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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 19 January 2025
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Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 7 November 2023

Ariane Burgess

Great, so that work is to come.

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 7 November 2023

Ariane Burgess

Having listened to people, I have been thinking that some local authorities have a strategic tourism plan. If a local authority decides to introduce a levy, should it be required to have a plan that the levy sits in, so that everybody understands what the levy is being used for and so on?

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 7 November 2023

Ariane Burgess

Sheila Gilmore has indicated that she wants to come in.

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 7 November 2023

Ariane Burgess

As no one else wishes to comment, I will bring in Pam Gosal.

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 7 November 2023

Ariane Burgess

There is something that I am curious about. You have been busy with the idea of a levy for 20 years, and—

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 7 November 2023

Ariane Burgess

Not you personally, but ETAG—I apologise. We have discussed the issue of a flat rate being simpler but a percentage being fairer, because it connects to dynamic fluctuations in the market, as you have just described, but have you come across any system that would handle that? One of the issues with a percentage approach is a concern about complexity. Have you come across anything that would help to make it easier for the levy to be collected?

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 7 November 2023

Ariane Burgess

A few people online want to come in. We are wildly over time, but I do not think we could have done this in an hour. It is really important that we give people the time to speak, but we do have some other things that we have to cover after this session.

I will bring in Sheila Gilmore and then Cathy Earnshaw.

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 7 November 2023

Ariane Burgess

We are going to bring in Sheila Gilmore, but I see that Julia Amour wants to add something to that.

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 7 November 2023

Ariane Burgess

We are going to go online, first to Sheila Gilmore and then to Cathy Earnshaw.

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Visitor Levy (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1

Meeting date: 7 November 2023

Ariane Burgess

No.