A Welsh Government minister has dissolved the body she herself set up to regulate her department.
The Welsh Minister of Climate Change, Julie James, has without notice "dissolved" her own Regulatory Board for Wales. The Board advised her on how her civil servants were regulating state-supported housing associations which cater for poorer people and how those housing associations were doing.
The board was set up on January 1, 2021 and advises the Welsh Government on housing policy and regulation and examines the regulatory performance and activity of the Welsh Government and registered social landlords. Speaking at the time, then housing minister Julie James said: “I am pleased to announce the appointment of Deep Sagar as the new independent chair of the Regulatory Board for Wales. The expertise and skills Deep will bring to the board will not only benefit the Board as it continues its work but will provide valuable challenge and advice which will help the development of the housing association sector.”
