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Lord Fox (LD)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 14 September 2026

Debate

Hospitality Industry: VAT

Contribution

My Lords, I do not believe the Minister had the pleasure of participating in the Employment Rights Bill, and I will not relitigate the entire debate, but the legislation undertakes to substantially change the zero-hours regulations that affect many of the businesses that the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, mentioned. Does the Minister acknowledge that the consultation now and the decisions that will be made as a result of that consultation—how those changes are applied, and in particular the threshold at which they are applied—will materially affect these businesses and existentially affect some of them? Does he undertake to make sure that when those regulations are published, they take into consideration the health of this sector?

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