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Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
Local Government, Housing and Planning
Meeting date: 28 September 2021
Ariane Burgess
Can you hear me okay, now? Testing, testing. There are nodding heads—great. We will resume the questions.
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
Local Government, Housing and Planning
Meeting date: 28 September 2021
Ariane Burgess
We move on to our second theme, which is the funding and resourcing of planning departments. I invite Miles Briggs to start us off on that.
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
Local Government, Housing and Planning
Meeting date: 28 September 2021
Ariane Burgess
Thank you; that is a good point. We have been thinking about that issue.
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
Local Government, Housing and Planning
Meeting date: 28 September 2021
Ariane Burgess
I was going to ask a supplementary question on local place plans, so go ahead.
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
Local Government, Housing and Planning
Meeting date: 28 September 2021
Ariane Burgess
We could spend a whole day or week together on each of these conversations but, in the interest of time, we will move on to our next theme, which is net zero emissions.
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
Local Government, Housing and Planning
Meeting date: 28 September 2021
Ariane Burgess
That is a great point.
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
Subordinate Legislation (Electoral Boundaries)
Meeting date: 28 September 2021
Ariane Burgess
The third item on our agenda today is an evidence session on six sets of draft regulations on changes to local authority electoral boundaries in council areas containing inhabited islands. The council areas concerned are: Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, Orkney Islands Council, Shetland Islands Council, Highland Council, Argyll and Bute Council and North Ayrshire Council. Boundaries Scotland has reviewed the ward boundaries within those local authority areas and has published reports containing recommendations for alterations. The Scottish Government has, via the regulations that we are considering today, presented the recommendations for Parliamentary scrutiny.
I welcome to the meeting the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Covid Recovery, John Swinney. I also welcome from the Scottish Government Maria McCann, head of elections team; Kenny Pentland, senior policy officer, elections; and Craig McGuffie, who joins us virtually, and is a lawyer for the Scottish Government.
We will take evidence from the Deputy First Minister before moving to a formal debate on each of the six instruments in turn. I invite the cabinet secretary to make a short opening statement on the draft regulations.
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
Subordinate Legislation (Electoral Boundaries)
Meeting date: 28 September 2021
Ariane Burgess
Thank you for that. We will move to a new theme, which I invite Miles Briggs to bring in.
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
Subordinate Legislation (Electoral Boundaries)
Meeting date: 28 September 2021
Ariane Burgess
The question is, that the motion be agreed to. Are we all agreed?
Members: No.
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
Subordinate Legislation (Electoral Boundaries)
Meeting date: 28 September 2021
Ariane Burgess
There will be a division.
Against
Miles Briggs (Lothian) (Con)
Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green)
Willie Coffey (Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley) (SNP)
Meghan Gallacher (Central Scotland) (Con)
Mark Griffin (Central Scotland) (Lab)
Paul McLennan (East Lothian) (SNP)
Elena Whitham (Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley) (SNP)
