New Devolved Taxes

Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance – in the Senedd at 1:38 pm on 18 April 2018.

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Photo of Mr Simon Thomas Mr Simon Thomas Plaid Cymru 1:38, 18 April 2018

(Translated)

Thank you for that update, Cabinet Secretary, and I’m sure we’re grateful to the WRA for their work, and for what appears to be a successful start, as he says, to a new period in the constitutional history of Wales. You will be aware, of course, that these things are a process rather than an event. As part of the process, you’ve also set out in the taxation work programme some ideas on new taxes, or the development of taxes, in Wales, including working with the UK Government on a plastics levy possibly, and working here in Wales on a vacant land tax. So, can you give us an update on that, and that work programme, and how you have discussed these issues, or not, with the Westminster Government in terms of these new taxes?