Committee
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee 10 December 2025
10 Dec 2025 · S6 · Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Item of business
New Petitions
Business Improvement Districts (Veto Powers) (PE2179)
I think that the committee should close the petition under rule 15.7 of standing orders on the basis that current BID legislation contains a dual-key mechanism to help protect against large firms forcing through a BID proposal against the wishes of small firms or vice versa. The Scottish Government’s position is that the regulatory role in relation to BIDs should be for local authorities and not Scottish ministers. The Scottish Government has no plans to review or amend existing BID legislation during this parliamentary session, due to cost, resource and time constraints.
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The Convener
Con
PE2179, which has been lodged by Gavin Templeton, calls on the Scottish Government to strengthen veto powers when assessing business improvement district pro...
Maurice Golden
Con
I think that the committee should close the petition under rule 15.7 of standing orders on the basis that current BID legislation contains a dual-key mechani...
The Convener
Con
That latter point being the operational one. However, that is in the course of this parliamentary session. It seems to me that the petition might have the op...
David Torrance
SNP
I agree. If the petitioner wants to resubmit the petition in the next parliamentary session, that would give the committee time to look at it and take evidence.
The Convener
Con
I can see how we could pursue it were time available to us, but, in the time left in this session, we would not get a response from the various authorities t...