Part of 4. Questions to the Minister for Housing and Local Government – in the Senedd at 2:30 pm on 24 June 2020.
I'd like to thank the Minister for that response. I would also like to publicly compliment those employed by local authorities and the third sector who have worked on homelessness, to ensure that those who do not want to sleep on the street do not have to. I am—I'm sure the Minister is—concerned that there are some, despite all the best efforts of local authorities and third sector organisations, who have decided to stay sleeping on the streets. Does the Minister agree with me that, at the end of this pandemic, we cannot return to the pre-pandemic level of street homelessness, and that we need to ensure that action is taken long before the point of people becoming homeless and having to live on the street?