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Group 9: Review on use of powers (Amendments 21, 24)
Yes, these amendments will require the Welsh Ministers to undertake a review of the powers proposed in sections 5, 9, 10 and 18 of the Bill and to publish the conclusions of that review by the end of 2029, as it will be important for these powers to be…
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Group 8: Council tax increases (Amendments 20, 26)
Thank you. So, as people have said in here many times, we need to find a sustainable way to fund local authorities so that we don't have to keep going back to the council tax payer. Peredur is on about bringing in council tax reform earlier because so many…
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Group 8: Council tax increases (Amendments 20, 26)
Thank you. Nobody will stick up for councils more than me. I ran one for 13 years. Don't forget that a 5 per cent council tax increase is a big council tax increase. We're talking about council tax increases above and beyond this, where it's reckless—I think…
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Group 8: Council tax increases (Amendments 20, 26)
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. These amendments will require a local referendum to be called in prescribed circumstances. Council tax increases will have had a direct impact on all citizens in Wales. It is for this reason that their voices and the voices of…
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Group 6: Publication of notices (Amendment 19)
Thank you, and thank you to everybody who took part in that debate. Something relatively small in such an important debate managed to get so many people up on their feet; it's a shame that some of the more important areas perhaps didn't have so much…
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Group 6: Publication of notices (Amendment 19)
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. Before I speak to this amendment, I would really like to acknowledge the Cabinet Secretary for trying to introduce a late amendment to find a way forward on this. I really do thank her for her engagement with this. Unfortunately…
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Group 5: Council tax: single person discount (Amendment 14)
I move.
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Group 5: Council tax: single person discount (Amendment 14)
It's moved.
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Group 5: Council tax: single person discount (Amendment 14)
Move.
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Group 5: Council tax: single person discount (Amendment 14)
Move.
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Group 5: Council tax: single person discount (Amendment 14)
Thank you, and thank you, Cabinet Secretary. I don't doubt that you are going to do that; it's just that the law through the regulations currently allows those councils to apply the ability to disapply those elements, and that's what gives us some concern. As…
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Group 5: Council tax: single person discount (Amendment 14)
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. Amendment 14 is somewhat of a probing amendment. We would like to ask the Cabinet Secretary to commit to maintaining the single person discount at a minimum of 25 per cent, and without imposing new conditions or restrictions on…
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Group 4: Regulation-making powers (Amendments 11, 12, 15, 18, 27)
Move.
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Group 4: Regulation-making powers (Amendments 11, 12, 15, 18, 27)
Move.
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Group 4: Regulation-making powers (Amendments 11, 12, 15, 18, 27)
Move to the vote.
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Group 4: Regulation-making powers (Amendments 11, 12, 15, 18, 27)
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. So, I will speak to amendments 11, 12, 15, 18 and 27. These amendments provide for a minimum period of 60 days, excluding periods of dissolution or recess of more than four days, to allow the Senedd to scrutinise draft regulations…
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Group 3: Non-domestic rating multipliers (Amendments 9, 1)
Move.
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Group 3: Non-domestic rating multipliers (Amendments 9, 1)
Thank you, Cabinet Secretary. I've not much to say, just that we should always be striving to help our smallest of businesses to get on their feet, especially recognising they have struggled so much. We should be really thinking about looking at creating a…
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Group 3: Non-domestic rating multipliers (Amendments 9, 1)
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. So, I will speak to, in the main, my amendment 9, which will require the Welsh Minister to make regulations under the new proposed differential multiplier powers in paragraph A16, with the effect for hereditaments of certain…
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Group 2: Charitable rate relief (Amendments 6, 7, 22, 23, 25)
Moved.
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Group 2: Charitable rate relief (Amendments 6, 7, 22, 23, 25)
Thank you. We believe that a firm commitment in this Bill to provide guidance to billing authorities can only benefit both the billing authorities and the organisations that apply for charitable rate relief. So, again, it is unfortunate that the Cabinet…
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Group 2: Charitable rate relief (Amendments 6, 7, 22, 23, 25)
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. I'll speak to my amendments 6, 7, 22, 23 and 25. These amendments require the Welsh Ministers to publish guidance on how billing authorities in Wales should decide applications for charitable rate relief in respect of unoccupied…
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Group 1: Duty to consult (Amendments 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 13, 16, 17)
Move.
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Group 1: Duty to consult (Amendments 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 13, 16, 17)
Move.
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Group 1: Duty to consult (Amendments 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 13, 16, 17)
Thank you, Cabinet Secretary, for your response. I thought that would be the case. It's just that I think it's important to reiterate the importance of the need for a robust consultation period, which will increase transparency and improve confidence…
