9. 5. Plaid Cymru Debate: Small Businesses

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 4:37 pm on 30 November 2016.

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Photo of Andrew RT Davies Andrew RT Davies Conservative 4:37, 30 November 2016

Thank you. I’m grateful to you for taking the intervention. This has been debated extensively in the Chamber here about the revaluation, and I take it the Valuation Office Agency is an independent body, and the Government has no influence over that. In fairness, the Government has put £10 million of its own money on the table, but do you recognise the severity that certain businesses are faced with with the revaluation? The demands that they’ll be paying from next April really pose a huge question mark over their long-term viability. Are you going to be working with the Cabinet Member for finance to see whether the transitional relief money can be extended to help some of those most disadvantaged by this revaluation?