Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
Minutes: 30 January 2024
Tuesday, 30 January 2024
4th Meeting, 2024
Minutes
1. Decision on taking business in private:
The Committee agreed to take items 3 and 4 in private.
2. Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill:
The Committee took evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—
Phil Diamond, Managing Director, Diamond & Co;
Jocelyne Fleming, Policy and Public Affairs Officer, Chartered Institute of Building;
Alan McAulay, Building Standards Hub Pilot Director, Local Authority Building Standards Scotland (LABSS);
Jim McGonigal, President, Institution of Fire Engineers;
Gary Strong, Head of Professional Practice, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS);
Kate Swinburne, Associate Director, OFR consultants;
and then from—
John Marr, Principal, Devolved Government & Social Housing, UK Finance;
Calum McQueen, Technical Surveying Manager, e.surv Chartered Surveyors;
Mervyn Skeet, Director of General Insurance Policy, Association of British Insurers;
John Sinclair, Convener Property Law Committee, Law Society of Scotland.
3. Community Wealth Building (in private):
The Committee agreed its approach to pre-legislative scrutiny of Community Wealth Building and will hold a round-table evidence session.
4. Budget Scrutiny 2024-25 (in private):
The Committee agreed correspondence to the Minister for Local Government Empowerment and Planning and COSLA.
5. Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill (in private):
The Committee considered the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.