Meetings
Holiday Caravan Sites (Wales) Bill
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Meeting: 20/10/2014 - Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 4)
Final Report Holiday Caravan Sites (Wales) Bill
CLA(4)-25-14 – Paper 4– Final Report
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 2 , View reasons restricted (4/1)
Meeting: 06/10/2014 - Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 5)
Holiday Caravan Sites (Wales) Draft Report
CLA(4)-24-14 – Paper 6 –
Draft
Report
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 5 , View reasons restricted (5/1)
Meeting: 25/09/2014 - Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 7)
7 Holiday Caravan Sites (Wales) Bill: Consideration of draft Stage 1 Report
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 9 , View reasons restricted (7/1)
Minutes:
7.1
The committee discussed the Stage 1 report.
Meeting: 17/09/2014 - Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 7)
Holiday Caravan Sites (Wales) Bill: Consideration of draft Stage 1 Report
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 12 , View reasons restricted (7/1)
Minutes:
7.1 The committee discussed the Stage 1 report.
Meeting: 17/07/2014 - Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 6)
Holiday Caravan Sites (Wales) Bill: Key Issues
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 15 , View reasons restricted (6/1)
- Restricted enclosure 16 , View reasons restricted (6/2)
Minutes:
6.1 The Committee discussed the Holiday Caravan Sites (Wales)
Bill: Key Issues
Meeting: 25/06/2014 - Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)
2 Holiday Caravan Sites (Wales) Bill - Evidence Session 6: Darren Millar AM
Darren Millar AM
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 20 , View reasons restricted (2/1)
- Restricted enclosure 21 , View reasons restricted (2/2)
- Restricted enclosure 22 , View reasons restricted (2/3)
Minutes:
2.1 The Committee received evidence from Darren Millar AM,
and his officials.
Meeting: 25/06/2014 - Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 4)
Holiday Caravan Sites (Wales) Bill: Stage 1 - discussion of evidence session 6
Minutes:
4.1 The Committee discussed the evidence received from Darren
Millar AM.
Meeting: 19/06/2014 - Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 6)
Consideration of correspondence from Darren Millar AM in relation to the Holiday Caravan Sites (Wales) Bill
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 27 , View reasons restricted (6/1)
Minutes:
6.1. The Committee discussed the correspondence from Darren
Millar AM, in relation to the Holiday Caravan Sites (Wales) Bill.
Meeting: 11/06/2014 - Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)
3 Holiday Caravan Sites (Wales) Bill: Stage 1 - Evidence session 4
National Association
of Caravan Owners
Steve Munro, Director
Dan Ellacott, Advice
Team
Supporting documents:
Minutes:
3.1 The Committee received evidence from the National
Association of Caravan Owners.
3.2 During the session the National Association of Caravan
Owners agreed to provide the following information to the Committee:
- an analysis of
written examples of the 1,200 complaints that were received in one year
from caravan owners;
- a note on its views
on the proposal to introduce repayment orders, which would enable a
holiday caravan occupier to apply to a magistrates’ court to recover
certain payments made by an occupier to an unlicensed site owner;
- a note on whether
there is a need to introduce a fit and proper person test for managers of
a holiday caravan site.
Meeting: 11/06/2014 - Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)
2 Holiday Caravan Sites (Wales) Bill: Stage 1 - Evidence Session 3
Carl Sargeant, Minister for
Housing and Regeneration
Alyn Williams, Private Sector
Housing Team
Helen Kellaway, Legal Services
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 35 , View reasons restricted (2/1)
- CELG(4)-18-14 Paper 1, item 2
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Minutes:
2.1 The Committee received evidence from Carl Sargeant,
Minister for Housing and Regeneration and his officials.
Meeting: 11/06/2014 - Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 7)
Holiday Caravan Sites (Wales) Bill: Stage 1 - discussion of evidence sessions 3, 4 and 5
Minutes:
7.1 The Committee discussed the evidence from items 2, 3 and
4.
Meeting: 11/06/2014 - Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 4)
4 Holiday Caravan Sites (Wales) Bill: Stage 1- Evidence session 5
British Holiday and
Home Parks Association
Ros Pritchard OBE,
Director General
Mr Huw Pendleton, National
Chairman and Managing Director of Celtic Holiday Parks
National Caravan
Council
Alicia Dunne, Deputy
Director General
Judith Archibold,
Legal and Corporate Services Director, Parkdean Holidays Limited (National
Caravan Council member company)
Supporting documents:
- CELG(4)-18-14 Paper 3, item 4
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- CELG(4)-18-14 Paper 3a, item 4
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- CELG(4)-18-14 Paper 4, item 4
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Minutes:
4.1 The Committee received evidence from the British Holiday
and Home Parks Association and the National Caravan Council.
4.2 During the session, the British Holiday and Home Parks
Association agreed to provide a note on the business rates paid by caravan
parks to local authorities in Wales, which was included in their study with
Visit Wales in 2011.
