Development of Tourism and Regulation of Visitor Accommodation (Wales) Bill
Development of Tourism and Regulation of Visitor Accommodation (Wales) Bill
A Welsh Government
Bill, introduced by Mark Drakeford MS, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and
Welsh Language. The Business Committee has remitted the Bill to the Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs
Committee.
About the Bill
The Bill aims to
promote the development of tourism in Wales, and if passed will:
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>>> restate
and modernise the Welsh Ministers' functions of promoting tourism in Wales,
while requiring them to have regard to the potential social impact of tourism
and its potential impact on the environment and the Welsh language;
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regulate the provision of visitor accommodation in Wales by:
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*** introducing a
licensing regime to reassure visitors that accommodation meets the standards
they would expect and aligning those standards, in the case of self-catering
accommodation, more closely with corresponding standards already applicable to
the private rented sector in Wales,
*** making a standard
in relation to the fitness of visitor accommodation a contractual requirement,
and
*** building on the
register created by the Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales)
Act 2025 to establish a visitor accommodation directory for the purpose of
providing information to the public about visitor accommodation in Wales.
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Further detail about
the Bill can be found in its accompanying Explanatory
Memorandum.
Current Stage
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The Bill is
currently at Stage 1. An explanation of the various stages of Senedd Bills is
available in the Guide
to the Stages of Public Bills and Acts.
Record of Passage in the Welsh
Parliament
The following table
sets out the dates for each stage of the Bill’s passage through the Senedd.
¬¬¬Stage 1 (Current)
The Economy,
Trade and Rural Affairs Committee considered its approach to Stage 1
consideration on 22
October 2025.
Report
The Committee laid
its report
on 19 December 2025 (PDF 2.5MB).
Consultation
The Committee's consultation
on the Bill closed on 17 November 2025.
Committee dates
The Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs
Committee considered the Bill on the following dates:
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Date and Agenda |
Purpose of meeting |
Transcript |
Senedd.TV |
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Consideration of approach to Stage 1 scrutiny Technical briefing with officials |
Private |
Private |
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Evidence sessions, including scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary for
Finance and Welsh Language |
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Evidence sessions |
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Evidence sessions, including final scrutiny of the Cabinet Secretary
for Finance and Welsh Language |
The Legislation, Justice and Constitution
Committee considered the Bill on the following dates:
|
Date and Agenda |
Purpose of meeting |
Transcript |
Senedd.TV |
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Evidence session, with the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh
Language |
The Legislation,
Justice and Constitution Committee laid its report (PDF
2.1MB ) on 19 December 2025.
The Finance Committee will consider the Bill on the
following dates:
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Date and Agenda |
Purpose of meeting |
Transcript |
Senedd.TV |
|
Evidence
session, with the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language |
The Finance
Committee laid its report on
17 December 2025 (PDF 395KB).
Correspondence
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¬¬¬Bill introduced
(3 November 2025)
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>>>Development of
Tourism and Regulation of Visitor Accommodation (Wales) Bill, as introduced
>>>Presiding
Officer’s Statement: 3 November 2025
>>>Written
Statement: Development of Tourism and Regulation of Visitor Accommodation
(Wales) Bill
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Contact information
Clerk: Rachael
Davies
Phone: 0300 200 6565
Postal address:
Welsh Parliament
Cardiff Bay
Cardiff
CF99 1SN
E-mail: SeneddEconomy@senedd.wales
Business type:
Status: For consideration
First published: 03/11/2025
Consultations