§ 85. Mr. Dodds-Parkerasked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the fact that the estimated additional revenue from the hotel and catering industry by the rise in selective employment tax will cost that industry approximately £8 million per annum and that this cancels the £8 million per annum benefits to the industry under the Development of Tourism Bill, he will authorise a revised scale of grants to the industry for an additional sum of not less than £8 million.
§ Mr. William RodgersNo. The reasons for the increase in S.E.T. on all services, including the hotel and catering industry, were explained in my right hon. Friend's Budget speech and have no connection with the provisions of Part II of the Development of Tourism Bill which we believe will still provide a very effective incentive to hotel building.