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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
Thank you for that. Mike, did you have any further questions?
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
Okay. David, anything to add? You were nodding away, so I'm assuming you were in agreement there.
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
Thanks for that. Mathew or David—Mathew, did you want to come in?
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
I see nods on the screen there. Andrew, did you want to come in?
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
Llŷr, do you want to go first?
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
Who'd like to go first?
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
Thank you for that. I'll bring Mike Hedges in now with a series of questions. Diolch, Mike.
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
Mathew, do you want to come in on—?
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
Would the shift to day-trippers, as opposed to people staying overnight—? The impact would probably be felt, if that was the case, more by you that by the pub industry, because pubs would still have a revenue income from those day-trippers as opposed to…
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
Thank you for that. I suppose, David, then, with bed and breakfasts, it would have a—. What would be the impact on your association and your members? If we could unmute David, please. There we are.
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
Diolch, Llŷr. A question now to—. I'll probably come to Andrew first with this one, just because of the nature of who you represent. How do you think the implementation of the visitor levy would impact on visitors staying overnight in Wales, as opposed to…
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
Thank you for that. On that aspect of that sort of educational type of accommodation, I don't know if anybody else just wants to come in on that, or I'll move on to the next question. The next question that I have is more towards Llŷr and it's touching on…
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
Thank you. I'm going to come to Mathew with another question, but you're welcome to comment on that last one as well. We've heard from other witnesses about the educational, not-for-profit and social enterprise organisations, but particularly the educational…
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
Of course, we'll tease some of that out. Thank you. Andrew.
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
I'll open it up to anyone else who wants to add anything to that. What I'd ask is if you're going to say the same thing, don't say it just to agree. But if there are extra things that you'd like to add, then certainly we would be interested in hearing that…
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
Welcome, and thank you for making the time to come and speak to us today. We’ve got about an hour, and, as I said, brevity is the order of the day, if we can, to get through as much of your evidence as possible. I’ll start with David, if I may. I just wanted…
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
Croeso. And on my screen, if we can go to David next, please.
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
This is the seventh evidence session for the Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill. We’ve got some witnesses online, and we’ve got a witness in the room as well. I’d like to ask them to introduce themselves for the record. If we start in…
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 7
Welcome back. We have reset the room and we are now here for the next session.
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Thank you for making the time to come and speak to us today. It is appreciated. Thank you very much. We'll take a short break now to reset the room for our next set of witnesses. There will be a transcript available for you to be able to check for accuracy…
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Thank you very much. That brings us to time today—
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
And you'd capture that information that you would need to be able to report that.
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Okay, thank you for that. As agents, effectively, or as people who represent owners and operators—. There is provision, I think, within the Bill, for you to act as an agent and pay the levy, if you're collecting the money, and pay it on their behalf. Could…
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Yes, Carl.
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Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 6
Okay, thank you. Just with regards to the subordinate legislation and the legislation, how it should be evaluated going forward, you've talked a little bit earlier about evaluating guidance and making it as good as it can be, if we're going to bring it in…
