Chamber and committees

Thank you for your perspective on that.

Good morning, and welcome to the first meeting in 2022 of the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee. I ask all members and witnesses to ensure that their mobile phones are on silent and that all other notifications are turned off during the meeting.

Agenda item 1 is to consider whether to take items?3 and 4 in private. Item?3?will be an opportunity for members to consider the evidence that they have heard this morning as part of the committee’s budget scrutiny for 2022-23, and item 4 will be a chance for the committee to consider its report to Parliament on the short-term lets regulations, which the committee previously agreed to approve. Do members agree to take items?3 and 4 in private?

As no members object, we agree to take items 3 and 4 in private.

We now move to questions from Elena Whitham.

We will now go over to Miles Griffin for a question.

At this point, I will bring in Mark Griffin.

We move to a final question, from Willie Coffey.

We will now continue to take evidence as part of our budget scrutiny. I welcome our third and final panel of witnesses this morning. They are; Kate Forbes, the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy; Shona Robison, the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government; Caroline Dicks, who is an investment manager for the Scottish Government; Ellen Leaver, who is deputy director of the Scottish Government’s local government and analytical services division; Catriona MacKean, who is the head of better homes; and Ian Storrie, who is the head of local government finance. Thank you for joining us today. If the witnesses wish to respond or contribute to the discussion, they should type R in the chat box to indicate that.

Before we get going with questions, I invite the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy, followed by the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government, to give brief opening statements.

Yes. Paul, would you like to ask your supplementary question now?

We move to agenda item 5, which is consideration of motion S6M-02264.

Motion moved,

That the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee recommends that the Town and Country Planning (Short-term Let Control Areas) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022 be approved.—[Shona Robison]

Good morning and welcome to the 16th meeting in 2021 of the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee. I ask all members and witnesses to ensure that their mobile phones are on silent and that all other notifications are turned off during the meeting.

Apologies have been received from Meghan Gallacher; Murdo Fraser is attending as substitute for her. As this is Murdo’s first appearance at the committee, I invite him to declare any interests that are relevant to the work of the committee.