, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of The Landfill Disposals Tax (Tax Rates) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
Minister, it's lovely to see you this morning on a bright morning like this. If you and Andrew would like to just state your names and roles for the record, please.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of The Landfill Disposals Tax (Tax Rates) (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2021
We move on now to items 3 and 4 on our agenda. We're going to take these items together. So, there will be some questions on item 4 that will arise, but we'll cover that during the session.
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Papers to note
We move on, therefore, to item 2 and note some papers. We've seen the papers beforehand—I think the Members have seen them. I'm going to accept those as papers to note unless I hear from anyone else that they wish to make a point. No? Excellent. We'll note…
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Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Thank you very much. Diolch yn fawr.
, Finance Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Good morning to you all, and a warm welcome to this meeting of the Finance Committee this morning. It's great to be here with you. Just in terms of the record, this will be broadcast live on Senedd.tv, and the Record of Proceedings will be published as usual…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: The cost of living
To compound matters, we have a Tory Government in Westminster that is beyond parody. While millions of people worry about how they will be able to afford their utility bills over the next 12 months, the lack of a cohesive answer from the UK Government over…
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: The cost of living
I agree entirely with Rhun there. Forcing people to choose between heating and eating a hot meal is dreadful, and the damage to people who can't access food regularly is unforgivable and frightening.
, Plenary
Plaid Cymru Debate: The cost of living
We face a perfect storm: inequality and poverty, which were at unprecedented levels before coronavirus, have been amplified in the last two years. Life is already a struggle for so many, yet things are set to get worse—much worse. The energy price cap is…
, Finance Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of the meeting
I propose in accordance with Standing Order 17.42 that the committee resolves to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting. Are all Members content? I see that everyone is content, and Suzy Davies is content as well, so that's an excellent thing…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7
Thank you very, very much for an engaging session, and I hope we'll see you all again in the not-too-distant future as well and pick up on some of the elements that especially Suzy was talking about—the tourist tax levy that we're looking at. But, diolch yn…
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7
Excellent. Thank you very much.
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7
Ben, I think, wanted to come in as well.
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7
Suzy wanted to come in. There we are.
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7
Maybe with that explanation, Leighton, did you—?
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7
Mike did have his hand up.
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7
Okay.
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7
Fair enough. If you want to come back in afterwards, then that's fine. Sara.
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7
Shall we start with Leighton and work briefly through everybody?
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7
I don't know if Sara had anything to add to that, and then we'll go on to the final question then, Rhianon.
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7
[Inaudible.]—looking at the tourism industry and then retail. Suzy. Can we unmute—? There we are.
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7
Shall we go to Ben first on this one?
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7
I was just thinking of the larger CBI businesses, how do they fit into the jigsaw, if you like, with the questions that Rhianon asked? If we could unmute Leighton.
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7
Shall we move on to Sara and the retail sector, maybe?
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Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7
Maybe if we go to the tourism industry to start with, with Suzy.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2022-23: Evidence session 7
Thank you very much. We'll move on to Rhianon and beg your indulgence to go a few minutes over, because we're rapidly running out of time but I want to give Rhianon plenty of time to ask questions. So, Rhianon, over to you.
