Local Government and Housing Committee

<OpeningPara>The Local Government and Housing Committee has been set up by the Senedd to look at policy and legislation, and to hold the Welsh Government to account in specific areas. These areas include local government, communities, and housing.</OpeningPara>

<OpeningPara>The Chair, John Griffiths MS, was elected on 29 June 2021; the wider Committee membership was elected on 7 July 2021.</OpeningPara>

News

<news>The Committee will next meet on Wednesday 22 May 2024</news><link>ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=739&MId=14073&Ver=4</link>

<news>The Committee has laid its reports on the Renters (Reform) Bill Legislative Consent Memorandum and the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill Legislative Consent Memorandum No.3</news><link>mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=37363</link>

<news>The Committee has published the responses received for its consultation on social housing supply – 25 April 2024</news><link>mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=42801</link>

Current Work

<inquiry>Social housing supply</inquiry><link>mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=42801</link>

<inquiry>Legislative Consent: Renters (Reform) Bill</inquiry><link>mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=41425</link>

<inquiry>Legislative Consent: Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill</inquiry><link>mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=42337</link>

<inquiry>Local Government Finance (Wales) Bill</inquiry><link>mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=42241&optionId=0</link>

<inquiry>Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Bill</inquiry><link>mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=41986&optionId=0</link>

<inquiry>Private Rented Sector</inquiry><link>mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=41090</link>

<inquiry>Council tax reform</inquiry><link>mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=40215</link>

<inquiry>Housing Ukrainian refugees</inquiry><link>mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=39541</link>

<inquiry>Building safety</inquiry><link>mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=39527</link>

<inquiry>Corporate Joint Committees</inquiry><link>mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=40053</link>

<inquiry>Legislative Consent Memoranda</inquiry><link>mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=38149</link>

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Remit

The Committee was established on 23 June 2021 to examine legislation and hold the Welsh Government to account by scrutinising its expenditure, administration and policy matters, encompassing (but not restricted to): local government, communities, and housing.