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Chamber and committees

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee


Minutes: 30 January 2024

Tuesday, 30 January 2024

4th Meeting, 2024

Start time: 09:00am
End time: 12:33pm
Location: T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room
Published: Tuesday, 30 January 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.


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