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How local authorities should treat Visitor Levy income
As stated elsewhere, money raised from a visitor levy should only be used to support the objectives of a visitor levy scheme, and these should: "relate to developing, supporting or sustaining facilities or services which are substantially for or used by persons visiting the scheme area for leisure purp...
Committee reports
Date published:
21 December 2022
Committee scrutiny
The Committee's scrutiny of the original draft involved a call for views, stakeholder engagement, visits and cross-committee work to ensure that as far as possible all aspects of NPF4 and all views on it were taken into account.
We have heard about attacks on emergency services, and there is good accident and emergency data on that, but it is not complete enough to give us a sense of what the issue is.”iiCriminal Justice Committee, Official Report, 16 March 2022 (Col 33): https://www.parliament.scot/api/sitecore/CustomMedia/OfficialReport?meetingId=13650
During our visit to Blackbu...
The Commission regularly monitor how aspects of the 2000 Act are working, visiting a selection of adults on guardianship orders and publishing reports on this monitoring work.
The librarians are aware that for some members of the community they are not out to their friends/families so it is not safe to approach this section therefore the majority of libraries in Glasgow have LGBTQ+ books incorporated into their fiction/non-fiction shelves … A lot of vulnerable people visit libraries, including members of the queer community, as l...
We recommend that our successor considers pursuing inquiries on skills and fair work early in the next session. On visits to businesses during this session, we have seen examples of fair work in action.
Annexe 3 - Engagement Strategy in Session 5
AIMSPromote engagement and participation to support the work of the Committee (and by consequence the Scottish Parliament) and to enhance parliamentary democracyEnsure legislation and scrutiny undertaken by the Committee reflects a wide range of knowledge and experienceOBJECTIVES AND OUTCOMESIncrease engagement with those affected by the matters considered by the CommitteeIncrease participation and direct involvement by stakeholders in the work of the CommitteeEnsure all those who engage with the Committee view this as a positive experienceIncrease efficiency in working practices to maximise the opportunity for engagement by stakeholdersAudiences: The Committee also identified its audiences and agreed that it would endeavour to:
Engage young people in the work of the Committee (by engagement with groups such as the Scottish Youth Parliament and schools)
Work with local communities (through activities such as visits...
Our successor Committee may wish to revisit this rollout to explore if it has worked well across all of Scotland.
We visited Rutherglen in 2018 to hear first hand from childcare providers and parents their views of the expansion and roll-out of funded childcare.
Domestic tourism and green choices
Domestic tourism (visitors from Scotland and the rest of UK) is expected to benefit, as people prefer to stay local and visit destinations within their own country.