NDM8105 - Opposition Debate
Tabled on 12/10/2022 | For debate on 19/10/2022To propose that the Senedd:
1. Regrets that Wales has the highest business rates in Great Britain.
2. Calls on the Welsh Government to take immediate action to reduce non-domestic rates to support businesses and protect jobs.
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Add as new point at end of motion:
Further calls on the Welsh Government to replace the current system of non-domestic rates with proposals for a new single land and property tax covering residential, commercial, and industrial land (with agricultural land remaining exempt).
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1. Notes the different non-domestic rates tax base in Wales, with a larger proportion of small and medium-sized businesses.
2. Welcomes:
a) the non-domestic rates relief Welsh Government provides to ratepayers every year, which means 44 per cent pay no bills at all.
b) the £116m of extra support for retail, leisure and hospitality businesses this year to help them recover from the pandemic, providing up to 50 per cent relief on their non-domestic rates bills.
c) that, as a combined result of these reliefs, 70 per cent of non-domestic properties in Wales are receiving support with their non-domestic rates bills in 2022-23.
