Group 3: Limitation of profit-making opportunities (Amendment 6)

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:16 pm on 12 June 2018.

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Photo of Angela Burns Angela Burns Conservative 5:16, 12 June 2018

We will not be supporting amendment 6. We feel that the terminology is highly subjective and is unsuitable for the face of a Bill. The Cabinet Secretary did state at Stage 2 that the Welsh Government was already working with the Welsh Retail Consortium on this issue and was awaiting Wales-specific evidence to identify the impact this legislation will have on both public health and business profits, and we are content to wait for such an analysis.

You are absolutely right, Rhun ap Iorwerth: there may well be additional profits made by retailers. There may also be additional costs by retailers. There may also be different ways of being able to look at this whole and bring back moneys into the public purse to help to defray the costs of this Bill or, indeed, to support what I would like to see supported, which is alcohol and drug treatment centres. So, we will not be taking this forward. We do have a concern that this legislation may have unintended consequences, but with the monitoring in place that the Welsh Government has undertaken, this should address such concerns.