, Finance Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill: Evidence session 6
Thank you—
, Finance Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill: Evidence session 6
Sorry, I've lost where I was. Did we cover that?
, Finance Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill: Evidence session 6
That's Sir Paul Silk ringing you now. [Laughter.]
, Finance Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill: Evidence session 6
Let's discuss it in those terms, then. I accept what you've just said around secondary legislation, but from a tax perspective, is it one we should welcome or we should be proud of?
, Finance Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill: Evidence session 6
No, that's welcome. I think the concerns were to safeguard the public, who may have made a decision in good faith at one time, but to find themselves outside the law in another one at another period soon after was a concern about retrospective decision…
, Finance Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill: Evidence session 6
Thank you, and I wanted to turn to these retrospective changes, because this is an area that many of our witnesses so far have raised quite a lot of concerns about or certainly some anxiety around, because it's seen that it's a cardinal principle of law that…
, Finance Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill: Evidence session 6
Wouldn't a debate ensue, though, when that lock is voted on or discussed? I know the nature of the Senedd doesn't allow it just to go like that, it requires questions to be answered, and reassurance can be gained just through that opportunity.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill: Evidence session 6
Only on the lock side of things. Can you see why a lot of Senedd Members will feel that the lock, whilst you may not feel it's perhaps necessary any more, it gives that opportunity, that debate option, that level of scrutiny, that challenge, that reassurance…
, Plenary
Short Debate: Regenerating town and city centres in Wales: More of the same will simply not work
Thank you, Llywydd, and thank you, Laura, for giving me a minute of your time. No doubt, there will be some things that will be repeated among the contributions. Two years of pandemic and the growing trend of online shopping have added to the changing way…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Local Government funding
Would you agree with me—? You will see from the Finance Committee's evidence that the Welsh Local Government Association are saying that many local authorities' reserves are shrinking, at a time, though, when the actual reserves in the WLGA, in the local…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Local Government funding
Would you take a further intervention, Minister?
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Local Government funding
Oh, sorry. I've only got a couple of sentences left. They are fundamentally, intrinsically, linked. So, local government—it is fundamentally important that it has to have a sustainable future. The Welsh Government urgently needs to commission an independent…
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: Local Government funding
Firstly, can I declare my interest as a councillor of Monmouthshire County Council, certainly for the time being? And, Mike, can I thank you for your words, but also I'd like to recognise your experience within local government, being a past leader of…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
Thank you, Deputy Minister, for your statement. Llywydd, recently, my office has been told of an incident at the Grange hospital, where a constituent who is 92 years old was discharged from A&E in the early hours of the morning. They arrived home at 4 a.m…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Health and Social Services
4. Will the Minister make a statement on the hospital discharge service requirements? OQ57663
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
Can I thank the Member for Clwyd South for raising the issue? Minister, at the end of last year, I raised the issue of opportunities available to young people in Wales after a constituent wrote to me highlighting their concerns about a lack of apprenticeships…
, Plenary
The Non-Domestic Rating (Multiplier) (Wales) Regulations 2022
I'm speaking in my capacity this afternoon as the Welsh Conservatives spokesman on finance. As a group, we will be supporting these regulations. As we all know, businesses have experienced significant disruption and financial losses during the pandemic, and…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill—evidence session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Yes, we can hear you, Huw. And see you.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill—evidence session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Wednesday, yes. [Laughter.]
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill—evidence session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Thank you, Minister. Thank you, Huw.
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill—evidence session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Thank you, that's good to know, because my final question would have been—. You previously told the Finance Committee that you don't intend to seek the Senedd's approval of the Welsh Government's policy statement on retrospective effect. So, on reflection, do…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill—evidence session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Okay. No, okay. Thanks, Minister. Do you think it would be preferable for the policy statement on retrospection to make it clear that any changes to Welsh law made using the powers proposed in this Bill will never take effect from a date earlier than the…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill—evidence session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Thanks for that, Minister. I was going to ask a couple of questions on the lock, but I think you've just covered some of that, so I'll move on. Looking back at the explanatory memorandum accompanying the Bill, it explains that, for example, where tax…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill—evidence session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government
And also, in some further evidence, I know that Professor Emyr Lewis was quite concerned—well, not concerned, but I could feel an anxiety. Will this direction, will this Bill, give far-reaching powers beyond what it's supposed to do in the future on law on…
, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
Welsh Tax Acts etc. (Power to Modify) Bill—evidence session with the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Just building on that, Chair, this is a big issue for us. Does this proposal respect the role of the legislature, the Senedd? Does it show due regard and respect for our roles? I know that Sir Paul Silk has commented in his evidence that it's the job of the…
