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You are on mute, Sheila.

Does anyone else want to come in?

Good morning, panel members. I have already asked this question of the earlier panel. I would like to get your views on this being an accommodation levy rather than a visitor levy. As you have probably heard, many visitors such as day trippers, wild campers and some motorhome visitors would pay nothing. What are your views on whether the bill could or should be amended to capture visitors who do not pay accommodation costs but have a clear impact on the areas that they visit? I put that to Gary Curley first.

I declare that I was a local councillor in West Dunbartonshire from 2003 to 2022.

Thank you, Donald. Do any of the online witnesses want to answer before I go to the next question?

Thank you for your views, Sheila.

Sheila, I will stay with you. What are your views on how the bill was developed? To what extent were you involved in the consultation on the bill? Do you feel that your views have been taken on board?

I will move on to my last question. Are there any accommodation providers currently covered by the bill that you consider should not be? For example, the boating sector argues for the removal of recreational vessels and moorings from the scope of the bill.

Thank you for that, Cathy. I will move on to my second question.

Thank you. Does anyone else want to share their views?