House of Lords

21 juillet 2026

Peers use oral questions to probe a proposed local visitor levy, post‑Brexit fisheries bycatch policy and England’s Land Use Framework, focusing on fiscal powers, coastal and rural economies, environmental sustainability and food production priorities.

House of Lords

01:59 - 02:23

Intervenant 2

This government believes in empowering mayors. Mayors will decide whether introducing a levy is the right choice, as is common for local leaders in countries all around the world, and mayors will need to consider the appropriate balance between supporting local economic priorities, including tourism, and ensuring a levy is affordable and providing stability and certainty for business.

02:23 - 03:05

Intervenant 3

My Lords, the government's treatment of the hospitality sector over the last two years has been marked by neglect, indifference, and deeply damaging policies. Now this summer many families would have been looking forward to enjoying their summer holidays, but the government has planned to introduce a tax on their holidays. This tax will disproportionately harm lower income families in Britain and the smaller hospitality businesses that provide cheaper holidays. And that exposes the hollowness of the new Prime Minister's own stated mission to bring down the cost of living. Does the noble Lord the Minister agree that the new Prime Minister should change course, put small businesses and British families first, and abandon the family holiday tax?

03:05 - 03:50

Intervenant 1

The visitor levy was announced on the 25th November 2025 and a consultation on the design of the levy powers was launched in the budget. The consultation has now closed and a response will be published, and perhaps you won't be surprised to hear me say this, in due course.

We expect that local leaders will be able to introduce the levy before the end of this Parliament. I'm afraid I don't accept the characterization, the wider characterization from the noble lord. As he knows, we've done a great deal to support the hospitality industry, including pubs and live music venues, including in business rate support and our Great British Summer savings scheme, which is now well advanced.

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