Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 3:45 pm on 14 March 2018.
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. It's a pleasure to take part in this very important debate. Can I commend Hefin David for his work in bringing this forward? Obviously, as has been alluded to, there’s been a fair amount of overlap between—. We had the original debate about four weeks ago on the whole freehold/leasehold situation, which Mick Antoniw and others were heavily involved in; then we had the unadopted roads debate a couple of weeks ago; and now we have this one, and there’s a fair amount of overlap of the issues. People wonder sometimes at the frustrations we feel as elected politicians, both at county council level and as Assembly Members, when bread-and-butter issues seem as though they should be resolvable and then, when we get to do it, they cannot be resolved. It really is frustrating and it's even more frustrating for our constituents involved.
There's the task force of the Cabinet Secretary in response to the debate on unadopted roads. There's lots we can do here at Assembly level. I commend Hefin David's approach, asking for Welsh Government action to regulate property and estate management companies in Wales. There’s no substitute for action. We’ve had a very clear elucidation of the issues, both this week and in previous weeks—of these interlinked and overlapping issues. So, I commend the action and look forward to Welsh Government action. Diolch yn fawr, Hefin.