Tag: Wales

Bishop of Leeds asks question on funding for Welsh authorities

The Bishop of Leeds asked a question on the funding given to Welsh authorities to deal with the remediation and repair of coal tips in the country on 19th January 2022:

The Lord Bishop of Leeds: My Lords, the Minister has referred a couple of times to the funding to the Welsh authorities as “adequate”. Can he enlighten us as to how adequacy is defined?

Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con): I will define what I see as being adequate. The Welsh Government have more than enough to deal with the very important subject of coal-tip safety.

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Bishop of Rochester commends ‘Houses into Homes’ initiative to reduce levels of empty housing

On 12th February 2015, Lord Dubs to ask Her Majesty’s Government what further steps they are taking to reduce the number of residential properties left vacant by their owners. The Bishop of Rochester, the Rt Revd James Langstaff, asked a supplementary question:

Bishop of RochesterThe Lord Bishop of Rochester: My Lords, the contributions already made have underlined the importance of this and the potential for tackling some of the issues in the housing market and the lack of housing. While this may be a relatively small part of that, is the Minister aware of schemes such as the Houses into Homes initiative in Wales, which uses recyclable loans mainly to private individuals and has managed to return some 2,000 empty homes to use since 2012? Do the Government have further plans to encourage such initiatives, particularly those that are at a local level and involve private individuals and the voluntary sector? Continue reading “Bishop of Rochester commends ‘Houses into Homes’ initiative to reduce levels of empty housing”