This is all meetings of Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee held in 2025. On meeting pages you can find agendas, meeting papers, minutes, and links to Official Reports and Scottish Parliament TV.

25th Meeting

04 November

1. Children in Religious Education 2025 (in private)
2. Education Annual Report
3. Work programme

94th Meeting

03 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Legacy paper (in private)
3. Work programme

25th Meeting

23 October

24th Meeting

10 October

1. Pre-Budget Scrutiny
Show witnesses
• Professor Stuart Haszeldine
  Professor of Carbon Capture and Storage, School of Geosciences
  University of Edinburgh
• The Right Hon The Lord Bracadale QC
  chair of the Independent Review of hate Crime Legislation in Scotland
2. Pre-Budget Scrutiny
3. Proposed National Good Food Nation Plan
4. Building Safety and Maintenance

26th Meeting

07 October

1. Decisions on taking business in private
2. Cabinet Secretary for Housing: portfolio priorities and progress on the Scottish Government’s cladding remediation programme
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• Màiri McAllan
  Cabinet Secretary for Housing
  Scottish Government
• Matthew Elsby
  Deputy Director, Better Homes
  Scottish Government
• Stephen Lea-Ross
  Director, Cladding Remediation
  Scottish Government
• Jess Niven
  Interim Deputy Director, Heat in Buildings Policy and Regulation
  Scottish Government
3. Cabinet Secretary for Housing: portfolio priorities and progress on the Scottish Government’s cladding remediation programme
4. Work programme
5. Pension Schemes Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
6. Scottish Housing Regulator

16th Meeting

02 October

1. Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Bill
Show witnesses
• Professor Blair Grubb
  Vice Principal (Education)
  University of Dundee
• Alison Taylor
  Deputy Director for Improvement, Attainment and Wellbeing
  Scottish Government
• Ailsa Garland
  Solicitor
  Scottish Government
2. Subordinate legislation
Show witnesses
• Professor Amelia Garza
  Director
  Scottish Government
• Test F Anderson
  Head of Governance
  Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership and Chair, Rights Advice Scotland
• Ailsa Garland
  Solicitor
  Scottish Government
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Evidence Session (in private)
5. Annual report (in private)

35th Meeting

25 September

1. Annual report

97th Meeting

28 August

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
3. Legacy paper
4. Work programme

9th Meeting

20 August

1. Declaration of interests
2. Decision on taking business in private
3. Building Safety and Maintenance
Show witnesses
• Sean Clerkin
  Campaign Coordinator
  Scottish Tenants Organisation
• Aoife Deery
  Senior Social Justice Policy Officer
  Citizens Advice Scotland
• Shona Gorman
  Vice-Chair
  Tenants Together Scotland
• Yvette Hoskins
  Vice Chair
  Dundee RAAC Campaign Group
• Emma Saunders
  National Organiser
  Living Rent
and then from:
• Peter Drummond
  Chair of Practice Committee
  Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland
• Gloria Lo
  OiSA Designs Chartered Architect
  OiSA Designs
4. Subordinate legislation
5. Building Safety and Maintenance
6. Scrutiny of the Scottish Housing Regulator
7. Correspondence

95th Meeting

14 August

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. European Commission Work Programme
3. Pre-Budget Scrutiny
4. Legacy paper (in private)
5. Instruments not subject to any parliamentary procedure
6. Budget (Scotland) (No. 4) Bill
7. Work programme

12th Meeting

30 July

1. Oral Evidence
Show witnesses
• Chief Constable Susie Williams
  Unison Police Staff Scotland Branch
• Eliza Wallace
  Grant Officer
  Edinburgh Napier University
2. Work programme
3. European Union briefing

9th Meeting

15 July

1. Declaration of interests
2. Decisions on taking business in private
3. Building Safety and Maintenance
Show witnesses
• Sean Clerkin
  Campaign Coordinator
  Scottish Tenants Organisation
• Aoife Deery
  Senior Social Justice Policy Officer
  Citizens Advice Scotland
• Shona Gorman
  Vice-Chair
  Tenants Together Scotland
• Yvette Hoskins
  Vice Chair
  Dundee RAAC Campaign Group
• Emma Saunders
  National Organiser
  Living Rent
and then from:
• Peter Drummond
  Chair of Practice Committee
  Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland
• Gloria Lo
  OiSA Designs Chartered Architect
  OiSA Designs
4. Subordinate legislation
5. Building Safety and Maintenance
6. Scrutiny of the Scottish Housing Regulator
7. Correspondence

3rd Meeting

01 April

3rd Meeting

26 March

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. This is an evidence session on an Open Inquiry
Show witnesses
• Chief Constable Hanna Green
  Head of Public Relations
  Scottish Government
• Hanna Green
  Chief of Media Relations
  Unison Police Staff Scotland Branch
3. Legacy paper
4. International Human Rights Day 2016
5. Work programme

2nd Meeting

25 March

1. Destitution, asylum and insecure immigration status in Scotland
Show witnesses
• Test Jones
  Strategic Paths and Projects Manager
  Nature Scotland
• Test Hatton
  Assistant Team Leader, Operations, Mid Argyll, Kintyre & Islay, Argyll and Bute Council
• Test Watson
  Director
  Dogs Trust
• Test 1 Hatton
  Assistant Team Leader, Operations, Mid Argyll, Kintyre & Islay
and then from:
• Professor Andrew Riley
  MacMillan Cancer Support
• Jakob Andrews
  Full-Stack Developer
  sportscotland
• Chief Constable Javier Andrews
  Director
  Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership and Chair, Rights Advice Scotland
2. Legacy paper
3. Public petitions

3rd Meeting

21 March

1st Meeting

20 March

1. Declaration of interests
2. Decision on taking business in private
3. Prisoners (Early Release) (Scotland) Bill
Show witnesses
• The Right Hon John Major
  Diplomat
  Department of Exiting the EU
• Professor David Battleford
  Pilot
• David Pratt
  Head of Planning and Strategy
  Scottish Government
• David Allan
  Chief Vet
4. UK Bill (UK Parliament legislation) (in private)
5. Transition from Queen to King
6. Decision on taking business in private (in private)

80th Meeting

16 January

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Transition from Queen to King
Show witnesses
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Aiden Lowe
  Chemical Engineer
  sportscotland

97th Meeting

14 January

1. Inquiry into Public Participation
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• Maria White
  Policy Developer
  Scottish Decorators Federation
• Maria Rice
  Director
  Royal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland
and then from:
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Inspector Alan Dron
  Scottish Partnership Against Rural Crime (SPARC) and National Rural Crime Co-ordinator
  Police Scotland
• Alan James
  Chief Technology Officer
  Storegga
• Ailsa Raeburn
  Chair
  Community Land Scotland
2. Budget (Scotland) (No. 4) Bill (in private)
3. Mandatory Committees’ remits

5th Meeting

09 January

1. Human Rights and the Scottish Parliament
2. Declaration of interests

4th Meeting

07 January

1. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill
2. Legacy paper

This is all meetings of Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee held in 2024. On meeting pages you can find agendas, meeting papers, minutes, and links to Official Reports and Scottish Parliament TV.

