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Month: November 2017

ASSC Publishes Response to the Islands Bill

Posted on by Fiona Campbell

The Scottish Government has introduced an Islands Bill, which is currently being scrutinised by the Scottish Parliament’s Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee.

The Bill encompasses a disparate set of issues and aims to strengthen and protect Scotland’s island communities by:

  1. Developing a National Islands Plan;
  2. Introducing duties on Ministers and relevant public bodies to have regard to island communities in exercising their functions;
  3. Protecting the Scottish parliamentary constituency boundary of Na h-Eileanan an Iar;
  4. Allowing exceptions, for inhabited islands, to the standard three or four member ward rule for local government electoral wards; and
  5. Introducing a regulation-making power for the Scottish Government to create a licensing scheme in regard to works under the sea in coastal waters surrounding islands.

The ASSC welcomes the central thrust of the Islands Bill and its objective of ensuring that the needs of island communities are met now and in the future. (November 2017)

Briefing Paper – Self-catering in rural Scotland

Annual Conference of the Association of Scotland’s Self-Caterers

Posted on by Fiona Campbell

Annual Conference of the Association of Scotland’s Self-Caterers

S5M-08770: Graham Simpson, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 09/11/2017

“That the Parliament welcomes the annual conference of the Association of Scotland’s Self-Caterers (ASSC), which took place at Perth Concert Hall on 7 November 2017; notes that the ASSC, which is the only trade association representing the interests of the traditional self-catering sector, has over 650 members, operating in over 7,000 self-catering properties and is led, managed and inspired by people who own and run holiday lets; further notes that the theme of the conference was, Future Proofing: Self-Catering in Scotland, and was an opportunity for delegates, business owners, industry leaders and providers of sector-specific products to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing the sector; commends everyone working in the sector on what it sees as the valuable contribution they make to the tourism economy by providing a first-class experience for visitors and guests; congratulates the ASSC on hosting yet another engaging conference, and wishes its members continued success.”

Supported by: Clare Adamson, Miles Briggs, Alexander Stewart, Gordon Lindhurst, Ruth Maguire, Murdo Fraser, Kenneth Gibson, Jeremy Balfour, Peter Chapman, Margaret Mitchell, Jamie Greene, Maurice Corry, Alison Harris, Colin Beattie, Tom Mason, Annie Wells, Rachael Hamilton, Liam Kerr.

http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx?SearchType=Advance&ReferenceNumbers=S5M-08770&ResultsPerPage=10

Parliamentary Motion: Annual Conference of the Association of Scotland’s Self-Caterers 

Posted on by Fiona Campbell

S5M-08770: Graham Simpson, Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, Date Lodged: 09/11/2017

“That the Parliament welcomes the annual conference of the Association of Scotland’s Self-Caterers (ASSC), which took place at Perth Concert Hall on 7 November 2017; notes that the ASSC, which is the only trade association representing the interests of the traditional self-catering sector, has over 650 members, operating in over 7,000 self-catering properties and is led, managed and inspired by people who own and run holiday lets; further notes that the theme of the conference was, Future Proofing: Self-Catering in Scotland, and was an opportunity for delegates, business owners, industry leaders and providers of sector-specific products to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing the sector; commends everyone working in the sector on what it sees as the valuable contribution they make to the tourism economy by providing a first-class experience for visitors and guests; congratulates the ASSC on hosting yet another engaging conference, and wishes its members continued success.”

Supported by: Clare Adamson, Miles Briggs, Alexander Stewart, Gordon Lindhurst, Ruth Maguire, Murdo Fraser, Kenneth Gibson, Jeremy Balfour, Peter Chapman, Margaret Mitchell, Jamie Greene, Maurice Corry, Alison Harris, Colin Beattie, Tom Mason, Annie Wells, Rachael Hamilton, Liam Kerr.

http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx?SearchType=Advance&ReferenceNumbers=S5M-08770&ResultsPerPage=10