Agenda and minutes

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1.1 The Chair welcomed Members and members of the public to the meeting.

Carl Sargeant, Minister for Housing and Regeneration

Alyn Williams, Private Sector Housing Team

Helen Kellaway, Legal Services

2.1 The Committee received evidence from Carl Sargeant, Minister for Housing and Regeneration and his officials. 

National Association of Caravan Owners

Steve Munro, Director

Dan Ellacott, Advice Team

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.

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)

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.

5.1 Members noted the correspondence from Sport Wales.

6.1 The Committee agreed the motion.

7.1 The Committee discussed the evidence from items 2, 3 and 4.