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Lords debate on motion to call attention to the opportunities and challenges facing the United Kingdom tourism industry. Motion withdrawn.

Lords debate on motion to call attention to the opportunities and challenges facing the United Kingdom tourism industry. Motion withdrawn.

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken the trouble to take part in this debate. All of them have contributed something very important to it. I also thank the Minister very much indeed for his charming and well researched answers. I am not totally certain exactly what...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken the trouble to take part in this debate. All of them have contributed something very important to it. I also thank the Minister very much indeed for his charming and well researched answers. I am not totally certain exactly what...

My Lords, I said that the Prime Minister announced on 8 January that VisitBritain and VisitEngland will launch a ““value for money”” campaign, involving an investment of £6.5 million. The noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, raised the framework review. As he knows, the headline findings of the framework review were published...

My Lords, I said that the Prime Minister announced on 8 January that VisitBritain and VisitEngland will launch a ““value for money”” campaign, involving an investment of £6.5 million. The noble Lord, Lord Clement-Jones, raised the framework review. As he knows, the headline findings of the framework review were published...

My Lords, did the Minister say that the Government have agreed to fund the ““value”” campaign to the tune of £6.5 million?

My Lords, did the Minister say that the Government have agreed to fund the ““value”” campaign to the tune of £6.5 million?

My Lords, I am delighted that my noble friend Lord Glasgow took the opportunity to raise the future of tourism in his well informed and elegant speech opening this debate. He raised some important points about the nature and potential of British tourism and the huge benefit it brings. Many...

My Lords, I am delighted that my noble friend Lord Glasgow took the opportunity to raise the future of tourism in his well informed and elegant speech opening this debate. He raised some important points about the nature and potential of British tourism and the huge benefit it brings. Many...

My Lords, I begin my remarks, as did the noble Lord, Lord Pendry, by thanking the noble Earl, Lord Glasgow, for initiating the debate. Like him, I reiterate my registered interests. I am president of the Cumbria Tourist Board, a part-owner of the Pheasant Inn, Bassenthwaite Lake, in the Lake...

My Lords, I begin my remarks, as did the noble Lord, Lord Pendry, by thanking the noble Earl, Lord Glasgow, for initiating the debate. Like him, I reiterate my registered interests. I am president of the Cumbria Tourist Board, a part-owner of the Pheasant Inn, Bassenthwaite Lake, in the Lake...

My Lords, I start with a quotation: "““Tourism matters. It is a major source of jobs and wealth creation across Great Britain. But in many ways it is a forgotten industry, and one that features all too seldom in the political or economic debate””." Those are not my words but...

My Lords, I start with a quotation: "““Tourism matters. It is a major source of jobs and wealth creation across Great Britain. But in many ways it is a forgotten industry, and one that features all too seldom in the political or economic debate””." Those are not my words but...

My Lords, I too, congratulate, my noble friend Lord Glasgow on securing this debate and, in the context of what I hope to say in the rest of my speech, I declare an interest as a member of the British Mountaineering Council and of Pendle Borough Council. I hesitate a...

My Lords, I too, congratulate, my noble friend Lord Glasgow on securing this debate and, in the context of what I hope to say in the rest of my speech, I declare an interest as a member of the British Mountaineering Council and of Pendle Borough Council. I hesitate a...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Earl, Lord Glasgow, on securing this important and timely debate. From the outset, I declare an interest: I am the chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Tourism and was the shadow Minister for Sport and Tourism for five years. It is unfortunate that...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Earl, Lord Glasgow, on securing this important and timely debate. From the outset, I declare an interest: I am the chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Tourism and was the shadow Minister for Sport and Tourism for five years. It is unfortunate that...

To call attention to the opportunities and challenges facing the United Kingdom tourism industry; and to move for Papers. My Lords, I feel that this may be a very opportune moment to have a debate on tourism. The credit crunch and consequent devaluation of the pound may present an opportunity...

To call attention to the opportunities and challenges facing the United Kingdom tourism industry; and to move for Papers. My Lords, I feel that this may be a very opportune moment to have a debate on tourism. The credit crunch and consequent devaluation of the pound may present an opportunity...

Wakefield!

Wakefield!

My Lords, I thank the noble Earl for securing the debate, and I echo many sentiments that previous speakers have expressed. For too long, the tourism sector has been considered as ““nice to have”” or as some sort of luxury, but that view is out of date and surely not...

My Lords, I thank the noble Earl for securing the debate, and I echo many sentiments that previous speakers have expressed. For too long, the tourism sector has been considered as ““nice to have”” or as some sort of luxury, but that view is out of date and surely not...

My Lords, other noble Lords have underlined the fact that tourism is a substantial earner. It is a creator of real jobs. We might contrast that with the fact that many of the real jobs in, for example, the City of London have been founded not on producing goods and...

My Lords, other noble Lords have underlined the fact that tourism is a substantial earner. It is a creator of real jobs. We might contrast that with the fact that many of the real jobs in, for example, the City of London have been founded not on producing goods and...

My Lords, I speak at the end of a long list of Members from these Benches. Much of what I wanted to say has already been touched on. Originally, I thought that I would talk about sports tourism, with an emphasis on the Olympics. However, as I started work on...

My Lords, I speak at the end of a long list of Members from these Benches. Much of what I wanted to say has already been touched on. Originally, I thought that I would talk about sports tourism, with an emphasis on the Olympics. However, as I started work on...

The clock is wrong.

The clock is wrong.

I did not think that I had been speaking for 12 minutes, although it may have sounded like that to others.

I did not think that I had been speaking for 12 minutes, although it may have sounded like that to others.

For once, your Lordships are on cue. The whole idea of trying to improve service comes across. The Olympics are an opportunity to establish training levels in a way that we have never done before. We have a wonderful precursor: the Manchester Commonwealth Games. They allowed the Olympics to occur...

For once, your Lordships are on cue. The whole idea of trying to improve service comes across. The Olympics are an opportunity to establish training levels in a way that we have never done before. We have a wonderful precursor: the Manchester Commonwealth Games. They allowed the Olympics to occur...

My Lords, I hope not. I, too, thank the noble Earl for raising this topic in what has been an absorbing debate. As someone born, raised and educated in Scotland—originally from Beith, not far from the noble Earl’s rather fine castle—I share his view that this is a critically important...

My Lords, I hope not. I, too, thank the noble Earl for raising this topic in what has been an absorbing debate. As someone born, raised and educated in Scotland—originally from Beith, not far from the noble Earl’s rather fine castle—I share his view that this is a critically important...

My Lords, we have had a most interesting debate. I join other noble Lords in welcoming the noble Lord, Lord Carter, to his first tourism debate. I thank the noble Earl, Lord Glasgow, for giving us such an excellent opportunity to debate this subject at this time. It is even...

My Lords, we have had a most interesting debate. I join other noble Lords in welcoming the noble Lord, Lord Carter, to his first tourism debate. I thank the noble Earl, Lord Glasgow, for giving us such an excellent opportunity to debate this subject at this time. It is even...