Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:03 pm on 16 January 2018.
No, I think that we're talking at cross purposes here. I think that in terms of the wider issue of business rates and an unfairness that currently exists in Wales, I agree with that. However, we do have the situation of a change across the border. There is, I believe, a Barnett consequential that is going to come here—well, perhaps the Cabinet Secretary can say what that consequential will be that will come here—which is then going to be used in Wales to support businesses. I think that's the situation, and that is certainly one that the Welsh Conservatives will support. However, I was going to finish, before your intervention, Adam, by saying that I do hope this doesn't stop you looking at the broader issue of business rates and greater ways you can support businesses in Wales, and also taking into account the views of Plaid Cymru that perhaps, over the next few years, you could look at coming up with a radically different system. But, in the interim, I want to see that financial support through a Barnett consequential coming to support Welsh businesses in Wales, and I think that businesses would want that as well.