3rd Meeting

23 September

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Human Rights and the Scottish Parliament

2nd Meeting

19 September

1. Annual report (In Private)
2. Legacy paper (in private)
3. Special edition of the Brussels Bulletin

1st Meeting

13 February

This is all meetings of Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee held in 2023. On meeting pages you can find agendas, meeting papers, minutes, and links to Official Reports and Scottish Parliament TV.

14th Meeting

16 May

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Damp and Mould in Social and Private Rented Housing
Show witnesses
• Rosemary Agnew
  Ombudsman
  Scottish Public Services Ombudsman
• Callum Chomczuk
  National Director
  Chartered Institute of Housing Scotland
• Nicola Harcus
  Assistant Director of Regulation
  Scottish Housing Regulator
• Helen Shaw
  Director of Regulation
  Scottish Housing Regulator
and then from:
• Paul McLennan
  Minister for Housing
  Scottish Government
• Naeem Bhatti
  Head of Fuel Poverty and Housing Standards Unit
  Scottish Government
• Darren Knox
  Fuel Poverty & House Condition Analysis Team
  Scottish Government
3. Damp and Mould in Social and Private Rented Housing

13th Meeting

02 May

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Damp and Mould in Social and Private Rented Housing
Show witnesses
• Aoife Deery
  Senior Social Justice Policy Officer
  Citizens Advice Scotland
• Ruth Gilbert
  Member
  Living Rent
• Shona Gorman
  Chair
  Central Scotland Regional Network of Tenants and Residents
• Debbie King
  Head of Advocacy
  Shelter Scotland
• Emma Saunders
  National Organiser
  Living Rent
and then from:
• John Blackwood
  Chief Executive
  Scottish Association of Landlords
• Timothy Douglas
  Head of Policy and Campaigns
  Propertymark
• John Kerr
  Co-Chair
  Association of Local Authority Chief Housing Officers (ALACHO)
• Carolyn Lochhead
  Director of External Affairs
  Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA)
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Damp and Mould in Social and Private Rented Housing

12th Meeting

25 April

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Subordinate legislation
Show witnesses
• Joe FitzPatrick
  Minister for Local Government Empowerment and Planning
  Scottish Government
• Kristen Anderson
  Principal Planner
  Scottish Government
• Andy Kinnaird
  Head of Transforming Planning
  Scottish Government
• Carrie Thomson
  Head of Development Planning & Housing
  Scottish Government
3. Community Planning Inquiry: Post-Legislative Scrutiny of the Community Empowerment Act 2015
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• Joe FitzPatrick
  Minister for Local Government Empowerment and Planning
  Scottish Government
• Andrew Connal
  Team Leader, Public Service Reform and Community Planning
  Scottish Government
• David Milne
  Team Leader, Public Service Reform and Community Planning
  Scottish Government
• Councillor Steven Heddle
  Vice President
  Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA)
• Simon Cameron
  Chief Officer, Workforce and Corporate Policy Team
  COSLA
• Lucy Devlin
  Policy Assistant, Workforce and Corporate Policy Team
  COSLA
4. Subordinate legislation
5. Community Planning Inquiry: Post-Legislative Scrutiny of the Community Empowerment Act 2015
6. Work programme

11th Meeting

18 April

1. Declaration of interests
2. Decision on taking business in private
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Building Safety
Show witnesses
• Chris Ashurst
  Group Co-ordinator
  High Rise Scotland Action Group
• John-Paul Breslin
  Building Standards Team Leader
  Stirling Council, Local Authority Building Standards Scotland
• Calum McQueen
  Technical Surveying Manager
  e.surv Chartered Surveyors
• Alastair Ross
  Assistant Director, Head of Public Policy (Scotland, Wales & NI)
  Association of British Insurers
• Nigel Sellars
  Senior Specialist, Valuation and Property Standards
  Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
5. Building Safety

10th Meeting

28 March

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Subordinate legislation
Show witnesses
• Tom Arthur
  Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth
  Scottish Government
• Tom Winter
  Head of Development Delivery
  Scottish Government
3. Community Planning Inquiry: Post-Legislative Scrutiny of the Community Empowerment Act 2015
Show witnesses
• Alison Macleod
  Strategy and Transformation Lead
  Aberdeen City Health and Social Care Partnership
• Craig McArthur
  Director of Health and Social Care
  East Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership
• Alison McGrory
  Associate Director Public Health
  Argyll and Bute Health and Social Care Partnership
• Sheila White
  Community Learning and Development Manager
  Glasgow Clyde College
4. Subordinate legislation
5. Community Planning Inquiry: Post-Legislative Scrutiny of the Community Empowerment Act 2015
6. Work programme

9th Meeting

21 March

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Subordinate legislation
Show witnesses
• Patrick Harvie
  Minister for Zero Carbon Buildings, Active Travel and Tenants’ Rights
  Scottish Government
• Poppy Prior
  Lawyer
  Scottish Government
• Yvonne Gavan
  Team Leader, Housing Services and Rented Sector Reform Unit
  Scottish Government
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Community Planning Inquiry: Post-Legislative Scrutiny of the Community Empowerment Act 2015
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• Ellen Wright
  Community Councillor
• Marzanna Antoniak
• Carol Campbell
• Steve Kerr
  Chair
  Edinburgh Association of Community Councils
• Lionel Most
  Chair and Secretary
  Dowanhill, Hyndland and Kelvinside Community Council
• Louise Robb
  Chair
  Largo Communities Together
• David Watson
  Trust Manager
  Kyle of Sutherland Development Trust
5. Subordinate legislation
6. Community Planning Inquiry: Post-Legislative Scrutiny of the Community Empowerment Act 2015

