Part of 2. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children – in the Senedd at 2:57 pm on 12 October 2016.
Well, may I ask the Minister to review this again because we’ve seen, in the merger of Tai Cantref and Wales & West Housing, a process that was entirely deficient, in my view, for a number of reasons, but, in this context, because of a total lack of consultation with tenants? He made reference earlier to the process of stock transfer. A ballot is held in terms of stock transfers, but, in this case, there was no effort whatsoever to garner the views of tenants. Well, the Minister says ‘no’, but I can tell him that there was just a brief section in a circular that went to tenants despite the fact that, as he should know, under the Housing Act 1985, secure tenants do have the statutory right to consultation, which isn’t true, of course, of assured tenants—another contrast. So, the process was entirely deficient. Can I ask him to give the same rights to RSL tenants as exist for local authority tenants?