A petition submitted to the Welsh Assembly’s Petitions Committee by Narberth businesses is due to be debated today (Tuesday).

The petition was set up by business owners in the town to protest at rates increases of up to 240 % (see attached article).

Narberth Chamber of Trade was told earlier this month that the Welsh Assembly’s Petitions Committee has accepted the petition.

"This is quite a significant step as plenty of petitions fall at the first fence and don’t even get considered by the petitions committee,” said Mrs Burns who helped the businesses set up the petition and who handed in at the Senedd.

“If it is worded wrongly or considered a waste of time then the committee can refuse to accept it,” she added.

Eighty businesses in the town signed the petition in just one week to protest at huge rates rises in the town.

It calls on the Welsh Assembly Government to conduct an impact assessment on how businesses in the town will be affected by the changes in rateable values.

The petition is expected to be debated by the petitions committee for the first time today.