8th Meeting

14 March

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Community Planning Inquiry: Post-Legislative Scrutiny of the Community Empowerment Act 2015
Show witnesses
• Valerie Arbuckle
  National Partnership Development Manager
  Police Scotland
• Mark McAteer
  Director of Strategic Planning Performance and Communications
  Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
• Pauline Smith
  Chief Executive
  Development Trusts Association Scotland
• Stephen Wood
  Head of Service Delivery, North of Scotland
  Scottish Fire and Rescue Service
• Caroline Warburton
  Destination Development Director
  VisitScotland
and then from:
• Karen Jackson
  Director of Strategy Partnerships and Engagement
  South of Scotland Enterprise
• Sharon McIntyre
  Head of Career Information Advice and Guidance
  Skills Development Scotland
• Dave McCallum
  Head of Operations South East
  Skills Development Scotland
• Derek Shaw
  Director of Innovation and Place
  Scottish Enterprise
• Eann Sinclair
  Area Manager Caithness and Sutherland
  Highlands and Islands Enterprise
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Community Planning Inquiry: Post-Legislative Scrutiny of the Community Empowerment Act 2015

7th Meeting

07 March

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Community Planning Inquiry: Post-Legislative Scrutiny of the Community Empowerment Act 2015
Show witnesses
• Shaw Anderson
  Partnership & Development Manager
  Glasgow City Council
• Evonne Bauer
  Executive Officer, Place and Community Planning
  East Dunbartonshire Council
• Michelle Crombie
  Corporate Strategy and Community Planning Manager
  Aberdeen City Council
• Jennifer Lees
  Business Partnership Manager
  North Lanarkshire Council
• Bernadette Monaghan
  Director of Community Empowerment and Equalities
  Glasgow City Council
and then from:
• Kevin Anderson
  Service Lead for Policy, Performance and Community Planning
  South Ayrshire Council
• Lee Haxton
  Community Planning Team Leader
  Perth & Kinross Council
• Fiona Robertson
  Head of Culture and Communities Services
  Perth & Kinross Council
• Anna Whelan
  Service Manager, Strategy and Partnership
  Orkney Islands Council
and then from:
• Dr Oliver Escobar
  Senior Lecturer in Public Policy
  University of Edinburgh
• Mark McAteer
  Member
  Community Planning Improvement Board
3. Subordinate legislation
Show witnesses
• Tom Arthur
  Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth
  Scottish Government
• James Messis
  Policy Team Leader
  Scottish Government
• Stephen Rees
  Solicitor, Legal Directorate
  Scottish Government
4. Subordinate legislation
5. Subordinate legislation
6. Community Planning Inquiry: Post-Legislative Scrutiny of the Community Empowerment Act 2015
7. Subordinate legislation

6th Meeting

28 February

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Subordinate legislation
Show witnesses
• Patrick Harvie
  Minister for Zero Carbon Buildings, Active Travel and Tenants’ Rights
  Scottish Government
• Yvonne Gavan
  Team Leader, Housing Services and Rented Sector Reform Unit
  Scottish Government
• Adam Krawczyk
  Head of Housing, Homelessness and Regeneration, Communities Analytical Division
  Scottish Government
• Poppy Prior
  Lawyer
  Scottish Government
• Yvette Sheppard
  Head of Housing Services and Rented Sector Reform Unit
  Scottish Government
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Subordinate legislation
5. Community Planning Inquiry: Post-Legislative Scrutiny of the Community Empowerment Act 2015
Show witnesses
• Carol Calder
  Audit Director
  Audit Scotland
• Stuart Graham
  Representative
  Community Planning Network
• Tim McKay
  Deputy Chair
  Accounts Commission
and then from:
• David Allan
  Deputy Director, Scottish Community Development Centre
• Peter Kelly
  Director
  The Poverty Alliance
• Kirsty McNeill
  Policy and Research Officer
  Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights (CRER)
• Ruth Whatling
  Head of Policy and Equality
  Homeless Network Scotland
6. Subordinate legislation
7. Community Planning Inquiry: Post-Legislative Scrutiny of the Community Empowerment Act 2015
8. Understanding Barriers to Local Elected Office
9. Review of Local Governance

5th Meeting

21 February

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Subordinate legislation
Show witnesses
• Shona Robison MSP
  Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government
  Scottish Government
• David Manderson
  Short Term Lets Policy Manager
  Scottish Government
• Craig McGuffie
   Lawyer
  Scottish Government
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Subordinate legislation
Show witnesses
• Timothy Douglas
  Head of Policy and Campaigns
  Propertymark
• Sarah-Jane Laing
  Chief Executive
  Scottish Land and Estates
• David Melhuish
  Director
  Scottish Property Federation
and then from:
• David Bookbinder
  Director
  Glasgow and West of Scotland Forum of Housing Associations
• Mike Callaghan
  Policy Manager
  COSLA
• Carolyn Lochhead
  Director of External Affairs
  Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA)
• Sherina Peek
  Acting Policy Manager
  Association of Local Authority Chief Housing Officers (ALACHO)
and then from:
• Fenella Gabrysh
  Member
  Living Rent
• Gordon MacRae
  Assistant Director
  Shelter Scotland
• Emma Saunders
  National Organiser
  Living Rent
• Colin Stewart
  Chair
  North of Scotland Regional Network of Tenants and Residents
5. Subordinate legislation
6. Public petitions
7. Subordinate legislation
8. Understanding Barriers to Local Elected Office

4th Meeting

07 February

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (Licensing of Short-term Lets) (Amendment) Order 2023
Show witnesses
• Professor Cliff Hague
  Chartered Town Planner and Chair
  Cockburn Association
• Rob Dickson
  Director of Industry and Destination Development
  VisitScotland
• Gillian McNaught
  Legal Manager, Licensing and Democratic Services
  Glasgow City Council
• Ailsa Raeburn
  Chair
  Community Land Scotland
•  Gary Somers
  Solicitor, Licensing
  Highland Council
and then from:
• Julia Amour
  Director
  Festivals Edinburgh
• Fiona Campbell
  Chief Executive, Association of Scotland’s Self-Caterers
3. Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (Licensing of Short-term Lets) (Amendment) Order 2023
4. Work programme

3rd Meeting

31 January

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Local Government Fiscal Arrangements
Show witnesses
• Andrew Burns
  Member
  Accounts Commission
• Carol Calder
  Audit Director
  Audit Scotland
• Blyth Deans
  Senior Manager
  Audit Scotland
• Bill Moyes
  Chair
  Accounts Commission
and then from:
• Martin Booth
  Executive Director of Finance, Glasgow City Council and Chair
  CIPFA Scotland Branch
• Robert Emmott
  Executive Director of Corporate Services
  Dundee City Council
• Kirsty Flanagan
  Executive Director, Argyll and Bute Council and Chair
  Local Government Directors of Finance Section
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Local Government Fiscal Arrangements
5. Post-Legislative Scrutiny of the Community Empowerment Act 2015: Community Planning Inquiry
6. Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) Act 2022

