New Taxes

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd – in the Senedd at 1:50 pm on 25 November 2020.

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Photo of Suzy Davies Suzy Davies Conservative 1:50, 25 November 2020

Minister, Members, of course, have raised support for tourism more than any other sector since March, and, in fairness, Welsh Government has recognised those challenges and has tried to respond to a fair few of them. But any argument that a tourism tax would raise money to put back into the sector now clearly just falls apart. If we have businesses closing and potential visitors not coming—obviously, they'll be worried about their own finances anyway—well, there's obviously no-one going to be here to pay that tax. So, please don't give them another reason not to come. I don't think you'll get far with taxes in this term, as you've said, but will your bid to return to Government include a commitment to no tourism tax?