House of Commons - Pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft Wales Bill

Welsh Affairs Committee - Fourth Report
Pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft Wales Bill

Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 27 February 2014.

Contents

2 Devolution of tax and borrowing powers

Increasing financial accountability

The Holtham Commission

The Silk Commission

Partial devolution of income tax

The "lockstep"

The Government's case for the lockstep

Referendum on income tax devolution

The referendum question

Income tax devolution and fair funding

Devolution of smaller taxes

Business rates

Borrowing powers

Borrowing limits

Ability to issue bonds

National Assembly for Wales budget procedures

Contextual information alongside the Bill

3 National Assembly for Wales electoral arrangements

Term length of the National Assembly

MPs to be disqualified for membership of Assembly

Dual candidacy

The National Assembly for Wales' processes and procedures

Published written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament