Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:44 pm on 1 December 2020.
I think this is a timely moment to be discussing how we dispense justice in Wales, and I'm sure, Counsel General, you will agree that justice is not easily available or timely or cheap to access, and I wanted to particularly talk about how we could improve access for tenants to justice where they've got landlords who are breaching the law. I've got lots of cases where landlords have been disapplied as appropriate licensees, where electrical certificates have not been forthcoming, gas appliance certificates ditto. And by the time anybody could ever get into a court to get it heard, the tenants have moved on and the problem has been inherited by new tenants. So, I wondered if it's possible to consider setting up a Welsh housing court dedicated to these issues so that that might be able to free up a bit more time in the main courts for criminal matters. I'm wondering if you could just say anything about that.