<p>Group 4: Qualifying Material (Amendments 10, 11, 53)</p>

Part of 10. 9. Stage 3 of the Landfill Disposals Tax (Wales) Bill – in the Senedd at 6:41 pm on 20 June 2017.

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Photo of Nick Ramsay Nick Ramsay Conservative 6:41, 20 June 2017

Thank you. Cabinet Secretary, Welsh Conservatives will be supporting the lead amendment in this group, which appears, as you suggested, to alter a drafting—to correct, I should say—a drafting issue in the original provision.

Turning to our amendment 53, I’m very pleased to hear that you’ve decided to accept that amendment; I thought that that would be your position given the indication you gave me earlier. We do have concerns that a number of materials have been left out of the list of qualifying materials, materials including glass fibres, silica, mineral abrasives—I could go on but I won’t, because time is pressing on and we’re not all experts on landfill. I’m pleased that the Cabinet Secretary has agreed that these are omissions. I understand that these do feature in the current landfill tax that we’re about to replace, so it’s obviously an oversight that you’ve agreed to rectify. So, I’m pleased that you’ve accepted that, and I’m happy to accept the lead amendment as well.