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

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  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 17 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

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?

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 31 October 2023

Marie McNair

Thank you.

Do you agree with the requirement to consult, report and review schemes, including the need for the 18-month lead-in time? The tourism sector would like the lead-in time to commence only if and when the bill is enacted. Can we start with Kathlene Morrison, who is online?

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 31 October 2023

Marie McNair

In the submissions, a number of local authorities shared that view. Councillor Lobban, do you want to come in on that?

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 31 October 2023

Marie McNair

How do local authorities and providers check that exemption claims are legitimate?

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 31 October 2023

Marie McNair

Thank you.

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 31 October 2023

Marie McNair

Good morning, panel. Some businesses believe that local flexibility will make the regulatory landscape more complex. Last week, one witness said that there is

“so much localism for localism’s sake”—[Official Report, Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee, 24 October; c 13.]

Councillor Lobban, you have touched on this but can you expand on why you feel that it is important that local authorities have freedom to decide on exemption rates and remittance issues, rather than having those imposed on them?