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Written Question
Tourism: Cornwall
Tuesday 23rd January 2018

Asked by: Steve Double (Conservative - St Austell and Newquay)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what financial support her Department provides to increase the number of visitors to Cornwall.

Answered by Michael Ellis

VisitBritain and VisitEngland are responsible for promoting the UK as a tourist destination, which it does through a range of different initiatives and campaigns. One of the current projects in the £40m Discover England Fund is the South West Coast Path, which is promoting the path to the Dutch and German market. Cornwall is also featured in their new domestic campaign “Join the World”.

At of the end of the last financial year, the Heritage Lottery Fund has funded 639 projects totalling £104.3m in Cornwall. These projects range from the St Austell Townscape Heritage, the Tate St Ives and the National Maritime Museum in Falmouth. In addition, our colleagues in the Department of Cities and Local Growth have awarded over £11m of Coastal Communities Funding to 12 projects in Cornwall.


Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 09 Jan 2018
BBC Pay

"Does my right hon. Friend agree that the events of the past few days show that the Government were absolutely right to insist on a pay transparency level of £150,000 a year, and not the £400,000 a year that the BBC wanted?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 Nov 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"The biggest concern of the tourism and hospitality sector is access to the labour force once we leave the EU. Will the Minister confirm that he has got this message, and will he update the House on what representations he is making to the Secretary of State for Exiting the …..."
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Written Question
Travel Agents: Internet
Wednesday 20th September 2017

Asked by: Steve Double (Conservative - St Austell and Newquay)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of online travel agents charging commission on the full VAT inclusive bill for bookings taken online on hospitality SMEs in rural and deprived areas.

Answered by John Glen

DCMS has not conducted an assessment of the effect of online travel agents charging commission on the full VAT inclusive bill for bookings taken online on hospitality SMEs in rural and deprived areas.

Written Question
Travel Agents: Internet
Wednesday 20th September 2017

Asked by: Steve Double (Conservative - St Austell and Newquay)

Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that online travel agents do not charge commission on the full VAT inclusive bill for bookings taken online.

Answered by John Glen

DCMS is not taking any steps to ensure that online travel agents do not charge commission on the full VAT inclusive bill for bookings taken online.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 14 Sep 2017
Oral Answers to Questions

"I thank the Minister for his recent visit to Cornwall. I am pleased to be able to confirm to the House that the Minister is a fine figure of a man when wearing a wetsuit. On his visit, I am sure he will have learned that Cornwall has a disproportionately …..."
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