Cefin Campbell MS raises the issue of Crown Estate fees in the Senedd

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00:00Y Llywydd, what assessment has the Welsh Government made of fees paid to the Crown Estate by local

00:09authorities in mid and west Wales?

00:12OAQ52333

00:13The Welsh Government does not collect information on fees paid by local authorities to the Crown

00:19Estate.

00:20These fees are a matter for each local authority to discuss with the Crown Estate.

00:25Y Llywydd, what assessment has the Welsh Government made of fees paid to the Crown Estate by local

00:29authorities in mid and west Wales?

00:30OAQ52333

00:31My office, through a FOI, tried to find out what the size and amount of the fees are,

00:38and revealed that over £105,000 are paid in fees to the Crown Estate every year between

00:46the councils of Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire to enable public access

00:52to land owned by the estate.

00:55This includes, for example, £27,000 per year for access to the River Tevi and the

01:03coastline in Ceredigion.

01:04Y Llywydd, what assessment has the Welsh Government made of fees paid to the Crown Estate by local

01:05authorities in mid and west Wales?

01:06OAQ52333

01:07My point is that our local authorities, in the face of rising costs and an increase in

01:09national insurance contributions, are considering cuts to public services in order to meet growing

01:16deficits in their budget expenditure.

01:19In the case of Ceredigion, the council faces a shortfall of around £5 million and is considering

01:25raising council tax by up to 14 per cent.

01:29Do you agree with me and my colleagues in Plaid Cymru that it is impossible to justify

01:34the fact that councils in south-west Wales alone send over £100,000 annually over the

01:42border to the UK Treasury and the Royal Family, and that the process of transferring responsibility

01:48for the Crown Estate should start as soon as possible?

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