7. 7. UKIP Cymru Debate: Business Rates

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:20 pm on 11 October 2017.

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Photo of Caroline Jones Caroline Jones UKIP 5:20, 11 October 2017

Thank you. Would you agree with me that it’s about Governments working together so that, when we do come out of the EU, and the VAT threshold and the rate can be lowered to encourage people to invest in our country, that Governments need to work together on this issue of business rates and VAT? Because, when Gordon Brown did give 5 per cent off, and lowered it from 20 per cent to 15 per cent, the difference that that made to small businesses, I can tell you, was astronomical. People did take on new staff with that, so—.