5. 2. Business Statement and Announcement

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 2:48 pm on 4 October 2016.

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Photo of Jane Hutt Jane Hutt Labour 2:48, 4 October 2016

The First Minister did respond to a question from Simon Thomas, and there was a further question from Russell George. I think the important thing to repeat from his response is that we are looking for a legislative solution to the issue of reclassification. Housing associations—again, it’s important to put this on the record—can be confident it will be resolved. They will be able to continue to borrow from the private sector in order to help us achieve our target of 20,000 affordable homes in this Assembly term.