Small Businesses in Monmouth

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:07 pm on 5 June 2018.

Alert me about debates like this

Photo of Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Labour 2:07, 5 June 2018

The difficulty is that if you revise the revaluation or go back to the former valuation, you end up with people having to pay more as a result of the fact that they pay less now. There are always people who pay more and there are always people who pay less. We've known that through revaluations over the years. What we look to do then, of course, is to provide support for those who need it most. I don't know the ins and outs of the situation of the business that the Member has described, but what I can say is that during the course of this year, we'll be providing around £210 million of rates relief to support businesses and other rate payers, and that means that more than three quarters of rate payers in Wales will see a difference. Indeed, more than half will pay no rates at all.