Second Home Owners

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd – in the Senedd at 1:44 pm on 22 May 2019.

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Photo of Rebecca Evans Rebecca Evans Labour 1:44, 22 May 2019

We have been trying to secure evidence that properties have been transferred from the council tax list to non-domestic rating lists and have done so improperly. As yet, we haven't had evidence for that, but we understand certainly anecdotally that it's something that people perceive to be happening, and we have asked local authorities again as recently as this morning to provide us with the evidence. Some commitments were made at that meeting to provide that kind of evidence. In terms of designating holiday villages, that potentially could be adding a level of complexity to the issue, and I think it's something that we'd have to certainly think right through in terms of what that might mean for tourism and any impact it might have on the holiday market.