7. UKIP Wales debate: new Welsh taxes

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:26 pm on 22 November 2017.

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Photo of Darren Millar Darren Millar Conservative 5:26, 22 November 2017

I'm very grateful for your taking the intervention. I don't disagree with you that devolution does give us that opportunity to try new things and, in fact, many of those things I've been a passionate supporter of, that you listed, but you do accept that sometimes when you raise the prospect of a new tax, there is the potential to cause some reputational damage to either a Government or a nation in terms of particular industries that might be the subject of that tax. That certainly appears to be what might be happening with the tourism tax idea—just the fact that an idea has been discussed and that the door's not yet shut on it.