Question reference: S6W-15264
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: 23 February 2023
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Current status: Answered by Shona Robison on 20 March 2023
Question
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee's consideration, at its meeting on 7 February 2023, of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (Licensing of Short-term Lets) (Amendment) Order 2023, what assessment it has made of whether the Festivals Edinburgh recommendations, included in its written submission, to (a) exclude home-sharing and home-letting from the scope of the Order for major events and (b) waive requirements for a licence where home-sharing or home-letting activity occurs for less than six weeks each year could undermine the health and safety rationale for the Order.
Answer
I refer the member to the answer to question S6W-15120 on 20 March 2023. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament’s website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers