3. Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance: Tax Policy Work Plan 2018, including New Taxes

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 3:44 pm on 13 February 2018.

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Photo of Adam Price Adam Price Plaid Cymru 3:44, 13 February 2018

(Translated)

Just a few questions on the work plan in terms of local taxation. Can the Cabinet Secretary tell us whether the work that he’s talking about in terms of renewing council tax is on the radical scale in terms of making the taxation burden fairer, for example, on the kind of lines that my party have proposed in the past, as well as Professor Gerry Holtham? When is that work to be published, and is it his intention to bring recommendations forward during this parliament?

And in terms of the land value tax and related work, has any research been commissioned in terms of when the Cabinet Secretary intends to publish or consult on that? Does he also intend to bring recommendations forward during this Parliament? And, finally, there is a reference to the commitment to review the current devolved taxation within three to five years from April of this year. Well, which will it be? Will it be within three years or within five years? Has the Government made a decision yet?