Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
Meeting Minutes
15th Meeting, 2021
- Date: Tuesday, December 14, 2021
- Session: 6
- Location: www.scottishparliament.tv
- Meeting opened at: 10:00
- Meeting closed at: 12:21
- Published: Tuesday, December 14, 2021 09:08pm
Committee Members Attendees
- Ariane Burgess (Convener)
- Elena Whitham (Deputy Convener)
- Miles Briggs (Member)
- Willie Coffey (Member)
- Meghan Gallacher (Member)
- Mark Griffin (Member)
Apologies received from
1 Decision on taking business in private:
The Committee agreed to take items 4 and 5 in private.
2 Subordinate legislation:
The Committee took evidence on the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (Licensing of Short-term Lets) Order 2022 and the Town and Country Planning (Short-term Let Control Areas) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022 from—
Ailsa Raeburn, Chair, Community Land Scotland;
Chief Inspector Nicola Robison, Police Scotland;
Leon Thompson, Executive Director, Scotland, UK Hospitality;
Tony Cain , Policy Manager, ALACHO;
Andrew Mitchell, Regulatory Services Manager , City of Edinburgh Council.
Elena Whitham declared an interest as a councillor in East Ayrshire Council.
3 Subordinate legislation:
The Committee will consider the following negative instruments— Ethical Standards in Public Life etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 (Register of Interests) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2021
The Committee agreed to make no recommendations in relation to the instrument.
4 Subordinate legislation:
The Committee considered evidence heard earlier in the meeting.
5 Budget Scrutiny 2022-23:
The Committee considered its approach to the scrutiny of the Scottish Government's Budget 2022-23 and agreed its approach to taking evidence at future meetings.