30 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Bil Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 8
Thank you. You've been very clear.
30 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Bil Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 8
Yes, thank you. Obviously, we've been listening very intently to your comments to us as a committee today in regard to our scrutiny of the Bill. I just wanted to state that, quite clearly, it's not the case that this doesn't happen elsewhere in the United…
30 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Bil Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 8
Yes, thank you, and I'll be picking up a bit on that line of questioning in terms of cross-border concerns within my questions later. I just think picking up on—. We need to be very careful that we're not speaking in generalisms and that we're speaking led by…
30 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Bil Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 7
Thank you very much for that. Finally from me, we've had a number of comments from witnesses today on the record that suggest that children and young people, particularly under-18s, should be exempt from being charged the levy, obviously if the area decides…
30 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Bil Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 7
Is there any other comment around registration requirement?
30 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Bil Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 7
Thank you for that. I'm going to move on. Perhaps others want to comment around this in terms of the registration element here, in terms of accommodation providers within the Bill. What information should be included within that? Who would like to take that…
30 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Bil Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 7
I'm very tempted to get into the wider debate here, but I'm not going to. I would just add to Mike Hedges's point that this isn't a novel system to introduce, if we look at the rest of a world, and it's also not a no-win situation, because, obviously, the…
30 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Bil Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
Okay. Thank you so much. Thank you, Chair.
30 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Bil Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
Yes. Makes sense. And anybody else?
30 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Bil Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
Okay.
30 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Bil Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
But, in terms of simplicity, I think there's unanimity across your witness session in terms of under-18s; I think you've been very clear on that. The final question that I have, then: the Bill places a duty on visitor accommodation providers to file a return…
30 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Bil Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
Thank you. And Airbnb, have you an opinion on this?
30 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Bil Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
Yes, okay, great. Anything different from our witnesses?
30 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Bil Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
Are you talking under 18, or—
30 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Bil Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
Okay, thank you very much. I'm just going to move on then to the areas within the Bill around exemptions, whether children would be exempt, as has been touched upon previously, the role of third parties and the 30-day filing period. It was highlighted that…
30 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Bil Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
Okay, thank you, and is there anything from Airbnb?
30 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Bil Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
Is there any other view on the table?
30 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Bil Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
Thank you, Chair. What are the views then on the proposals in the Bill that would allow local authorities who decide to go down this route to introduce a premium on the levy in their particular area? Who would like to go first?
30 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Bil Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
Thank you, Chair. It's just a simple clarification: I think there's no disagreement that there should be an absolute requirement to follow those basic requirements in a simplistic manner. I don't see how this system does anything other than create that level…
30 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Bil Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
That's fundamental, isn't it? If you choose with your local authorities to go down this route and if you decide to introduce a visitor levy locally, autonomously, then that principle of additionality is absolutely key. And on that point, if it was decided to…
30 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Bil Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
Thank you, Chair. I’m just probing that comment, because the whole raison d’être behind this is that it is locally accountable, democratically. And if your coastal property is in a rural community of Wales, your local authority would absolutely understand if…
30 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Bil Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 6
Thank you, Chair. Both unmuting at the same time. Obviously, we’re here today to listen to your evidence as witnesses that we will, obviously, understand and comprehend. Just in terms of our purpose here today around a visitor levy—and you were talking to the…
30 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Bil Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 5
Okay. Thank you. So, in terms of the need for a no-delay approach, I think there is a consensus there. My final question, then. You've also mentioned that the anticipated costs for WRA over a 10-year period could be as much as £40 million, which could…
30 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Bil Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 5
Does anybody disagree with the small-scale pilot?
30 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Bil Llety Ymwelwyr (Cofrestr ac Ardoll) Etc. (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth 5
In terms of the register establishment prior to the levy implementation, who wants to pick that up?
