It is a pleasure to stand before you for my first Westminster Hall debate, Mr Hollobone. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Watford (Dean Russell) on securing this important debate. Clearly, this is an important issue for him and his constituents. Providing new homes to ease pressure on the housing market is obviously important. It is also important to preserve commercial areas, which are fundamental to the health of local economies and communities. Hospitality, alongside retail, personal care and leisure, is part of an ecosystem that underpins healthy local economies and communities. This ecosystem includes a symbiotic relationship between businesses operating during the day and evening, and businesses operating into the night. Levelling up for most parts of the country will involve improving productivity and economic growth by encouraging innovation, creating good jobs, enhancing educational attainment, and renovating the social and cultural fabric of the UK. Nationally, hospitality employs 2.4 million people, and there are 167,000 hospitality businesses, creating £83 billion in revenue in 2021. I welcome the introduction of my hon. Friend's private Member's Bill. Ensuring that tips go to workers is the right thing to do. We are working to make permanent many of the regulatory easements introduced during the pandemic and have published the first ever hospitality strategy, which set out our ambition for the recovery and future resilience of the sector. I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this important debate and giving us an opportunity to discuss this issue in Parliament.