6. Statement by the Minister for Climate Change: Building Safety

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:35 pm on 21 March 2023.

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I was very pleased to see that you've asked developers to sign legally binding contracts to complete the work. That was one concern that had been expressed to me with regard to the pact—that the pact itself would not be binding. I notice that you didn't give a timetable to my colleague Janet Finch-Saunders, but when do you expect all 11 developers to have signed the contract? And can I just see whether I understood what you told Mabon ap Gwynfor? Are you saying that no developers are not engaging with you at the moment?

I also wanted to deal with the dispute between developers and leaseholders. What role do you foresee Welsh Government playing in any future dispute between developers and leaseholders? And I don't want to pre-empt the short debate tomorrow, but what leaseholders really want to see, and what we hear time and time again from them, is that what they want is a clear timetable. I appreciate that timetables might have to move because of lack of skilled workers or resources, but when do you expect, Minister, that all remediation work in Wales will be completed? Diolch yn fawr.