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Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Non-Domestic Rates: Parking (12 Nov 2009)

Hugo Swire: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many appeals against a Valuation Office Agency decision to place rateable values on parking spaces in (a) East Devon constituency, (b) Devon and (c) England have been successful in each of the last five years.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Non-Domestic Rates: Valuation (12 Nov 2009)

Hugo Swire: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what criteria the Valuation Office Agency uses to determine whether facilities which are appurtenant exclusively to individual dwellings but which are separate hereditaments should be liable for non-domestic rates.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Parking: Valuation (12 Nov 2009)

Hugo Swire: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what criteria the Valuation Office Agency uses to determine the rateable value of reserved parking spaces.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Non-Domestic Rates: Parking (10 Nov 2009)

Hugo Swire: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many car parking spaces listed as domestic properties were exempt from the non-domestic rate under the Local Government Finance Act 1988 in (a) East Devon constituency, (b) Devon and (c) England in each of the last five years.

Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport: Overseas Tourists (9 Nov 2009) has video

Hugo Swire: How many overseas tourists visited England in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.

Oral Answers to Questions — Culture, Media and Sport: Overseas Tourists (9 Nov 2009) has video

Hugo Swire: I am glad to say that many of those tourists from overseas are coming to this country, not least on account of the euro, and coming to the south-west, where we have a huge amount of furnished holiday lettings. The Minister will be aware that the Government have said that the furnished holiday lettings tax regime needs to change. Why does she think that it needs to change, with the European...

Written Answers — Treasury: Taxation: Holiday Accommodation (4 Nov 2009)

Hugo Swire: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what consideration he has given to delaying the proposed revision of the Furnished Holiday Lettings rules until after April 2010 in order to consult with the tourism industry.

Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day]: Future of the Territorial Army (28 Oct 2009) has video

Hugo Swire: This has been an unhappy day for the Ministry of Defence and the ministerial team. It started off with a statement on Nimrod that exposed institutional flaws in MOD culture, and now Ministers have had to come to the Front Bench to acknowledge a volte-face as a result of the Prime Minister's direct interference. There has been much recent talk that this House should become more responsive to...

Opposition Day — [20th Allotted Day]: Future of the Territorial Army (28 Oct 2009) has video

Hugo Swire: Indeed, and I asked in last week's business questions whether we could have a debate in Government time on the TA, and I was told that that was being looked at. This debate is not being held in Government time of course, but it is worth pointing out that when the recent announcement was made from No. 10, the Prime Minister said it was the right thing to do. Yes, it was the right thing to do,...