<p>Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople</p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government – in the Senedd at 1:52 pm on 11 January 2017.

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Photo of Mark Drakeford Mark Drakeford Labour 1:52, 11 January 2017

Well, Llywydd, the job of work I was given to do in negotiating the fiscal framework was to negotiate a framework that would see us through were partial devolution of income tax to take place. That’s why the whole of this agreement is built around that possibility, but it was clear to the Treasury throughout that process that the final decision on whether the Wales Bill would receive the legislative consent of this Assembly was for this Assembly to make, and, if this Assembly were not to agree to that legislative consent, then this framework would fall as a result and would have to be renegotiated based on the two taxes that would then be devolved. But it’s not a mystery at all. This framework was designed for the world that may take place if the Wales Bill reaches the statute book, and that’s why partial devolution of income tax is referred to throughout it.