Plaid Cymru

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Speeches and questions in Plenary and in committees, newest first. The Llywydd's and deputies' chairing of Plenary is left out.

4,002 speeches and questions

30 January 2025Finance Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting
So, under Standing Order 17.42(ix), I resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting. Are Members agreed? Yes. There we are. Thank you very much.
30 January 2025Finance Committee
Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 8
Thank you very much for your time this afternoon; it's very much appreciated. Thank you for what you do and, yes, for all the information that you've provided to us already and your time this afternoon, and also, for all our witnesses today, it's been an…
30 January 2025Finance Committee
Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 8
And we have a data desert, effectively, at the moment; we don't really know. So, at least with a registration, we'll have an idea of the size of the market at least, and it will help with, maybe, allaying some of the fears and maybe help to do some of that…
30 January 2025Finance Committee
Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 8
I wasn't advocating it; I was just asking about it. There we are. Rhianon.
30 January 2025Finance Committee
Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 8
And my telly's gone off as well, yes. [Laughter.] It's trying to tell us something, it is. But just a very quick—and it's probably from a camping and caravan aspect—. Some campsites might run an honesty box type of situation. I'm just grappling with how that…
30 January 2025Finance Committee
Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 8
On that, I'm very conscious of time, and I appreciate we've gone over—
30 January 2025Finance Committee
Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 8
Sam wants to come in, Rhianon.
30 January 2025Finance Committee
Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 8
Yes, an example earlier.
30 January 2025Finance Committee
Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 8
And especially with—
30 January 2025Finance Committee
Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 8
Sorry, I just wanted to clarify that before moving on.
30 January 2025Finance Committee
Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 8
—decided by whether or not those local authorities will take it up. Is that point you're making?
30 January 2025Finance Committee
Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 8
Just on a point there, Rhianon, you did say that the levy was voluntary; obviously, it's not voluntary, but it's—
30 January 2025Finance Committee
Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 8
Thank you, Mike. I'll bring Rhianon in at this point.
30 January 2025Finance Committee
Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 8
So, the provision within the Bill for premiums to be added, potentially, in the future, what are your thoughts on it? I'd imagine you'd say that you don't want the levy in the first place, so having a premium is—
30 January 2025Finance Committee
Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 8
Lovely. Thank you.
30 January 2025Finance Committee
Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 8
And the aspect on the annual turnover part?
30 January 2025Finance Committee
Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 8
Mike.
30 January 2025Finance Committee
Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 8
Emma, did you want to come in on that? Yes.
30 January 2025Finance Committee
Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 8
Rhianon, did you want to come in?
30 January 2025Finance Committee
Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 8
Yes, certainly, Sam.
30 January 2025Finance Committee
Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 8
We're getting a consensus of opinion from people.
30 January 2025Finance Committee
Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 8
I see. Right. Okay. I understand the complication at a national level, if you like, rather than at an individual park level. Right. Okay. Thank you. That's great. I'll bring Mike in at this point. Thank you.
30 January 2025Finance Committee
Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 8
What's your understanding—? You're saying it's complicated. Why is it complicated? It's the number of people times the—. So, I'm just interested in—. You're saying that it is complicated.
30 January 2025Finance Committee
Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 8
Okay.
30 January 2025Finance Committee
Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 8
But there's a drop-down to one, two, three—