Mentions:
1: Lord Best (XB - Life peer) expanded private rented sector. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con - Life peer) Although the expansion of the short-term lets market has brought a range of benefits, as mentioned by - Speech Link
3: Lord Young of Cookham (Con - Life peer) Baroness, Lady Thornhill, for her comments, particularly on the need to arrest the drift from long-term lets - Speech Link
Oral Evidence Mar. 13 2024
Committee: Treasury Committee (Department: HM Treasury)Found: Public sector investment we have control over; private sector investment is decisions made by independent
Mar. 13 2024
Source Page: Scotland’s International Network Reporting: FOI ReleaseFound: CASE STUDY 1: LETS DO NET ZERO We ran a Let’s Do Net Zero (LDNZ) campaign from June with online and
Mentions:
1: McLennan, Paul (SNP - East Lothian) Short-term lets control areas are also an option for local authorities, and they can be specific about - Speech Link
2: Slater, Lorna (Green - Lothian) That approach has been commended outside the farming sector. - Speech Link
3: Halcro Johnston, Jamie (Con - Highlands and Islands) Last year, the fishing sector asked the Scottish Government to consider a derogation to the North Sea - Speech Link
4: Ewing, Annabelle (SNP - Cowdenbeath) There will be a short pause before we move on to the next item of business. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) More recently, we have seen a real explosion in the number of short-term lets. - Speech Link
2: Daniel Kawczynski (Con - Shrewsbury and Atcham) of Shrewsbury, which is undeveloped, and its construction will be the catalyst for massive private-sector - Speech Link
3: Daisy Cooper (LD - St Albans) It is widely understood in the planning sector that “advisory” does not mean that it is merely a suggestion - Speech Link
Written Evidence Mar. 12 2024
Inquiry: The UK Government’s work on achieving SDG2: Zero HungerFound: Written evidence to IDC’s inquiry into Zero Hunger About GiveDirectly GiveDirectly is a nonprofit that lets
Oral Evidence Mar. 12 2024
Committee: Treasury Committee (Department: HM Treasury)Found: from the public sector.
Oral Evidence Mar. 12 2024
Committee: Treasury Committee (Department: HM Treasury)Found: Chair: Ish, yes —just a short one. Q49 Keir Mather: Okay, I will be very brief.
Mentions:
1: Nickie Aiken (Con - Cities of London and Westminster) I have campaigned for reform of the short-term lets industry for over a decade. - Speech Link
2: Peter Aldous (Con - Waveney) There are areas of the country where holiday lets are badly distorting the local property market, as - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Gosal, Pam (Con - West Scotland) That is further compounded by business rates, VAT, regulations on short-term lets and so on. - Speech Link
2: Briggs, Miles (Con - Lothian) As in our committee work on short-term lets, it is concerning that a framework bill leaves interpretation - Speech Link
3: Briggs, Miles (Con - Lothian) As I said, some of the guidance for exemptions exists, such as for short-term lets, but councils do not - Speech Link
4: Boyack, Sarah (Lab - Lothian) That also picks up on the points that Miles Briggs made earlier about short-term lets. - Speech Link