Question

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the decision to give licensing authorities the power to issue fixed-penalty notices to people collecting for (1) charities, (2) community interest companies, and (3) other unlicensed collectors without the required street-collection licence.

Answered by Baroness Mackenzie of Sherwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport)

In the Protecting What Matters action plan, the Government committed to increase fines and strengthen local authorities’ enforcement powers to tackle unlicensed street fundraising. These changes require primary legislation, which is subject to the availability of parliamentary time. The Government is working on the development of these powers in collaboration with a range of stakeholders.

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to (1) apply and (2) enforce the overnight levy to short term lets and what steps they plan to take, if any, to support data-sharing between relevant departments to facilitate this approach.

Answered by Baroness Blake of Leeds - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

The visitor levy will apply to short-term, commercially let overnight accommodation, including short term lets. Local leaders will decide whether a levy is the right choice for their area and, if so, how revenue should be invested to make their regions better for people to visit and enjoy. Options for the administration of the visitor levy and possible data sharing arrangements are being considered and a decision will be made in due course.

Question

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of using section 228 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 to enable them to introduce nightly tracking data collection on short term lets as part of the proposed short-term let registration scheme.

Answered by Baroness Twycross - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

During the design phase of the registration scheme, it was determined that the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act does not contain the specific powers required to mandate the sharing of 'number of nights' data for the enforcement of other regulations. This data is not currently intended to be collected as part of the short-term lets registration scheme. DCMS is assessing alternative legislative vehicles (such as a Private Members' Bill on data sharing) to support local authorities in enforcing other regulations.

Found: the 11th meeting, held at 10.30am on Tuesday, 8 September Present: Baroness Andrews Lord Bailey of Paddington

Found: 10th Meeting, held at 2:00pm on Tuesday, 1 September 2026 Present: Baroness Andrews Lord Bailey of Paddington

Found: 9th Meeting, held at 10:30am on Tuesday, 21 July 2026 Present: Baroness Andrews Lord Bailey of Paddington

Found: Lord Bailey of Paddington: Okay.

Found: LORD BAILEY OF PADDINGTON 174_ After Clause 65, insert the following new Clause— “Trade union donations

Found: LORD BAILEY OF PADDINGTON _ After Clause 65, insert the following new Clause— “Trade union donations

Found: LORD BAILEY OF PADDINGTON _ After Clause 71, insert the following new Clause— “Trade union donations

Found: LORD BAILEY OF PADDINGTON ★_ After Clause 71, insert the following new Clause— “Trade union donations

Found: BARONESS BENJAMIN BARONESS BRINTON LORD BAILEY OF PADDINGTON 121_ After Clause 20, insert the following

Found: Short-term Leases (Disclosure of Information) Bill [HL] is a private member’s bill sponsored by Lord Bailey of Paddington

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