No. As I said, I think the local authority is best placed to understand the challenge that a specific sort of second home, empty home or holiday home—whatever you want to call it—can present to the supply of affordable housing in that community. That's why we introduced the powers for authorities to apply council tax premiums. Since 1 April 2017, local authorities have been able to charge a premium of up to 100 per cent of the standard rate of council tax on second homes and long-term empty properties.

The powers to charge council tax premiums on second homes and long-term empty homes are discretionary powers introduced to assist local authorities to manage issues in their local housing supply. Wales remains the only part of the UK that has given local authorities these powers in relation to second homes, and we are working closely with local authorities and other partners to meet our target of delivering affordable homes across Wales in order to assist with the housing supply that we think this issue addresses.