It remains a concern to us that default fees have not been defined by the Welsh Government. As you're aware, the committee in its Stage 1 report asked the Government to bring forward amendments at Stage 2 to put on the face of the Bill that all default fees should be fair and reasonable. Our amendments seek to both restrict default fees to only include late payment of rent and lost keys and to put an upper limit on the amount payable. 

At Stage 2, the previous Minister said that these amendments could be unfair to landlords but would engage with Shelter Cymru on the issue. So, I am interested to hear whether the new Minister has engaged with Shelter Cymru on this question and to hear what the outcome was. We are still concerned that landlords and agents will use the default fees to generate revenue now that they won't be able to charge fees. It's a potential loophole.