9. Will the First Minister provide an update on COVID-19 advice given to residents in houses of multiple occupation? OQ55630

Llywydd, we have published coronavirus-related guidance for people living in houses in multiple occupation, including guidance specific to students. It was last published on 28 September. 

Obviously, that's come in after I tabled my question. But I think we need some clarification, for students in particular, but not exclusively, on the difference between HMOs, which are houses with shared facilities but individual tenancies, and shared houses—flatmates, if you like. Because regardless of the legalities of it, both those groups of people will tend to treat their homes in exactly the same way. I'd be grateful, First Minister, if you could confirm that you will look again at this, despite the fact that we've got fairly new guidance, in order to clarify, particularly in non-lockdown areas, quite how the concept of the extended household and bubble works for the families of the individuals living in those houses, because at the moment, under a shared household arrangement, some of those individuals will be excluded from seeing their families. Thank you.

Llywydd, I thank Suzy Davies for that. Of course, I recognise that the guidance was published after her question was submitted. Alongside the guidance, we have published a series of frequently asked questions to deal with some of the complexity that there is in this area. And it is a genuinely complex area, with the intersection between the different living arrangements that students who live in Wales tend to occupy—but also other people, not simply students, who live in houses in multiple occupation, or live in flats in the way that Suzy Davies has described. I will, of course, ask my officials to study the record of today's proceedings, and if we haven't already been able to provide a clarification with our guidance on the specific question that Suzy Davies has raised this afternoon—that we will aim to do so as soon as we're able to get that to happen. 

Thank you, First Minister.