Housing Availability in Ynys Môn

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:33 pm on 26 May 2021.

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Photo of Mark Drakeford Mark Drakeford Labour 1:33, 26 May 2021

(Translated)

Well, Llywydd, thank you very much to Rhun ap Iorwerth for that question. The Member will know that this issue of second homes is an issue on which I have offered to work on a cross-party basis. I wrote to the leader of Plaid Cymru last week, confirming that the Government is ready to consider a number of issues in that way, and I look forward to having that conversation that we will have before the end of this afternoon.

I've seen the Plaid Cymru five-point plan, and I'm sure that there are ideas in that plan that we can work on together. And I agree with what Rhun ap Iorwerth said. We do need to use a number of the tools that we have with regard to taxation, planning, and some others, to draw them together to try to make a difference in the situation that he has outlined this afternoon, and to do it, if we can, in collaboration.