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The Official Report is a written record of public meetings of the Parliament and committees.  

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 16 March 2025
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Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 7 November 2023

Marie McNair

You are on mute, Sheila.

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 7 November 2023

Marie McNair

Does anyone else want to come in?

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 7 November 2023

Marie McNair

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.

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Interests

Meeting date: 7 November 2023

Marie McNair

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

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 7 November 2023

Marie McNair

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

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 7 November 2023

Marie McNair

Thank you for your views, Sheila.

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 7 November 2023

Marie McNair

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?

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 7 November 2023

Marie McNair

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.

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 7 November 2023

Marie McNair

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

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 31 October 2023

Marie McNair

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