2nd Meeting

17 January

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Allotments
Show witnesses
• Màiri McAllan
  Minister for Environment and Land Reform
  Scottish Government
• Simon Bonsall
  Senior Planner, Planning, Architecture and Regeneration Division
  Scottish Government
• James Hamilton
  Branch Head, Food and Drink Trade, Scottish Government Legal Directorate
  Scottish Government
• Tracy McCollin
  Head of Good Food Nation Team
  Scottish Government
3. Budget Scrutiny 2023-24
Show witnesses
• Shona Robison
  Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government
  Scottish Government
• Kirsty Henderson
  Affordable Housing Supply Programme Manager
  Scottish Government
• Catriona MacKean
  Head of Better Homes
  Scottish Government
• Ian Storrie
  Head of Local Government Finance
  Scottish Government
4. Allotments
5. Budget Scrutiny 2023-24
6. Short-term Lets

1st Meeting

10 January

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Standards Commission for Scotland Annual Report 2021-22
Show witnesses
• Lorna Johnston
  Executive Director
  Standards Commission for Scotland
• Sarah Nicholson
  Office Manager
  Standards Commission for Scotland
3. Ethical Standards Commissioner Annual Report 2021-2022
Show witnesses
• Ian Bruce
  Acting Ethical Standards Commissioner
  Ethical Standards Commissioner
• Angela Glen
  Senior Investigating Officer
  Ethical Standards Commissioner
• Karen Elder
  Head of Corporate Services and Accountable Officer
  Ethical Standards Commissioner
4. Standards Commission for Scotland Annual Report 2021-22
5. Ethical Standards Commissioner Annual Report 2021-2022
6. Local Governance Review

This is all meetings of Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee held in 2022. On meeting pages you can find agendas, meeting papers, minutes, and links to Official Reports and Scottish Parliament TV.

33rd Meeting

20 December

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Scottish Housing Regulator Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22
Show witnesses
• Michael Cameron
  Chief Executive
  Scottish Housing Regulator
• George Walker
  Chair
  Scottish Housing Regulator
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Scottish Housing Regulator Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22
5. Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act
6. Short-Term Lets
7. National Planning Framework 4

32nd Meeting

13 December

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Local Governance Review
Show witnesses
• Councillor Euan Jardine
  Leader
  Scottish Borders Council
• Councillor Shaun Macaulay
  Depute Leader
  North Ayrshire Council
• Councillor Alex Nicoll
  Co-Leader
  Aberdeen City Council
• Councillor David Ross
  Leader
  Fife Council
• Councillor James Stockan
  Leader
  Orkney Islands Council
and then from:
• Councillor Shona Morrison
  President
  COSLA
• Cleland Sneddon
  Chair
  SOLACE
• Sarah Watters
  Director of Membership and Resources
  COSLA
3. Local Governance Review
4. National Planning Framework 4
5. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill

31st Meeting

06 December

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Annual Report 2021-22
Show witnesses
• Rosemary Agnew
  Ombudsman
  Scottish Public Services Ombudsman
• Niki Maclean
  Director
  Scottish Public Services Ombudsman
• Andrew Sheridan
  Head of Improvement, Standards and Engagement
  Scottish Public Services Ombudsman
3. Understanding Barriers to Local Elected Office
Show witnesses
• Arfan Iqbal
  Principal Researcher, Constitution, International and Migration Analysis
  Scottish Government
• Maria McCann
  Head of Elections Team
  Scottish Government
4. Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Annual Report 2021-22
5. Understanding Barriers to Local Elected Office
6. Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
7. Proposed Housing Bill
8. Community Empowerment Act

30th Meeting

29 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. National Planning Framework 4
Show witnesses
• Tom Arthur
  Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth
  Scottish Government
• Fiona Simpson
  Chief Planner
  Scottish Government
• Andy Kinnaird
  Head of Transforming Planning
  Scottish Government
• Cara Davidson
  Head of Environment and Energy
  Scottish Government
• Carrie Thomson
  Head of Development Planning & Housing
  Scottish Government
3. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill
Show witnesses
• Mike Burns
  Representative
  Granite Care Consortium
• Sophie Lawson
  Policy and Participation Manager
  Glasgow Disability Alliance
• Stephanie Fraser
  Chief Executive
  Cerebral Palsy Scotland
• Andy Miller
  Strategic Lead, Participation and Practice Lead
  Scottish Commission for People with Learning Disabilities
and then from:
• Henry Simmons
  Chief Executive
  Alzheimer Scotland
• Adam Stachura
  Head of Policy and Communications
  Age Scotland
• Hannah Tweed
  Senior Policy Officer
  Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE)
4. National Planning Framework 4
5. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill

29th Meeting

22 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. National Planning Framework 4
Show witnesses
• Robbie Calvert
  Policy, Practice and Research Officer
  Royal Town Planning Institute
• Jim Miller
  Chair
  Heads of Planning Scotland (HOPS)
and then from:
• Liz Hamilton
  Director of Planning
  Homes for Scotland
• Ailsa Raeburn
  Chair
  Community Land Scotland
• Clare Symonds
  Founder and Chair
  Planning Democracy
• Morag Watson
  Director of Policy
  Scottish Renewables
• Bruce Wilson
  Head of Policy and Advocacy
  Scottish Wildlife Trust
and then from:
• Dr Caroline Brown
  Assistant Professor Environmental Planning & Healthy Environments, The Urban Institute
  Heriot-Watt University
• Professor Cliff Hague
  Chartered Town Planner and Chair
  Cockburn Association
3. Subordinate legislation
4. National Planning Framework 4
5. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill

28th Meeting

15 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill
Show witnesses
• Simon Cameron
  Workforce and Corporate Policy Team
  Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA)
• Gerry Cornes
  Workforce Portfolio Lead
  SOLACE Scotland
• Tracey Dalling
  Regional Secretary
  UNISON Scotland
• Jane Fowler
  President
  Society of Personnel and Development Scotland (SPDS)
and then from:
• Kevin Stewart
  Minister for Mental Wellbeing and Social Care
  Scottish Government
• Donna Bell
  Director of Social Care and National Care Service Development
  Scottish Government
• Anna Kynaston
  Deputy Director of National Care Service (NCS) Programme Design, Engagement and Legislation
  Scottish Government
3. Subordinate legislation
4. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill
5. Local Governance Review

