Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:23 pm on 6 October 2020.
I thank the Member for that question. I think she makes the very important point that none of these sets of interventions can be looked at in isolation and that, clearly, the combined effects of climate change, COVID and the end of the transition period need to be seen as far as possible in the round, and so interventions are designed, in a sense, to be able to take account of that whole context and that'll be clear, I think, to the Member, as the question acknowledges, from the interventions that the paper puts forward.
I think, in relation to housing—I hope she'll acknowledge, as I think she would, how significant the role is of green housing and energy upgraded housing as part of this response. I'm not, I'm afraid, sufficiently familiar with the detail of the building regulations to be able to give her an answer worthy of the question, but I know that the Minister will have heard the exchange and will obviously be able to bear that in mind, but I would say that the boost to the innovative housing programme is designed, in a sense, to find creative solutions into the future, isn't it, really, for those types of property that provide environmentally friendly housing, whilst also stimulating the economy, and I think—I know that she will agree with me—that's an important set of priorities.