Clause 9 — extension of reduced standard rate and anti-avoidance provision

Part of Surface Water and Highway Drainage Charges (Exemption) Bill – in the House of Commons at 7:45 pm on 12 May 2009.

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Photo of Tobias Ellwood Tobias Ellwood Shadow Minister (Culture, Media and Sport) 7:45, 12 May 2009

The hon. Gentleman and I both have constituencies in the south-west, where the biggest industry is tourism. He mentioned small and medium-sized businesses. There are 200,000 such businesses involved in tourism and I have not found one that has embraced the change that we are discussing. It has actually cost them more—they have had to change their online basket systems and the pricings and so forth. They would relish the opportunity to have the measure thrown out as soon as possible.