Short-Term Holiday Lets - Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords am 2:37 pm ar 19 Mehefin 2018.

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Photo of Lord Clark of Windermere Lord Clark of Windermere Llafur 2:37, 19 Mehefin 2018

My Lords, not only do short-term lets pay no local tax, they basically pay no general tax. Is the Minister aware that, unlike owners of longer-term rented properties, those with short-term lets can claim 100% tax relief on mortgage repayments and 100% tax relief on improving the fabric of the property, while at the same time killing scores of villages across the country by buying up ordinary houses purely to make a short-term profit?