Andrew Bridgen – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Wales Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Bridgen on 2016-03-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the financial accountability of government in Wales.

Guto Bebb

In order to become truly accountable to the people of Wales it is vital that the Welsh Government takes more responsibility for raising, through taxation, the money that it spends.

We will, as part of the Wales Bill, remove the requirement for a referendum before the devolution of powers to vary the rates of income tax in Wales.