Local Public Services in South Wales Central

Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for Housing and Local Government – in the Senedd at 2:17 pm on 3 February 2021.

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Photo of Gareth Bennett Gareth Bennett UKIP 2:17, 3 February 2021

Thank you. I wanted to raise the issue of cladding today. It's now more than three years since the Grenfell Tower tragedy, and leaseholders who live in apartment blocks in Wales—some of them in Cardiff, some of them elsewhere—these leaseholders who suffer problems with cladding are still waiting to hear what support they're going to get from the Welsh Government. We know that £32 million has been set aside in the budget, but there is still no announcement of a building safety fund that would at least help to alleviate the anxieties of the leaseholders. I have been in contact with some of them, and I've also been in contact with you, Minister, about this matter. I know that you've said there will be an announcement of what the Welsh Government intends to do in due course, to use your own phrase, but that is very vague and it does little to lift the concerns of the leaseholders affected. Can you give us something a bit more specific today, Minister, and can your Government give some kind of definite financial commitment towards this massive problem?