Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 7:24 pm on 13 October 2020.
Thank you, Llywydd. Our report on the Bill contains only four recommendations for the Minister, and I'll briefly outline each one. Firstly, within the legislative competence of the Senedd, the Government of Wales Act 2006 requires all provisions of a Bill to be compatible with the European convention on human rights. We asked the Minister what assessment she has made regarding the Bill's impact on human rights of both tenants and landlords. The Minister told us that there will be an impact and that ECHR rights are engaged, and she also said that any interference with those rights is justified and proportionate to the public interest. We acknowledge that the explanatory memorandum provides some further detail about the impact of the Bill on article 1, protocol 1 and article 8 of the European convention on human rights, but we have some concerns that the Minister has not provided us with the sufficient detail that we would have wanted.