<p>Group 1: Landfill Disposals Tax Communities Scheme (Amendments 2, 32, 52)</p>

Part of 10. 9. Stage 3 of the Landfill Disposals Tax (Wales) Bill – in the Senedd at 6:23 pm on 20 June 2017.

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Photo of Mark Drakeford Mark Drakeford Labour 6:23, 20 June 2017

Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd, and thanks to those Members who’ve spoken of their indications of support for the Government amendments in this group.

Nick Ramsay described his amendment 52 as a controversial amendment, and I just want to be clear again that it is not the content of the amendment that is controversial.

Nid ydw i ddim yn erbyn yr egwyddorion y tu ôl i’r gwelliannau o gwbl. Y broblem yw gyda’r amserlen.

The problem is just one of timing. As Nick Ramsay said, his amendment aims to narrow down criteria and flesh out detail, and the Government’s view is that we will come to a point where that will be necessary, but I want to do it in consultation with the Finance Committee, and in taking a wider range of views, which are still to be gathered in relation to the detail of the scheme.

Dirprwy Lywydd, I’m very happy to say again to Nick Ramsay that, if his amendment were to fall this afternoon, then the content of it, as well as the general willingness to go on shaping the scheme together, will certainly form part of the discussions that I want to go on having with members of the Finance Committee as this scheme is brought to fruition.