6. Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Empowering communities

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 3:25 pm on 22 June 2022.

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Photo of Janet Finch-Saunders Janet Finch-Saunders Conservative 3:25, 22 June 2022

Thank you very much, Peredur. You’re quite right to outline that, 10 years ago, the UK Government brought in community asset transfers, community right to buy, and really, it was a very good piece of legislation that we wanted to see here in Wales. In fact, I myself raised it numerous times when I was shadow Cabinet Secretary, as they were called then, for local government. And it’s fair to say that, in those 10 years, my colleague Mark Isherwood has also raised it. So, we as a group have raised this time after time after time. Would you not agree that we've wasted 10 years? And you have been in with the Labour Government over this time. Do you not think we've wasted time and we really need to have a robust question posed to the Welsh Labour Government to get on with it?