Public Satisfaction with Local Authority Services

Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for Housing and Local Government – in the Senedd at 2:47 pm on 20 February 2019.

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Photo of Hannah Blythyn Hannah Blythyn Labour 2:47, 20 February 2019

Can I thank the Member for his question? He raises a very good point about how his own authority still has it in council, but a lot of authorities have looked at asset transfer as an alternative and community-run facilities. You raised the difference between status in terms of non-domestic rate relief in terms of who's owned by local authority council or by a trust.

Leisure centres are liable to pay non-domestic rates, as you say. As this is a matter for the finance Minister, who is responsible for this form of taxation, I'm happy to—. The Minister is obviously in the Chamber and has heard all of this exchange, but I'm happy, through the Minister for Housing and Local Government as well, to follow that conversation up with the Minister for finance.