27th Meeting

08 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill
Show witnesses
• Andrew Burns
  Member
  Accounts Commission
• Carol Calder
  Interim Audit Director
  Audit Scotland
• Eddie Follan
  Chief Officer, Health and Social Care
  COSLA
• Edward Fraser
  Representative
  SOLACE Scotland
• Derek Yule
  Council Member (Scottish representative)
  Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA)
and then from:
• Edward Fraser
  Chief Executive
  East Ayrshire Council
• Douglas Hendry
  Executive Director
  Argyll & Bute Council
• Michelle McGinty
  Head of Corporate Policy and Governance
  Glasgow City Council
• Paula McLeay
  Head of Policy and Insight
  Edinburgh City Council
• Dr Dawn Roberts
  Chief Executive
  Dumfries and Galloway Council
and then from:
• Ewan Aitken
  Chief Executive (Cyrenians)
  Everyone Home Collective
• Yvette Burgess
  Unit Director Housing Support Enabling Unit
  Coalition of Care Providers Scotland (CCPS)
• Ashley Campbell
  Policy and Practice Manager
  Chartered Institute of Housing Scotland
• Eileen McMullan
  Policy Lead
  Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA)
• Shea Moran
  Change Lead
  All in for Change
3. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill
4. National Planning Framework 4
5. Local Governance Review

26th Meeting

01 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
Show witnesses
• Tom Arthur
  Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth
  Scottish Government
• Cara Davidson
  Head of Environment and Energy, Planning, Architecture & Regeneration Division
  Scottish Government
• Liz Pringle
  Head of Digital Planning Service, Planning, Architecture & Regeneration Division
  Scottish Government
3. Understanding barriers to local elected office
Show witnesses
• Jessie Duncan
  Development Officer
  Engender
• Hannah Stevens
  Chief Executive
  Elect Her
• Talat Yaqoob
  Consultant and Co-Founder
  Women 50:50
and then from:
• Councillor Shona Morrison
  President
  COSLA
• Alexis Camble
  Policy and Participation Officer, Equalities
  COSLA
4. Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
5. Understanding barriers to local elected office
6. Community Empowerment Act
7. Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Bill
8. Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2023/24

25th Meeting

25 October

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
Show witnesses
• Liz Hamilton
  Head of Planning
  Homes for Scotland
• Craig McLaren
  Director
  Royal Town Planning Institute Scotland
• Jim Miller
  Chair
  Heads of Planning Scotland (HOPS)
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
5. Annual progress report
6. Understanding barriers to local elected office
7. Mobile Homes
8. Public petitions

24th Meeting

04 October

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Proposed legislation on a rent freeze and evictions moratorium
Show witnesses
• John Blackwood
  Chief Executive
  Scottish Association of Landlords
• Caroline Cawley
  Member
  Living Rent
• Timothy Douglas
  Head of Policy and Campaigns
  Propertymark
• Aaron Hill
  Director of Policy and Membership
  Scottish Federation of Housing Associations
• John Kerr
  Vice Chair
  Association of Local Authority Chief Housing Officers (ALACHO)
• Rhiannon Sims
  Senior Policy Officer
  Crisis
• Emma Saunders
  National Organiser
  Living Rent
and then from:
• Patrick Harvie
  Minister for Zero Carbon Buildings, Active Travel and Tenants’ Rights
  Scottish Government
• Amanda Callaghan
  Head of Private Housing Services
  Scottish Government
• James Hamilton
  Lawyer, Scottish Government Legal Directorate
  Scottish Government
• Adam Krawczyk
  Head of Housing, Homelessness and Regeneration Analysis
  Scottish Government
• Shazia Razzaq
  Strategic Lead, University Policy, Governance and Equalities
  Scottish Government
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Proposed legislation on a rent freeze and evictions moratorium
5. National Care Service (Scotland) Bill

23rd Meeting

27 September

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Subordinate legislation
Show witnesses
• Patrick Harvie
  Minister for Zero Carbon Buildings, Active Travel and Tenants’ Rights
  Scottish Government
• Michael Boal
   Social Housing Charter & Regulation
  Scottish Government
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Pre-Budget Scrutiny
Show witnesses
• Shona Robison
  Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government
  Scottish Government
• Alastair Dee
  Area Manager
  Scottish Government
• Colin MacBean
  Deputy Director, More Homes Division
  Scottish Government
5. Subordinate legislation
6. Pre-Budget Scrutiny
7. Short-Term Lets
8. Understanding barriers to local elected office
9. Work programme
10. Allotments

22nd Meeting

06 September

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Pre-Budget Scrutiny
Show witnesses
• Mike Callaghan
  Policy Manager, Communities Team
  COSLA
• Gary Fairley
  Midlothian Council, Director of Corporate Services
  COSLA
• Professor Ken Gibb
  Director, UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence
  University of Glasgow
• Aaron Hill
  Director of Policy and Membership
  Scottish Federation Of Housing Associations (SFHA)
• Fionna Kell
  Director of Policy
  Homes for Scotland
• Sherina Peek
  Acting Policy Manager
  Association of Local Authority Chief Housing Officers (ALACHO)
• Ailsa Raeburn
  Chair
  Community Land Scotland
3. Pre-Budget Scrutiny
4. Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill (UK Parliament legislation)

20th Meeting

21 June

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Accounts Commission Local Government and Financial Overview
Show witnesses
• Bill Moyes
  Chair
  Accounts Commission
• Antony Clark
  Director of Performance Audit and Best Value and Interim Controller of Audit
  Audit Scotland
• Carol Calder
  Interim Audit Director
  Audit Scotland
• Blyth Deans
  Interim Senior Manager
  Audit Scotland
• Lucy Jones
  Senior Auditor
  Audit Scotland
3. Accounts Commission Local Government and Financial Overview

19th Meeting

14 June

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Allotments
Show witnesses
• Karen Birch
  Chief Officer
  Abundant Borders
• Maria de la Torre
  Chair
  Knocknagael Limited
• Ian Welsh
  User
  Allotment
• Rosanne Woods
  Chair
  Tranent Allotment Association
3. Allotments
4. Work programme

18th Meeting

07 June

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Allotments
Show witnesses
• Peter Duncan
  Allotments Officer
  Fife Council
• Paul O'Brien
  Chief Executive
  Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE)
• Wayne Priestley
  Principal Advisor
  Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE)
• Sandy Paterson
  Assistant Manager, Food Growing
  Glasgow City Council
• Ian Woolard
  Ian Woolard
  Edinburgh City Council
and then from:
• Marina Curran-Colthart
  Local Biodiversity Officer
  Argyll and Bute Council
• Sinclair Laing
  Policy and Strategy Manager
  Aberdeen City Council
• Amy Alcorn
  Greenspace Programme Coordinator
  Scottish Borders Council
3. Allotments
4. Work programme

