I met with residents from a housing association in Bridgend recently, Hafod Housing, and I was wondering if we could have a statement from the Cabinet Secretary for housing with regards to some of the issues that they’ve raised with me with regards to how housing associations are monitored by the Welsh Government, what checks are made to ensure housing associations comply with the Welsh housing quality standard, and whether there are any sanctions for those that fail to comply. Could the Welsh Government look at which housing associations charge tenants for their services? For example, some of the tenants that I spoke to at Hafod Housing were saying that they don’t actually need some of the services that they are paying for within these particular service charges, and feel aggrieved by that very point. I understand that we are short on time because we are coming to the end of term, but if we could have a statement on the relationship between the Government and housing associations and monitoring their progress, I would be very grateful indeed.

The second statement that I wanted to request from Welsh Government was one from the education Cabinet Secretary with regards to financial education. I note from today’s news that the report from Estyn—its thematic review—has come out, and says that more needs to be done to train teachers on financial education. Again, as I identified through my private Member’s Bill, it’s very patchy from area to area, with secondary schools being less effective in teaching financial education than primary schools. So, I would welcome a statement on this to understand what the Welsh Government is doing in reaction to this particular thematic review, and how we can progress on this particular agenda through the Donaldson recommendations.