5. Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance: Vacant Land Tax

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:00 pm on 15 May 2018.

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Photo of Mark Drakeford Mark Drakeford Labour 5:00, 15 May 2018

(Translated)

Thank you very much, Deputy Presiding Officer. In February this year, I was able to inform Members of the Welsh Government’s intention to test the new Wales Act 2014 mechanism to establish Welsh-specific taxes by seeking the devolution of powers for a Welsh tax on vacant land. This is an entirely new process, which neither the Assembly nor the UK Government has undertaken before. The first step was to agree the necessary process steps to securing the transfer of the relevant powers.