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Wales Bill

Proceeding contribution from Hywel Williams (Plaid Cymru) in the House of Commons on Monday, 12 September 2016. It occurred during Debate on bills on Wales Bill.

I agree entirely with my hon. Friend. Does he agree that the record of Governments in London, both Labour and Conservative, is not encouraging? Under an agreement made in Helsinki in 2008, states are allowed to vary VAT down to 5% in labour-intensive industries. Were that to happen in respect of, say, tourism and construction in Wales, a huge amount of new business would be generated and the lost tax would be made up very quickly, but this Government and their predecessor did not take advantage of that dispensation. We do not need to wait for Brexit. We could make this change now, but the Government refuse to do so.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
614 c703 
Session
2016-17
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Legislation
Wales Bill 2016-17
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