Free Ports

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government – in the Senedd at 2:04 pm on 15 September 2021.

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Photo of Rebecca Evans Rebecca Evans Labour 2:04, 15 September 2021

As yet we haven't had those discussions with the UK Government, because they haven't yet responded to our letter from August seeking that urgent meeting. But I think it's fair to say that any kind of open-ended commitment by the Welsh Government to match the UK Government's offer in terms of non-domestic rates and stamp duty land tax, or land transaction tax as it is in Wales, would present a risk to Welsh tax revenues until we have those discussions to better understand the policy that the UK Government intends to implement. And we are more than ready to have those discussions, but, as yet, we haven't even had a reply to a simple letter.