- Reference: 2017/2274
- Question by: Tony Devenish
- Meeting date: 22 June 2017
The UK Tourism industry competes with the tourism industries of other countries. Given the significantly higher rates of taxation in the UK already in terms of APD and VAT compared to its competitors, don't you feel that the introduction of further charges, such as a bed tax, would put the London tourism industry at an even greater price disadvantage to other major cities?