17th Meeting

31 May

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Allotments
Show witnesses
• Richard Crawford
  Vice President
  Scottish Allotments and Gardens Society
• Lou Evans
  Community Growing Forum Scotland
• Stuart McKenzie
  President
  Federation of Edinburgh and District Allotments and Gardens Associations
• Jenny Reeves
  Chair
  Glasgow Allotments Forum
3. Consideration of Evidence
4. Annual report

16th Meeting

24 May

1. Non-Domestic Rates (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Bill
2. Subordinate legislation
Show witnesses
• Tom Arthur
  Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth
  Scottish Government
• Anouk Berthier
  Non-Domestic Rates Policy
  Scottish Government
• Susan Robb
  Solicitor
  Scottish Government
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Subordinate legislation

15th Meeting

17 May

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Affordable housing
Show witnesses
• Donna Birrell
  Chief Executive Officer
  Rural Stirling Housing Association
• Roslyn Clarke
  Director
  Applecross Community Company
• Mark Rodgers
  Executive Chief Officer for Housing & Property
  Highland Council
• Mike Staples
  Chief Executive
  South of Scotland Community Housing
and then from:
• Steven Henderson
  Group Director of Finance
  Wheatley Group
• Pam Humphries
  Head of Planning and Regeneration
  North Lanarkshire Council
• Frank McCafferty
  Group Director of Assets and Repairs
  Wheatley Group
• Tom Norris
  Managing Director
  Places for People Scotland
• Colin Proctor
  Director, Construction Industry and Delivery
  Scottish Futures Trust
• Neil Rutherford
  Senior Associate Director, Housing and Economic Investment
  Scottish Futures Trust
• Elaine Scott
  Head of Housing Strategy & Development
  City of Edinburgh Council
3. Subordinate legislation
Show witnesses
• Patrick Harvie
  Minister for Zero Carbon Buildings, Active Travel and Tenants’ Rights
  Scottish Government
• David Blair
  Programme Director, Cladding Remediation
  Scottish Government
• Steven Scott
  Head of Technical Unit, Building Standards
  Scottish Government
• Dr Stephen Garvin
  Head of Building Standards
  Scottish Government
4. Consideration of evidence

14th Meeting

10 May

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Subordinate legislation
Show witnesses
• Dave Aitken
  Building Standards Team Leader at Dundee City Council and Past LABSS Chair
  Local Authority Building Standards Scotland (LABSS)
• Chris Ashurst
  Group Co-ordinator
  High Rise Scotland Action Group
• Peter Drummond
   Chair of Practice
  Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland
• George Edwardes
  Technical Steering Group Manager
  Fire Protection Association
• Laura Hughes
  Manager, General Insurance
  Association of British Insurers
• Craig Ross
  Building Standards Specialist
  Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
• Dr Paul Stollard
  Chair
  Review Panel on Building Standards (Fire Safety) in Scotland
3. Subordinate legislation

1st Meeting

04 May

1. Coronavirus (Discretionary Compensation for Self-isolation) (Scotland) Bill
Show witnesses
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Aaron B Jennings
  Medical Officer
and then from:
• Chief Constable Deborah Mcdonalid
  Full-Stack Developer
  Scottish Sports Association
• Andrea Wheeler
  Scottish Sports Association
• Lord Allie Mccoy
  Public Works Manager
  Scottish Sports Association
2. Legacy paper
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Budget (Scotland) Bill - witness expenses (in private)

13th Meeting

26 April

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Allotments inquiry

12th Meeting

19 April

1. Declaration of interests
2. Non-Domestic Rates (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Bill (in private)
3. Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill (in private)

11th Meeting

29 March

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Annual Report of the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman
Show witnesses
• Rosemary Agnew
  Ombudsman
  Scottish Public Services Ombudsman
• Niki Maclean
  Director
  Scottish Public Services Ombudsman
• Andrew Sheridan
  Head of Improvement, Standards and Engagement
  Scottish Public Services Ombudsman
3. Annual Report of the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman
4. National Planning Framework 4 (in private)
5. Work programme

10th Meeting

22 March

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Annual Report of the Scottish Housing Regulator
Show witnesses
• George Walker
  Chair
  Scottish Housing Regulator
• Michael Cameron
  Chief Executive
  Scottish Housing Regulator
3. Annual Report of the Scottish Housing Regulator
4. National Planning Framework 4 (in private)

9th Meeting

15 March

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Non-Domestic Rates (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Bill
Show witnesses
• Tom Arthur
  Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth
  Scottish Government
• David Smith
  Lawyer
  Scottish Government
• Sandra Reid
  Non-Domestic Rates (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Bill Team Leader
  Scottish Government
3. Subordinate legislation
Show witnesses
• Tom Arthur
  Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth
  Scottish Government
• Anouk Berthier
  Non-Domestic Rates Policy
  Scottish Government
• Susan Robb
  Lawyer
  Scottish Government
4. Subordinate legislation
5. Subordinate legislation
Show witnesses
• Tom Arthur
  Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth
  Scottish Government
• Elanor Davies
  Head of Local Authority Accounting
  Scottish Government
• David Smith
  Lawyer
  Scottish Government
6. Subordinate legislation
7. Subordinate legislation
8. Non-Domestic Rates (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Bill

7th Meeting

01 March

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Scottish Social Housing Charter
Show witnesses
• Patrick Harvie
  Minister for Zero Carbon Buildings, Active Travel and Tenants’ Rights
  Scottish Government
• Michael Boal
   Social Housing Charter & Regulation
  Scottish Government
• Anne Cook
  Head of Social Housing Services
  Scottish Government
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Building Safety Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
5. Scottish Social Housing Charter

21st Meeting

22 February

1. Good Food Nation (Scotland) Bill
2. Legacy paper
3. Decision on taking business in private

5th Meeting

08 February

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. National Planning Framework 4
Show witnesses
• Councillor Steven Heddle
  Environment and Economy Spokesperson
  Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA)
• Calum Lindsay
  Policy Manager Environment and Economy
  Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA)
• David Dunne
  Interim Chief Officer Strategic Place Planning
  Aberdeen City Council
• Craig Iles
  Service Lead, Planning & Building Standards
  South Ayrshire Council
• Pam Ewen
  Head of Planning, Fife Council and Chair
  Heads of Planning Scotland
• Sarah Shaw
  Head of Planning Neighbourhoods, Regeneration and Sustainability
  Glasgow City Council
• Iain McDiarmid
  Executive Manager – Planning
  Shetland Islands Council
• Jane Tennant
  Chair
  Royal Town Planning Institute Scottish Young Planners Network
3. Understanding Barriers to Local Elected Office
4. Good Food Nation (Scotland) Bill
5. New standards of fire alarms in all homes in Scotland
6. Building Safety Bill (UK Parliament legislation)
7. National Planning Framework 4 (in private)

