Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government – in the Senedd at 1:53 pm on 28 September 2022.
Llyr Gruffydd is right that I didn't answer his question yesterday, and I realised it immediately after I finished speaking. But I was pleased to be able to answer the same question, which was raised by his colleague the Chair of the Finance Committee during the same session. And I can only repeat what I said yesterday, in the sense that Welsh Government has an established process for dealing with setting Welsh rates of income tax. We announce our plans, we bring them to the Senedd, we debate them and we vote on them here, and that's normally done alongside our final budget. So, I'm not in a position to say anything more today. Obviously, there will be discussions and considerations to be had in advance of that, but, certainly, this will be something that we come to as a Senedd to debate and vote on in due course. But I don't think that the announcement by the UK Government on Friday necessitates an early decision on the part of the Welsh Government, although I do appreciate the points that have been made.