Asked by: Mark Menzies (Independent - Fylde)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of differences in the (a) licensing and (b) regulation of (i) short-term holiday lets and (ii) other providers of accommodation on (A) hotels, (B) bed and breakfasts and (C) other accommodation providers.
Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
On 19 February 2024, the government announced a mandatory national registration scheme for short-term lets.
The scheme aims to preserve the benefits of short-term lets, as well as tackling the challenges they present in a proportionate way. The evidence collected through the call for evidence in 2022 and public consultation held in 2023 suggests that a form of registration rather than a licensing model is the optimum form of regulation in this sector in England.
Our aim is to make the scheme as light touch, low cost and simple as possible. The registration scheme is focussed on short-term lets, and therefore the register will not affect hotels, hostels or B&Bs. We will be examining the impact of the scheme on the sector through an impact assessment. Further details of the register will be set out in the government’s response to the consultation.
Found: students to seek possession ahead of each new academic year, facilitating the ongoing yearly cycle of short
Mentions:
1: Deidre Brock (SNP - Edinburgh North and Leith) Brexit is doing its damage to Edinburgh’s trade and talent in that sector, too, but services is a sector - Speech Link
2: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) The conduct by the NUS, and by particular students in it, is nothing short of grotesque, and I am sure - Speech Link
3: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) holiday lets, and to stop landlords coming in and purchasing properties that should be used for family - Speech Link
4: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) She is absolutely right: in this sector, as in most, it is women who deserve the greatest praise. - Speech Link
Found: students to seek possession ahead of each new academic year, facilitating the ongoing yearly cycle of short
Mentions:
1: None system up, so our expectations, our steps and the actions that we take for Gaelic will be bespoke to the sector - Speech Link
2: None The short-term contract thing is as damaging to Gaelic as it is to any other subject. - Speech Link
3: None Foregrounding Scots is important for the community, as it lets people know that they are speaking a proper - Speech Link
4: Macpherson, Ben (SNP - Edinburgh Northern and Leith) Should the bill have a greater focus on the colleges and universities sector? - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: David Mundell (Con - Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale) Friend the Chancellor to revisit his decision to change the tax arrangements of furnished holiday lets - Speech Link
2: Nigel Huddleston (Con - Mid Worcestershire) The problem was that there was not a level playing field with long-term lets. - Speech Link
3: Wera Hobhouse (LD - Bath) What support will the Government give to people who rent in the private sector? - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) There will be a short suspension while the result is verified, and I will then announce the results of - Speech Link
2: Ross, Douglas (Con - Highlands and Islands) We want to support 100,000 workers in Scotland’s oil and gas industry; the SNP wants to shut that sector - Speech Link
3: Sarwar, Anas (Lab - Glasgow) unelected leader upon our country; the party that promotes its own by making cronyism a way of life—always lets - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: None It depends on public sector as well as private sector involvement. - Speech Link
2: None but to the private sector and the third sector. - Speech Link
3: None Second homes and short-term lets are often a high priority in local place plans. - Speech Link
4: None In short, my recent experience is little—I apologise. - Speech Link
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