8th Meeting

08 February

1. Legacy paper: Test paper
2. Section 22 report: testing

6th Meeting

02 February

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Housing and Planning
Show witnesses
• Aaron B Jennings
  Medical Officer
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
3. Consideration of a new petition
4. Transvaginal Mesh Removal (Cost Reimbursement) (Scotland) Bill
5. Subordinate legislation

4th Meeting

28 January

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Transvaginal Mesh Removal (Cost Reimbursement) (Scotland) Bill
Show witnesses
• Chief Constable Aaron Crawford
  Social Work Scotland
• Aaron Stone
  Manager
  Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
• Chief Constable Aaron Georges
  Fundraiser
  Scottish Government
and then from:
• Richard Bird
  Welfare Rights and Money Advice Manager
  Rights Advice Scotland
3. Consideration of continued petitions
4. Work programme

3rd Meeting

25 January

1. National Planning Framework 4
Show witnesses
• Robbie Calvert
  Policy, Practice and Research Officer
  The Royal Town Planning Institute
• Clare Symonds
  Founder and Chair
  Planning Democracy
• Ailsa Macfarlane
  Director
  Built Environment Forum Scotland
• Barbara Cummins
  Vice Chair
  Planning Aid for Scotland
• Christina Gaiger
  President
  The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland
and then from:
• Dr Caroline Brown
  Lecturer in Environmental Planning & Healthy Environments
  Heriot-Watt University
• Professor Cliff Hague
  Emeritus Professor, Heriot-Watt University, and Chair of the Cockburn Association
• Professor Leigh Sparks
  Deputy Principal and Professor of Retail Studies
  University of Stirling
2. Subordinate legislation
3. National Planning Framework 4 (in private)

2nd Meeting

18 January

1. National Planning Framework 4
Show witnesses
• Andy Kinnaird
  Head of Transforming Planning
  Scottish Government
• Fiona Simpson
  Chief Planner
  Scottish Government
2. National Planning Framework 4 (in private)

This is all meetings of Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee held in 2021. On meeting pages you can find agendas, meeting papers, minutes, and links to Official Reports and Scottish Parliament TV.

16th Meeting

21 December

1. Declaration of interests
2. Decision on taking business in private
3. Subordinate legislation
Show witnesses
• Shona Robison
  Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government
  Scottish Government
• Andrew Mott
  Head of Housing Markets Unit
  Scottish Government
• Rachel Nicholson
  Lawyer, Housing and Elections Branch of the legal directorate
  Scottish Government
4. Subordinate legislation
5. Subordinate legislation
6. Subordinate legislation
7. Non-Domestic Rates (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Bill
8. National Planning Framework 4

15th Meeting

14 December

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Subordinate legislation
Show witnesses
• Tony Cain
  Policy Manager
  ALACHO
• Andrew Mitchell
  Regulatory Services Manager
  City of Edinburgh Council
• Ailsa Raeburn
  Chair
  Community Land Scotland
• Chief Inspector Nicola Robison
  Police Scotland
• Leon Thompson
  Executive Director, Scotland
  UK Hospitality
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Subordinate legislation
5. Budget Scrutiny 2022-23

14th Meeting

07 December

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Subordinate legislation
Show witnesses
• Fiona Campbell
  Chief Executive, Association of Scotland’s Self-Caterers
• Amanda Cupples
  General Manager for Northern Europe
  Airbnb
• Shomik Panda
  Director General
  UK Short Term Accommodation Association
• David Weston
  Chair, Scottish Bed and Breakfast Association (SBBA)
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Subordinate legislation

13th Meeting

30 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Retrofitting housing for net-zero
Show witnesses
• Professor Ken Gibb
  Director, UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence
  University of Glasgow
• Chris Morgan
  Architect and Director
  John Gilbert Architects
and then from:
• Bruce Cuthbertson
  Chairperson, East Ayrshire Federation (of tenants and residents)
• Aaron Hill
   Director of Policy and Membership, Scottish Federation of Housing Associations
•  Bryan Leask
  Chief Executive, Hjaltland Housing Association Ltd
• Derek Logie
  Chief Executive
  Rural Housing Scotland
and then from:
•  Stephen Good
  Chief Executive, Construction Scotland Innovation Centre
• Elizabeth Leighton
  Director
  Existing Homes Alliance Scotland
• Professor Lori McElroy
  Professor of Architecture
  University of Strathclyde
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Retrofitting housing for net-zero
5. Subordinate legislation

12th Meeting

23 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Subordinate legislation
Show witnesses
• Ash Regan
  Minister for Community Safety
  Scottish Government
• Jim Wilson
  Licensing Team Leader
  Scottish Government
• Louise Miller
  Solicitor
  Scottish Government
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Understanding Barriers to Local Elected Office
Show witnesses
• Councillor Alison Evison
  President
  COSLA
• Alexis Camble
  Policy and Participation Officer, Equalities
  COSLA
• Sarah Gadsen
  Chief Executive
  Improvement Service
• Laura Hutchison
  Principal, Compliance Team Scotland
  Equality and Human Rights Commission Scotland
and then from:
• Jessie Duncan
  Development Officer
  Engender
• Alys Mumford
  Steering Group Member and Chair
  Women 50:50
• Councillor Soryia  Siddique
  Councillor
  Elect Her
• Ethan Young
  Civic Participation Manager
  Inclusion Scotland
• Councillor Junaid Ashraf
  Community Engagement Officer, Council of Ethnic Minority Voluntary Organisations Scotland
and then from:
• James Kelly
  General Secretary
  Scottish Labour Party
• Councillor Louise McAllister
  Ellon and District
• Roslyn MacPherson
  former council candidate in the Western Isles
• Councillor Kelly Parry
  Local Government Convener
  Scottish National Party
• Sheila Ritchie
  Convener
  Scottish Liberal Democrats
• Councillor Cameron Rose
  Southside/Newington
5. Continuity Act - draft policy statement and draft annual report
6. Understanding Barriers to Local Elected Office

11th Meeting

16 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Subordinate legislation
Show witnesses
• Tom Arthur
  Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth
  Scottish Government
• Anouk Berthier
  Non-Domestic Rates Policy
  Scottish Government
• David Smith
  Lawyer
  Scottish Government
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Subordinate legislation
Show witnesses
• Shona Robison
  Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government
  Scottish Government
• Craig McGuffie
   Lawyer
  Scottish Government
• Naeem Bhatti
  Head of Fuel Poverty and Housing Standards Unit
  Scottish Government
5. Subordinate legislation
6. Subordinate legislation
7. National Planning Framework 4

