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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Just going back to your point there, Barbara, about it being rolled out across the country before doing it in local areas, does that mean that you would not want the autonomy for local authorities to be able to decide through consultation that they bring it…
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Sam.
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Rhianon. Hang on, let's just unmute. There we are. Go for it.
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
I'll just bring Lisa in on this, and then Rhianon, I think, wants to come in, unless you've got anything else—
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Fine. Okay. Thank you.
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
If I may just tease that out with what Carl's just said about simplicity and not checking documents, that doesn't quite compute, so—
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Okay. Thank you.
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Just on that point, then, we heard from the WRA this morning, who are likely to be administering the registration process, that simplicity was something that they were keen on. Do you think that there's enough provision in the Bill to do that, bearing in mind…
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Sam.
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Rhianon.
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Thank you. Sam, I'll bring you in.
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Any further—?
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Right, yes. If you've got extra bits to add—. Otherwise, it's just concurring.
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Okay. Thank you. Barbara.
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
So, having a greater voice from the industry, effectively, on how it's spent, rather than decisions being made by local authorities.
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Thank you for that. Just moving on, and I'll bring Sam in after this now, but to you all, to move away from the raising of the tax to the use of it, or the use of the levy, in section 23, the Bill requires local authorities to use the proceeds of the levy in…
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
But then, say it was a family of four or a family of six, in your example, and it didn't charge for children, just for the adults staying overnight, that would get closer to that lower figure.
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Have you run the numbers on your figures if you just charged adults?
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
And that's the cumulative of a family of four—
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Part of the evidence that we've received from the Cabinet Secretary, the WRA and others is to try and keep it as simple as possible, and that's the argument for a per-person, per-night figure, rather than a percentage. For those small business owners that the…
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Alistair.
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Rhianon, did you want to come in on this point? You're unmuted.
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Thank you. Barbara and Lisa, have you got a view on that cumulative—? I know you haven’t given evidence as such, but it's just your opportunity to be part of that discussion.
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Carl.
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Okay, and then, to Carl and to Alistair, this one, actually: you noted that the levy would compound the impact of broader Government policies, like the 182-night occupancy rule and the forthcoming abolition of the furnished holiday lets relief. Could you talk…
