Group 5: Council tax: single person discount (Amendment 14)

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:21 pm on 9 July 2024.

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Photo of Peter Fox Peter Fox Conservative 5:21, 9 July 2024

Thank you, and thank you, Cabinet Secretary. I don't doubt that you are going to do that; it's just that the law through the regulations currently allows those councils to apply the ability to disapply those elements, and that's what gives us some concern. As you recognise, there are so many people dependent on this 25 per cent discount, and a lot of those people are very cash-poor. They may be elderly single people in large houses, who are paying huge amounts of council tax, probably run-down houses in many ways, and so it's important that that does stay in place. So, I am heartened that you will do that. However, I will be moving the amendment.