Smart Regulation and Economic Growth: Seizing the Tourism Opportunity
Report from Tourism Regulation Taskforce is published.
Recommendations from an independent panel for widespread deregulation of the tourism and hospitality industries were published today.听 The proposals, which cover areas such as planning and use classes regulations, travel insurance, food labelling, health and safety rules, employment restrictions in the tourism sector, licensing and many other areas of concern to the industry, will now be considered across Government.
The report, (PDF 689kb) was commissioned by Tourism Minister , and prepared by an expert group under the chairmanship of Alan Parker CBE, President of the .听
Alan Parker said:
鈥淭ourism and hospitality are really important to the UK economy.听Together they are one of our largest industries and our third largest export earner.听 And it鈥檚 also a sector that is ripe for growth, with potential for a further half million jobs to be created by 2020.
鈥淪o there is a huge opportunity that everyone in the industry wants to be part of.听Cutting red tape is one easy thing that the Government can do to help bring this growth about.听Bold action from the top can save businesses time and money which, for many of the small and medium size companies in our sector, can represent a make or break solution.鈥�
Tourism Minister John Penrose said:
鈥淚 am very grateful to Alan Parker and his taskforce for their work in this area, which complements the work of the Cabinet Office鈥檚 Red Tape Challenge last year which consigned 60 out of 102 rules and regulations, identified by the industry, either for amendment or the chop. Alan Parker鈥檚 recommendations are wide-ranging and challenging, which is just as it should be.听Our task in Government now is to look closely at what he has suggested and see what鈥檚 feasible and what鈥檚 not.
鈥淭he Prime Minister has said that 鈥榓 regulation should go 鈥� unless there is a clear and good justification for government being involved.鈥櫬燭his will be our starting point and I look forward to taking this work on.鈥�
Notes to Editors
- A Report from the Tourism Regulation Taskforce to John Penrose MP, Minister for Tourism, Department for Culture, Media and Sport (PDF 689kb)
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