Recommendation 20

We recommend that the Government use the powers in the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill, if passed by Parliament, to implement a tourist accommodation registration scheme as soon as possible. We ask that the Government also update us on whether the scheme could and will be used to allow local authorities to protect their communities from the holiday-let market. The Government should also announce what further action it will take, as soon as the scheme has clarified the extent of the damage being caused by the sector.