Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance – in the Senedd at 1:51 pm on 24 January 2018.
Diolch yn fawr, Llywydd. We're all awaiting with interest the Cabinet Secretary's decision on the shortlist for new taxes to be published shortly, but does he agree with me that, whilst no tax is ever going to be popular, there'll be greater acceptability amongst the public if they can directly relate the costs that they will incur with the benefits that they will receive? Some of these taxes, of course, embody that principle better than others. Given the pressures on public spending and the inevitable increases in costs that will come about in the area of health and social services in the years ahead, the proposal for a social care levy could be promoted, as long as the scheme that goes along with the tax is a sensible one, in such a way as to maximise the degree of public support for a tax.