Julie James MS – Minister For Climate Change
- The housing and housing-related activities of Local Authorities and housing associations, including housing management and the allocation of social and affordable housing
- Supply and quality of market, social and affordable housing
- Second Homes
- Homelessness and housing advice
- Matters relating to housing provided by the private rented sector, including regulation of registered social landlords
- Aids and adaptations, including Disabled Facilities Grants and Physical Adaptation
- Grants
- The provision of housing-related support (but not the payment of Housing Benefit)
- The regulation of commercial tenancies let by Local Authorities
- National Infrastructure Commission
- Oversight and implementation of the Planning Acts and all aspects of planning policy and the determination of called-in planning applications and appeals
- Planning gain – Section 106 Agreements contained in the Town and Country Planning Act 1990
- Developments of National Significance: determination of planning applications and connected consents
- Building regulations
- Future Wales: the national plan 2040
- Regeneration, including Strategic Regeneration Areas; legacy regeneration; Transforming Town Centres and provision of sites and premises, derelict land and environmental improvements relating to regeneration
- Transport for Wales
- Transport policy
- Roads, including construction, improvement and maintenance of motorways and trunk roads
- Bus services
- Rail services through the Wales and Borders franchise
- Ports policy
- Arms-length oversight of Cardiff Airport
- Digital connectivity infrastructure, including Public Sector Broadband Aggregation, fast broadband and mobile.
- Cross Government Digital Policy & Strategy
- Active travel
- Road safety; safer routes to schools; transport for children and young people; regulation of pedestrian crossings and on-street parking
- Marine and freshwater planning, biodiversity, conservation, and licensing
- Best and most versatile land policy, mineral site restoration advice and Agricultural Land
- Classification and implementation of the EIA (Agriculture) Regulations
- Energy policy including small-medium scale energy production, domestic energy, energy efficiency
- Renewable Energy
- Climate change, emission reduction targets and carbon budgets
- Natural Resources Management, including oversight and implementation of the Environment (Wales) Act and Natural Resources Wales
- Cross-cutting measures of mitigation and adaptation in relation to climate change, including water; land drainage; flood and coastal risk; and control of marine and air pollution
- Water
- Forestry policy and legislation, including re-stocking, tree health and forest reproductive material
- National Forest
- Biodiversity policy, including the implementation of the Nature Recovery Plan
- The protection and management of wildlife, including control of pests, injurious weeds and vermin and the regulation of plant health, seeds and pesticides
- Genetically modified crops
- Sustainable resource and waste management
- Strategic lead on allotments and urban green infrastructure
- Local environment quality, including litter, fly-tipping, noise policy and regulation
- Access to the countryside, coast and rights of way and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty
- National Parks