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date	12/12/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Hospitality Industry: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing VAT reductions or subsidies for businesses in the hospitality sector.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	108457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2022 answer text <p>The temporary reduced rate of VAT was introduced on 15 July 2020 to support the cash flow and viability of around 150,000 businesses and protect over 2.4 million jobs in the hospitality and tourism sectors, which were severely affected by COVID-19. The relief, which ended on 31 March 2022, cost over £8 billion.</p><p> </p><p>All taxes are kept under review, but the Government has been clear that this was a temporary measure in response to COVID-19. It was appropriate that as restrictions were lifted and demand for goods and services in these sectors increased, the temporary VAT relief was first reduced and then removed in order to rebuild and strengthen the public finances.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 19/12/2022 12:34:53 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

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date	20/01/2022
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Navy ships will be deployed in the Channel to tackle illegal migrant crossings.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	108457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2022 answer text <p>There may be a requirement for the deployment of Royal Navy vessels to help to counter illegal migrant crossings, and Defence has a range of capabilities that may be called upon to contribute to this objective. Detailed planning for Operation ISOTROPE is underway and further detail will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 25/01/2022 12:23:09 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

773120

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date	18/10/2017
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Lotteries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if she will respond to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee report, on Societies' Lotteries, published on 25 March 2015, HC 615, before the November 2017 Parliamentary recess.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
uin	108457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s response to the CMS Select Committee’s report on society lotteries advised that it intended to explore all the recommendations further, with advice from the Gambling Commission. The response was published in September 2015 and can be found here: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201516/cmselect/cmcumeds/415/415.pdf</p><p> </p><p>We are carefully considering the issues raised by the Select Committee and continue to take advice from the Gambling Commission as we consider policy options.</p> answering member constituency Chatham and Aylesford answering member printed Tracey Crouch question first answered 23/10/2017 16:14:12 answering member 3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch
tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens