Agenda and minutes
Venue: Committee Room 2 - Senedd. View directions
Contact: Sarah Beasley
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Transcript View the meeting transcript. |
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Introductions, apologies and substitutions Minutes: 1.1 The Chair welcomed Members and members
of the public. 1.2
Apologies for absence received from Rhodri Glyn Thomas, Jocelyn Davies and
Janet Finch-Saunders. |
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(9:00-11:00) |
Housing (Wales) Bill: Stage 1 Evidence Session 10 - Minister for Housing and Regeneration Carl Sargeant, Minister for
Housing and Regeneration Welsh Government Officials Supporting documents:
Minutes: 2.1 The Committee received
evidence from Carl Sargeant, Minister for Housing and Regeneration 2.2 The Minister agreed to
provide the following: ·
whether provisions could be included in the Bill to allow
data sharing between relevant authorities and/or departments to help identify
landlords within the private rented sector, and to help identify Housing
Benefit fraud, ·
what further action can be taken to improve safety standards
within the private rented sector, in particular electrical and gas safety,
accepting the limitations of the Assembly’s legislative competence in regard to
health and safety, and how you intend to take this forward in the longer term, ·
existing requirements in relation to support available to
prisoners before, and on release from, prison to help address their housing
needs, and the extent to which these are being met, ·
in relation to the above, any areas for improvement
identified by the Prisoner Accommodation Resettlement Working Group how the
Bill will contribute towards the delivery of these, and ·
details on the new social housing rent policy, how it links
in with existing the Housing Benefit Account Subsidy system, whether guidance
on rent setting will be statutory and how it will be enforced. |
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Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the remainder of the meeting |
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(11:00-11:20) |
Discussion of Evidence from the Minister for Housing and Regeneration on the Housing (Wales) Bill Minutes: 4.1 The Committee discussed
evidence received from the Minister for Housing and Regeneration on the Bill. |
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(11:30-12:00) |
Technical Briefing: Draft Public Services (Workforce) (Wales) Bill Piers Bisson, Deputy Director,
Public Service Reform, Welsh Government Robin Jones, Bill Manager, Welsh
Government http://wales.gov.uk/consultations/improving/supporting-public-service-workforce/?lang=en Minutes: 5.1 The Committee received a technical
briefing on the draft Bill. |
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(12:00-12:15) |
Consideration of Report: Inquiry into participation levels in sport Supporting documents:
Minutes: 6.1 The Committee discussed
the draft report. |
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(12:15-12:25) |
Consideration of the appointment process of the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales Supporting documents:
Minutes: 7.1 The Committee discussed the
appointment process of the public Services Ombudsman for Wales. |
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(12:25-12:30) |
Consideration of letter from the Minister for Housing and Regeneration on the Inquiry into barriers to home building in Wales Supporting documents: Minutes: 8.1 The Committee considered
the letter from the minister for Housing and Regeneration on the inquiry into
barriers to home building in Wales. |
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Papers to note Supporting documents:
Minutes: 9.1 Papers to note. |