Chamber and committees

Do you manage the property on behalf of the landlord?

My next question concerns provisional licences. What is the purpose of a provisional licence, given that a holder of such a licence cannot accept bookings?

Does anybody else want to come in?

Good morning.

We have touched on safeguards for landlords, including pet CVs and pet contracts. Are there any other measures that we should consider that would give landlords reassurance?

Just for clarification, when whatever is being built or constructed is complete and people holding a provisional licence want to apply for a full licence, will they be able to take bookings when they submit the application, or is that possible only when the full licence is granted?

My understanding is that Glasgow City Council has already indicated that it will not be issuing any temporary exemptions. The reason for that is around basic safety standards and the issue of checking whether the applicant is a fit and proper person. Will those checks not happen where a temporary exemption is in place?

Good morning, minister. I want to ask about a couple of areas. The first is temporary exemptions. You rightly talked about the pressures in Edinburgh with accommodation during the festival, at new year and so on. There is already a limit for temporary exemptions of six weeks per year. Why was it felt necessary to place a further limit of three times per year for a total of six weeks?

Yes, I have a couple of questions. Good morning, panel. I will come to you first, Cedric, because my questions are about a similar area. You were talking about having to accept reasonable rent increases. In my constituency of Edinburgh Pentlands, the rent for a social rented two-bedroom property is £450. Across the landing, the private rent for the same type of property in the same building is around £1,100 to £1,200. If we do not have proper rent controls in place, surely that gap is just going to get wider.

You have touched on how attractive it is for institutional investors and you commented that you have the housing fund for Scotland on behalf of the Falkirk Council pension scheme. You invested £25 million of a £30 million drawdown, in 2016 I think it was, and it was valued at £25.3 million in 2017. According to your March 2024 figures, the value of that fund has dropped dramatically, but house prices have increased by 55 per cent in the Falkirk area in the same time period. How attractive is investing in the private letting sector in Scotland?

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