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Hospitality Industry: VAT

Debate between Lord Pitt-Watson and Baroness Griffin of Princethorpe
Monday 14th September 2026

(3 weeks ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Pitt-Watson Portrait Lord Pitt-Watson (Lab)
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We have not made a specific assessment of that number, no.

Baroness Griffin of Princethorpe Portrait Baroness Griffin of Princethorpe (Lab)
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My Lords, is my noble friend the Minister aware that mayors in my former region of the north-west have for several years been championing the tourist tax to boost their local economies and local employment?

Lord Pitt-Watson Portrait Lord Pitt-Watson (Lab)
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I absolutely am. Indeed, I was at one time a councillor in a Conservative borough in London that also championed a tourist tax. It is a good idea, but the decisions about the tourist tax should be local decisions for the local authority to make.

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