Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
Minutes: 31 January 2023
Tuesday, 31 January 2023
3rd Meeting, 2023
Minutes
1. Decision on taking business in private:
The Committee agreed to take items 4, 5 and 6 in private.
2. Local Government Fiscal Arrangements:
The Committee took evidence from—
Andrew Burns, Member and Bill Moyes, Chair, Accounts Commission;
Carol Calder, Audit Director and Blyth Deans, Senior Manager, Audit Scotland;
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:
The Committee considered the following negative instrument— Valuation (Proposals Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2022
4. Local Government Fiscal Arrangements (in private):
The Committee considered the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.
5. Post-Legislative Scrutiny of the Community Empowerment Act 2015: Community Planning Inquiry (in private):
The Committee agreed its approach to the inquiry.
6. Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) Act 2022 (in private):
The Committee agreed its approach to the scrutiny of Regulations under the Act.