Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 6:58 pm on 5 December 2018.
Yes, and we'd be keen to do that. And those discussions with HMRC have already been ongoing, that we would mirror these mechanisms that they have with the appeal to the first-tier tribunal. And I'm happy to go back to officials and seek to ensure that this is amongst the first tranche that we bring forward, if that is of some assurance.
Now, the intention of the amendment that's been put forward by Janet would appear to me to restrict somewhat the flexibility by which the Welsh Ministers would have to use their regulation-making powers in the Bill. Now, I'm not convinced that this wise. By inserting the word 'must' here in the Bill, we're binding Welsh Ministers to having to make provision in regulation for an appeals process to the first-tier tribunal, despite what I just outlined, that, if we take this Bill through, it will be there in the HMRC mechanism. So, I'm content with the current drafting, which means the Welsh Ministers will have these regulation-making powers, but their options in how these appeals are handled in future are kept more open. So, for the reasons I've stated, we can't support amendment 29, and I'd hope that other Members are also persuaded of the benefits of proceeding the way we suggest with this Bill, and not inserting what is such a restrictive amendment onto the face of the Bill.