| Comment | The UK as the host country puts on the conference, which is free for delegates. So the UK taxpayer will pick up the bill for running the conference, establishing the security zone around the SECC, etc.
Additional costs (transport upgrades, policing) are likely to be covered similarly by the UK and Scottish governments.
Delegates (or rather the governments/NGOs they represent) pay their own costs in terms of transport, accommodation etc.
In return, the host country and city get huge exposure, and 10 days of 10,000 VIPs from across the world spending huge sums of money. Every hotel and food business is going to make an absolute mint, and I will personally be in Barbados with the AirBnB proceeds. |
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