Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
Meeting Minutes
7th Meeting, 2023
- Date: Tuesday, March 7, 2023
- Session: 6
- Location: T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room
- Meeting opened at: 09:00
- Meeting closed at: 12:50
- Published: Tuesday, March 7, 2023 02:59pm
Committee Members Attendees
- Ariane Burgess (Convener)
- Willie Coffey (Deputy Convener)
- Miles Briggs (Member)
- Mark Griffin (Member)
- Paul McLennan (Member)
- Marie McNair (Member)
- Annie Wells (Member)
1 Decision on taking business in private:
The Committee agreed to take items 6 and 7 in private.
2 Community Planning Inquiry: Post-Legislative Scrutiny of the Community Empowerment Act 2015:
The Committee took evidence from—
Shaw Anderson, Partnership & Development Manager and Bernadette Monaghan, Director of Community Empowerment and Equalities, Glasgow City Council;
Evonne Bauer, Executive Officer, Place and Community Planning, East Dunbartonshire Council;
Michelle Crombie, Corporate Strategy and Community Planning Manager, Aberdeen City Council;
Jennifer Lees, Business Partnership Manager, North Lanarkshire Council;
and then from—
Kevin Anderson, Service Lead for Policy, Performance and Community Planning, and Susan McCardie, Community Planning Lead Officer, South Ayrshire Council;
Lee Haxton, Community Planning Team Leader and Fiona Robertson, Head of Culture and Communities Services, Perth & Kinross Council;
Anna Whelan, Service Manager, Strategy and Partnership, Orkney Islands Council;
and then from—
Dr Oliver Escobar, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, University of Edinburgh;
Mark McAteer, Member, Community Planning Improvement Board.
3 Subordinate legislation:
The Committee took evidence on the Non-Domestic Rates (Miscellaneous Anti-Avoidance Measures) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 from—
Tom Arthur, Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth, James Messis, Policy Team Leader and Stephen Rees, Solicitor, Legal Directorate, Scottish Government.
4 Subordinate legislation:
Tom Arthur, Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth moved—
S6M-07676— That the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee recommends that the Non- Domestic Rates (Miscellaneous Anti-Avoidance Measures) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 be approved.
The motion was agreed to.
5 Subordinate legislation:
The Committee considered the following negative instruments—
Council Tax (Discounts) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2023
Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Sites of Reverse Vending Machines) (Scotland) Regulations 2023
6 Community Planning Inquiry: Post-Legislative Scrutiny of the Community Empowerment Act 2015 (in private):
The Committee agreed to postpone consideration of the evidence to a future meeting.
7 Subordinate legislation (in private):
The Committee considered the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.