Meeting: 09/06/2014 - Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 4)
4 Evidence in relation to the Holiday Caravan Sites (Wales) Bill
(Indicative
time 1.30 – 2.15pm)
Carl Sargeant AM, Minister for Housing Regeneration
(Indicative
time 2.15 – 3.00pm)
Darren Millar AM, Member in Charge of the Holiday Caravan
Sites (Wales) Bill
CLA(4)-16-14
– Paper 3 - Letter from Carl Sargeant AM, Minister for Housing and
Regeneration, written evidence to Communities Equality and Local Government
Committtee, 28 May 2014
CLA(4)-16-14–
Research Service Briefing
CLA(4)-16-14–
Legal Advice Note
Supporting documents:
- CLA(4)-16-14 - Paper 3, item 4
PDF 362 KB
- CLA(4)-16-14 - Research Service Briefing , View reasons restricted (4/2)
- CLA(4)-16-14 - Legal Advice Note , View reasons restricted (4/3)
Minutes:
The Committee took evidence from Carl Sargeant AM, Minister
for Housing and Regeneration.
The Committee also took evidence from Darren Millar AM,
Member in charge of the Holdiay Caravan Parks (Wales) Bill.
Meeting: 05/06/2014 - Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 5)
Holiday Caravan Sites (Wales) Bill: Stage 1 - discussion of evidence session 2
Minutes:
5.1 The Committee discussed the evidence received in session
2 on the Holiday Caravan Sites (Wales) Bill.
Meeting: 05/06/2014 - Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)
2 Holiday Caravan Sites (Wales) Bill: Stage 1 - Evidence session 2
Welsh
Local Government Association
Simon Wilkinson, Regulatory Services Policy Officer
Conwy
County Borough Council
Councillor Philip Evans
Nick Jones, Environmental and Housing Enforcement Manager
Gwynedd
Council
Gareth Jones, Senior Manager of the Planning and Environment
Service
Pembrokeshire
County Council
Samantha Hancock, Senior Environmental Health Officer
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 56 , View reasons restricted (2/1)
- CELG(4)-17-14 Paper 1, item 2
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- CELG(4)-17-14 Paper 2, item 2
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- CELG(4)-17-14 Paper 3, item 2
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- CELG(4)-17-14 Paper 4, item 2
PDF 254 KB View as HTML (2/5) 47 KB
Minutes:
2.1 The Committee received evidence from the Welsh Local
Government Association, Conwy County Borough Council, Gwynedd Council and
Pembrokshire County Council.
During the session, the Welsh Local Government Association agreed
to provide evidence on complaints made to any of the 22 local authorities in
Wales on the residential misuse of holiday caravans.
In addition, the Committee requested the evidence of
residential misuse of holiday caravans that was collected by Conwy County
Borough Council in 2007 for its survey of transient population, which was
referred to during the session, and any evidence of misuse subsequent to this
study.
Meeting: 07/05/2014 - Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)
2 Holiday Caravan Sites (Wales) Bill: Stage 1 - Evidence session 1 Darren Millar AM
Darren Millar AM, Member in Charge
Gareth Howells, Legal Adviser, Assembly Commission
Jonathan Baxter, Researcher, Assembly Commission
Holiday
Caravan Sites (Wales) Bill
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 64 , View reasons restricted (2/1)
Minutes:
2.1. The Committee received evidence from Darren Millar AM,
Member in charge, and his officials.
2.2. Darren Millar AM agreed to provide a note in relation to
opportunities for consumer protection that could arise from the Bill.
Meeting: 07/05/2014 - Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 5)
Holiday Caravan Sites (Wales) Bill: Stage 1 - discussion of evidence session 1
Minutes:
5.1. The Committee discussed the evidence received in the
first evidence session on the Holiday Caravan Sites (Wales) Bill.
5.2. The Committee agreed to write to Darren Millar AM on the
following:
- outstanding questions
that it did not get an opportunity to ask within the time available;
- points that were
raised during the meeting which it would like further clarification on.
Meeting: 30/04/2014 - Finance Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 1)
Holiday Caravan Sites (Wales) Bill: Financial Implications of the Bill
Research Brief
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 69 , View reasons restricted (1/1)
Minutes:
1.1 Members considered the briefing paper on the Holiday
Caravans Sites (Wales) Bill and agreed that they would not invite the Member in
Charge (Darren Millar AM) to answer questions on the financial implications of
the Bill unless concerns are raised by Communities,
Equality and Local Government Committee during its scruity of the Bill.
Meeting: 27/03/2014 - Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 6)
6 Holiday Caravan Sites (Wales) Bill: Consideration of scope and approach to Stage 1 scrutiny
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 73 , View reasons restricted (6/1)
Minutes:
6.1 The Committee considered the scope and approach to Stage
1 scrutiny of the Bill.
Meeting: 19/03/2014 - Plenary - Fourth Assembly (Item 4.)
Statement by Darren Millar: Introduction of a Member proposed Bill – Holiday Caravan Sites (Wales) Bill
Decision:
The item started at 15.14
Meeting: 05/03/2014 - Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 4)
4 Holiday Caravan Sites (Wales) Bill: Consideration of the proposed timetable
Supporting documents:
- CELG(4)-07-14 Paper 2
Minutes:
4.1 The Committee
considered the proposed timetable.