23 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Bil Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru): Sesiwn tystiolaeth 2
Yes, anything further to add to that, Linda?
23 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Bil Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru): Sesiwn tystiolaeth 2
Who wants to start? Linda, do you want to come in on that to start?
23 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Bil Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru): Sesiwn tystiolaeth 2
Thank you very much. Sam, do you want to take some questions?
23 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Bil Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru): Sesiwn tystiolaeth 2
Thank you very much. Linda, I'll bring you back on that question and the one before, and then I'll come over to Sam for some further questions. Linda, did you want to comment?
23 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Bil Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru): Sesiwn tystiolaeth 2
In the legislation, though, there is a part that says what the money can be used for and a way of reporting that through, so does that not go far enough, in your view?
23 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Bil Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru): Sesiwn tystiolaeth 2
Thank you for that. You touched on it earlier; in your response you said that local authorities could use the new revenue stream to fund existing spending on tourism-specific public goods and the mitigation of external costs to tourism, while diverting…
23 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Bil Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru): Sesiwn tystiolaeth 2
Linda, would you concur with that? Or have you seen it done differently in other parts of the world? What are your thoughts on that side of things?
23 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Bil Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru): Sesiwn tystiolaeth 2
So, would you—? I'll come to you for your thoughts now, in a second, Linda. But would you, then, advocate that it should be more granular, for example, in Gwynedd, it should be more on a ward level, rather than a local authority level, or how would you—? The…
23 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Bil Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru): Sesiwn tystiolaeth 2
Yes.
23 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Bil Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru): Sesiwn tystiolaeth 2
I understand that, I'm a big fan of data and making data-informed decisions, and, obviously, that should help in managing resources better as well. You said that rates should be set at a destination level and that revenue should be managed at a subsidiary…
23 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Bil Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru): Sesiwn tystiolaeth 2
Yes, that's great, thank you. Anything to add to that in a—?
23 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Bil Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru): Sesiwn tystiolaeth 2
Thank you. In your consultation response, you talked about the registration of visitor accommodation, that it would improve the data collected on the sector in Wales, and substantially improve that data collection related to tourism in particular. Maybe this…
23 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Bil Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru): Sesiwn tystiolaeth 2
There we are. Sam, did you want to come in?
23 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Bil Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru): Sesiwn tystiolaeth 2
So, do you think the Government may have missed a trick in not legislating, or is it more of the practical view that this is the easiest way to bring this levy into place?
23 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Bil Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru): Sesiwn tystiolaeth 2
Linda, would you like to add anything to that, or some initial thoughts from yourself?
23 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Bil Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru): Sesiwn tystiolaeth 2
Lovely. Thank you so much to you both for coming this afternoon. This is the substantive part of our deliberations on this Bill. We've already heard from the Minister in charge. That was in December, but we are now taking evidence and we've got a series of…
23 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Bil Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru): Sesiwn tystiolaeth 2
And we'll go online—Linda, do you want to just introduce yourself?
23 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Bil Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru): Sesiwn tystiolaeth 2
Gwych, diolch yn fawr. Croeso cynnes.
23 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Bil Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru): Sesiwn tystiolaeth 2
So, this is our second evidence session, and we have our first witnesses this afternoon with us. And if I could ask you to introduce yourselves for the record. We'll start in the room.
23 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Bil Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru): Sesiwn tystiolaeth 2
Croeso cynnes yn ôl i'r cyfarfod yma o'r Pwyllgor Cyllid. Mae gennym ni ddwy sesiwn y prynhawn yma ar y Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill, a dyma'r ail sesiwn dystiolaeth.
23 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cynnig o dan Reol Sefydlog 17.42(ix) i benderfynu gwahardd y cyhoedd o eitemau 5, 6, ac 9 ac o ddechrau'r cyfarfod ar 30 Ionawr 2025
Yn unol â Rheol Sefydlog 17.42(ix), dwi'n cynnig bod y pwyllgor yn penderfynu gwahardd y cyhoedd o eitemau 5, 6, a 9 ac o ddechrau'r cyfarfod ar 23 Ionawr 2025. Ydy pawb yn gytûn? [Torri ar draws.] 30 Ionawr, sori, ar y 30 Ionawr, i gael y dyddiad yn iawn…
23 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 8
Felly, diolch yn fawr iawn i chi am eich amser y bore yma.
23 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 8
Diolch yn fawr. Thank you very much for that session this morning—lots for us to digest and a very short time frame for us to come to some conclusions and recommendations in reporting. But thank you for your time this morning; we've gone over slightly, but I…
23 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 8
I’m very conscious of time; we might run over a little bit, if that’s okay. I just want Mike Hedges to be able to ask a few questions at the end, Cabinet Secretary. I’ll bring Mike in now, and maybe brevity would be excellent in some of these. Diolch, Mike.
23 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 8
Based on the discussions that you've been having, where would the money come from? Is it that you're anticipating, possibly, late consequentials or something else, to be able to find that extra to give a little bit more to those below the average? Is that…
