P-03-292 Public Toilet Provision

Petition received: 9 June 2010

Lead petitioner: Cllr Louise Hughes Number of petitioners: 430

Petition wording:

We, the undersigned, call upon the National Assembly for Wales to investigate the health and social well-being implications resulting from public toilets closures and to urge the Welsh Government to issue guidance to local authorities to ensure adequate public toilet provision.

Petition status: Open

Petitions Committee Consideration:

• 15 June 2010

Link to transcript of the meeting on 15 June 2010

• 13 July 2010

Link to transcript of the meeting on 13 July 2010

• 30 November 2010

The committee agreed to:

• write to the petitioner seeking their views on the Minister for Social Justice and Local Government and WLGA correspondence, as well as the short plenary debate on the issue.

Link to transcript of the meeting on 30 November 2010

• 01 March 2011

The committee agreed to:

• Write to the Minister for Social Justice and Local Government to ask whether, following the recent short plenary debate, further consideration as been given to making public toilet access a statutory requirement for local authorities;

• Write to the Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing to ask whether a requirement for shopping centres to provide adequate toilet facilities could be implemented through planning rules;

• Write to British Toilet Association to seek their views on the petition and on how public toilet accessibility can be improved.

Link to transcript of the meeting on 01 March 2011

• 29 March 2011

The Committee agreed to:

• Advise that the future responsible committee may wish to consider that further investigation is taken into this issue.

Link to transcript of the meeting on 29 March 2011