Campaign for Political Representation for Restaurants Scores Ministerial Meeting
Minister for Hospitality campaign gets a small boost Petitioners behind the call for a Minister for Hospitality will meet with its current representative in a bid to pressure the government to create the post.
“it is essential there is a focused voice within Government to represent the hospitality sector.”
Campaign for Political Representation for Restaurants Scores Ministerial Meeting
Petitioners for a Minister for Hospitality secured a meeting with Minister Paul Scully, but the going remains slow.
While the government remains evasive on the likelihood of creating a role, campaigners will see the meeting as an opportunity to further press home their case. The brief petition, which simply says: “Create a Minister for Hospitality in the UK Government,” has been backed across the restaurant world, after the novel coronavirus pandemic highlighted the relative political powerlessness of a £130 billion sector. Petitions Committee chair and Labour MP Catherine McKinnell directly urged Boris Johnson to set up the meeting, saying that “it is essential there is a focused voice within Government to represent the hospitality sector.” Only Johnson is able to create the post, so any initial meeting will have to go further to have an impact.
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