6. Statement by the Minister for Housing and Local Government: Homelessness

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:30 pm on 3 June 2020.

Alert me about debates like this

Photo of Darren Millar Darren Millar Conservative 4:30, 3 June 2020

Thank you, Minister, for your statement. I have to say that, as the chair of the cross-party group on the armed forces and cadets, I was a little bit disappointed that in your earlier response to a question on veterans you suggested that the Welsh Government was not collecting data regarding those who've been rehomed during the pandemic and what proportion of those are people from the veteran community. You'll be aware that there's a great deal of good work being done by organisations like Alabaré and their homes for veterans here in Wales. They've got a home just down the road from me here in Colwyn Bay, and they're prepared to do even more, provided they know where the need actually lies.

So, can I ask what work will you do with local authorities now in order to try to track what proportion of those that are currently in temporary accommodation are people from the veteran community, in order that you can engage further with the good organisations like Alabaré that are out there that want to do more and are simply looking for the places in which they can develop these sorts of facilities that they've already established so successfully elsewhere?