
mitigate significant future rent increases, such as those seen in the rented
sector over the last 12 months;
c)
introduce a system which restricts rents and rent increases to affordable
levels and local factors, closing the gap between wage growth and the cost of
living.
Supporters
Rhys ab Owen (South
Wales Central)
Sioned Williams (South
Wales West)
Minutes:
The item started at 15.24
Voting
on the motion under this item was deferred until Voting Time.
NDM7831 Mabon ap Gwynfor
(Dwyfor Meirionnydd)
To
propose that Senedd:
1.
Notes a proposal for a Bill on rent controls.
2.
Notes that the purpose of this Bill would be to:
a) help
combat some of the more severe effects of Wales’s housing emergency, affecting
over a million people across the nation;
b)
mitigate significant future rent increases, such as those seen in the rented
sector over the last 12 months;
c)
introduce a system which restricts rents and rent increases to affordable
levels and local factors, closing the gap between wage growth and the cost of
living.
The
result was as follows:
|
For |
Abstain |
Against |
Total |
|
14 |
22 |
15 |
51 |
As required by Standing Order 6.20 the Presiding Officer exercised
her casting vote by voting against the motion. Therefore, the motion was not
agreed.