Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:04 pm on 29 November 2016.
Can I thank the Cabinet Secretary for his statement? I was very pleased to accompany you yesterday, Cabinet Secretary, to a very chilly site in Merthyr Tydfil, the Trecatti site. The microclimate there, actually, that you experienced is called ‘an overcoat colder’. I was particularly pleased to be there with you on that day when you brought the Bill into the National Assembly, as we take this step forward towards the devolution of tax in Wales as a key component of the Welsh Government’s very welcome strategy towards aiming to achieve a zero-waste Wales. But, as we’ve already heard, the aim of this tax is actually to reduce itself as we go forward, and my question is really about the community grants scheme funding, because, as that revenue decreases, so the funds available to the grants scheme will decrease, and I did talk to you yesterday about the excellent projects that have benefited from the Biffa funds in my constituency. So, can I ask you, Cabinet Secretary, to confirm that, when you do review the community grants scheme, you’ll give consideration to alternative sources of funding for such schemes as that landfill disposals tax diminishes?