7. Welsh Conservatives Debate: Housing

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:53 pm on 9 March 2022.

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Photo of Hefin David Hefin David Labour 5:53, 9 March 2022

Thank you. Let me close, then, by saying that what I really want to see is housing growing in the north of my constituency, north of Ystrad Mynach. I'm currently looking at somewhere to live in Nelson, which looks a really good place to live. I'd like to live in Bargoed, but there is a shortage there. I'd like to see housing being built there. The answer to that is to connect into planning, economy, infrastructure, town centres and all of those things that we want to see grow to make it attractive in the north, including connecting the Heads of the Valleys road to the midlands seamlessly, and also making sure that people are living and working in those areas, which is why I welcome the Welsh Government's plans, like in England, to keep 30 per cent of people working from their communities and building community hubs in those communities. That way, you get people wanting to live in those communities, and those communities being attractive as places to live. If anybody wants to know, Bargoed is a wonderful place to live, and I strongly recommend it to everyone.