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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Local Government elections
Of course.
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Local Government elections
Diolch, Llywydd. This has been a really excellent debate, and I have really enjoyed listening to the different perspectives. I'm really grateful for this opportunity to talk about the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021. I'm extremely proud of…
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Debate: The Police Settlement 2022-23
The Welsh Government absolutely wants Wales to have its fair share of additional officers, but let's consider what 'additional' means in this sense. The police force across England and Wales has been decimated in numbers throughout the period of austerity, so…
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Debate: The Police Settlement 2022-23
Absolutely. I think that Jack Sargeant said it very well in terms of how you can't just have it both ways. You can't call for Welsh Government to be doing more in the area of policing and oppose the devolution of policing whilst at the same time not…
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Debate: The Police Settlement 2022-23
Yes, of course.
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Debate: The Police Settlement 2022-23
Diolch, Llywydd, and I thank Members for their interest and their contributions today, and it's very clear the respect that we all have for the work of the police and what they do in our communities across Wales, clearly being an absolutely key part of our…
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Debate: The Police Settlement 2022-23
Diolch, Llywydd. Today I'm presenting to this Senedd, for its approval, details of the Welsh Government's contribution to the core revenue funding for the four police and crime commissioners in Wales for 2022-23. First, and particularly given the events of…
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The Non-Domestic Rating (Multiplier) (Wales) Regulations 2022
Diolch, Llywydd. I'm grateful to the Welsh Conservatives spokesperson for confirming the Welsh Conservatives support of the regulations today. Of course, the spokesperson doesn't, in his contribution, mention the Welsh Government's permanent small business…
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The Non-Domestic Rating (Multiplier) (Wales) Regulations 2022
I move the motion to approve the Non-Domestic Rating (Multiplier) (Wales) Regulations 2022. These regulations set the multiplier for non-domestic rating purposes for 2022-23. In 2017, the Welsh Government set out its intention to change the measure of…
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The South East Wales Corporate Joint Committee (Amendment) Regulations 2022
Thank you very much to Sam Rowlands for his contribution in the debate today, and for confirming that the Welsh Conservatives will be taking a pragmatic approach to the regulations, given that we're not having the debate today about the desirability of CJCs…
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The South East Wales Corporate Joint Committee (Amendment) Regulations 2022
Diolch, Llywydd. I move the motion. In March 2021 the Senedd approved the regulations establishing four new corporate joint committees, or CJCs, in Wales. This included the South East Wales Corporate Joint Committee Regulations 2021, which established the…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill—evidence session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Great. Thank you. Diolch.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill—evidence session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Yes, and that's why, in section 5 of the Bill, we do have those protections for taxpayers, in respect of—. If the Senedd decides not to provide approval, then we wouldn't be looking to taxpayers to pay any kinds of fines attached to the previous decision and…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill—evidence session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government
I think that the affirmative and made affirmative procedures are appropriate for what's being requested, in the sense that we are talking about a narrow range of things. Compared to how we originally envisaged the Bill in terms of being very broad, what we…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill—evidence session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government
That's an interesting question. I will ask Andrew to come in on this point. I suppose they won't be used in any way that doesn't meet those four purpose tests. I suppose that's the most simple answer to that, in the sense that the four purpose tests are very…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill—evidence session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government
If we were to introduce the legislative budget of the type that you describe, which I know you advocate strongly for, then obviously we would need to bring in legislation for that. We don't have plans at the moment to introduce that kind of legislation, but…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill—evidence session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government
I don't think we necessarily need to introduce legislation to change the way in which the budget operates.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill—evidence session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Yes. This will be the only Bill in respect of the finance side of my portfolio. You'll be aware of the other side with all of the council tax work and the reform there, which will need legislating for.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill—evidence session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government
We're not—
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill—evidence session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government
We've moved, as I say, from that, because of the concerns similar to those that you're describing now and those that came through the consultation document and the engagement events that we had with tax practitioners and others, to craft something that is…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill—evidence session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government
I think the point you make is a much wider one than the narrow point that we're discussing in respect of the specific Bill today, and I know it's something that we'll come back to as well. But I do think that, in relation to this specific Bill, we have worked…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill—evidence session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government
It is something that we would keep under review—
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill—evidence session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government
We've had this debate a few times in respect of a finance Bill—
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill—evidence session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Sorry, go on, Andrew.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill—evidence session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government
No, and I don't think that this Bill does make the case for a finance Bill in any case, and I say that because this Bill offers the opportunity to respond rapidly to external events, which the longer process of a finance Bill doesn't. And we've talked…
