Questions Without Notice from the Party Leaders

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:59 pm on 2 February 2021.

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Photo of Adam Price Adam Price Plaid Cymru 1:59, 2 February 2021

You and I have talked about this very issue before, but the question is, of course, what are we going to do now. What we would do in Government is to undertake to revalue more regularly and ensure that the council tax system is more proportional to the value of properties. We know in Blaenau Gwent, for example, we've seen the value of properties increase more than twice as much compared to Wrexham, and properties are increasingly arbitrary in terms of the difference in taxation. And we expect our proposals—. Under our proposals, 20 per cent of households in the bottom fifth of income distribution would see their council tax fall by more than £200, and the IFS report that you referred to shows that that would mean an average bill falling in somewhere like Merthyr Tydfil by £160. That's the medium-term solution. The longer term answer, as you say, absolutely is to replace it with an entirely fairer system related to land value. First Minister, where are you in terms of the medium and long-term vision?