Building Safety

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:34 pm on 18 October 2022.

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(Translated)

First Minister, this Senedd has the capacity to pass emergency legislation and legislation passed quickly. Now, an example of emergency legislation was the Agricultural Sector (Wales) Act 2014, and emergency procedures for the single-use plastic Bill. The argument for the use of the legislative consent motion process for buildings safety was that it would be quicker than legislating here in the Senedd. However, more than five and a half years since Grenfell, many people, living just a stone's throw from this building, are still living in fear in their homes. Why doesn't this Government, therefore, use the processes that the Senedd has to bring this nightmare to an end for thousands upon thousands of people?