10th Meeting

09 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018
3. Non-Domestic Rates Covid 19 Appeals Regulations
Show witnesses
• David Magor
   Chief Executive
  Institute of Revenues Rating and Valuation
• Martin Clarkson
  Member of the Business Rates Working Group
  Scottish Property Federation
• Pete Wildman
  Chair, Electoral Registration Committee
  Scottish Assessors Association
• Alastair Kirkwood
  Past President
  Scottish Assessors Association
• Charles Golding
  Senior Specialist, Valuation and Investment Advisory
  Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
and then from:
• Jonathan Sharma
  Policy Manager - Local Government Finance
  COSLA
• Kevin Fraser
  Principal Officer (Local Taxes)
  Perth & Kinross Council
4. Non-Domestic Rates Covid 19 Appeals Regulations
5. Retrofitting housing for net-zero

9th Meeting

02 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. The Local Governance Review
Show witnesses
• Rona Mackay
  Community Council Member
  Benbecula Community Council
• Alison Macleod
  Society Secretary
  Midsteeple Quarter
• Debbie Herron
  Development Manager
  Forres Area Community Trust
•  Pauline Smith
  Chief Executive
  Connect Community Trust
• Philip Revell
  Community board member
  Sustaining Dunbar
and then from:
• Councillor Alison Evison
  President
  COSLA
• Simon Cameron
  Chief Officer, Employers Team
  COSLA
and then from:
• John Swinney
  Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery
  Scottish Government
• Brian Logan
  Local Governance Review Policy Manager
  Scottish Government
• Robin Haynes
  Head of Council Tax Unit
  Scottish Government
3. Subordinate legislation
4. The Local Governance Review
5. National Planning Framework 4

8th Meeting

26 October

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Subordinate legislation
Show witnesses
• Marc Crothall
  Chief Executive
  Scottish Tourism Alliance
• Stuart Mackinnon
  Head of Communications and Public Affairs
  Federation of Small Businesses
• Leon Thompson
  Executive Director
  UK Hospitality
• Paul Togneri
  Senior Policy Manager
  Scottish Beer & Pub Association
• Colin Wilkinson
  Managing Director
  Scottish Licensed Trade Association
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Pre-Budget Scrutiny

7th Meeting

05 October

1. Subordinate legislation
Show witnesses
• Ben Macpherson
  Minister for Social Security and Local Government
  Scottish Government
• Tony Romain
  Senior Policy Officer, Local Government Policy and Relationships Unit
  Scottish Government
• Claire McKenna
  Senior Policy Officer, Local Government Policy and Relationships Unit
  Scottish Government
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Work programme (in private)

6th Meeting

28 September

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Local Government, Housing and Planning
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• Craig McLaren
  Director of Scotland, Ireland and English Regions, Royal Town Planning Institute
• Clare Symonds
   Chair, Planning Democracy
• Stacey Dingwall
  Senior Policy Manager, Scottish Federation of Housing Associations
• Nicola Barclay
  Chief Executive
  Homes for Scotland
• Callum Chomczuk
  National Director, Chartered Institute of Housing
• Ellinore Folkesson
  National Chair, Living Rent
• Tony Cain
  Policy Manager
  ALACHO
3. Subordinate legislation
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• John Swinney
  Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery
  Scottish Government
• Maria McCann
  Head of Elections Team
  Scottish Government
• Kenny Pentland
  Senior Policy Officer, Elections.
  Scottish Government
• Craig McGuffie
  Lawyer
  Scottish Government
4. Subordinate legislation
5. Subordinate legislation
6. Subordinate legislation
7. Subordinate legislation
8. Subordinate legislation
9. Subordinate legislation
10. Subordinate legislation
11. Local Government, Housing and Planning
12. Subordinate Legislation

5th Meeting

21 September

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Local Government, Housing and Planning
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• David Allan
  Deputy Director
  Scottish Community Development Centre
• Paul Bradley
  Policy & Public Affairs Manager
  Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations
• Kim Fellows
  Commissioning Editor
  Local Government Information Unit
• Sarah Gadsen
  Chief Executive
  Improvement Service
• Angus Hardie
  Director
  Scottish Community Alliance
• Paul O'Brien
  Chief Executive
  Association for Public Service Excellence
3. Electoral Arrangements Regulations
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• Ronnie Hinds
  Chair
  Boundaries Scotland
• Ailsa Henderson
  Deputy Chair
  Boundaries Scotland
• Colin Wilson
  Review Manager for the Scottish Boundary Commissions Secretariat
  Boundaries Scotland
4. Local Government, Housing and Planning
5. Electoral Arrangements Regulations

4th Meeting

14 September

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Electoral Arrangements Regulations
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• Karen Greaves
  Head of Executive Support, Orkney Islands Council
• Maggie Sandison
  Chief Executive, Shetland Islands Council
and then from:
• Councillor Margaret Davidson
  Leader, Highland Council
• Douglas Hendry
  Executive Director, Argyll and Bute Council
• Derek Mackay
  Governance and Elections Manager, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
3. Electoral Arrangements Regulations

3rd Meeting

07 September

1. Local Government, Housing and Planning
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• Shona Robison
  Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government
  Scottish Government
• Catriona MacKean
  Deputy Director for Better Homes (Interim)
  Scottish Government
• Caroline Dicks
  Head of Affordable Housing Supply Programme
  Scottish Government
• Stephen Garvin
  Deputy Director for Building Standards
  Scottish Government
and then from:
• Councillor Alison Evison
  President
  COSLA
• Sarah Watters
  Director of Membership and Resources
  COSLA
2. Decision on taking business in private
3. Local Government, Housing and Planning

2nd Meeting

31 August

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Decision on taking business in private
3. Local Government, Housing and Planning
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• Kate Forbes
  Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy
  Scottish Government
• Andy Kinnaird
  Strategic Engagement and Planning Reform Coordinator, Planning and Architecture Division
  Scottish Government
• Bill Stitt
  Team Leader, Revenue and Capital, Local Government Finance
  Scottish Government
and then from:
• Elma Murray
  Interim chair Accounts Commission
  Accounts Commission
• Anthony Clark
  Interim Controller of Audit
  Accounts Commission
• Brian Howarth
  Audit Director
  Accounts Commission
• Carol Calder
  Interim Audit Director
  Accounts Commission
• Blyth Deans
  Audit Manager
  Accounts Commission
4. Local Government, Housing and Planning
5. Work programme

1st Meeting

22 June