Chamber and committees

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Meeting Agenda

27th Meeting, 2025

Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Session: 6
Location: T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room
Start time: 09:30am
Published: Thursday, October 23, 2025 12:37pm

1 Decision on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take items 3 and 4 in private.

2 Pre-Budget Scrutiny

The Committee will take evidence as part of its Pre-Budget Scrutiny from—

Witnesses

Councillor Katie Hagmann, Resources Spokesperson, COSLA

Councillor Steven Heddle, Vice President, COSLA

Jonathan Belford, Chief Finance Officer, Aberdeen City Council and Chair, Directors of Finance Section, Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA)

Alan Russell, Chief Executive of Renfrewshire Council, Solace

Shona Robison, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government, Scottish Government

Andrew Connal, Local Government Pay and Workforce Lead, Scottish Government

Ellen Leaver, Acting Director for Local Government, Scottish Government

PublicPaper1 posted 23/10/2025 (Ref: LGHP/S6/25/27/1, 224KB, pdf)

LGHP/S6/25/27/2(P) (Private Paper)

3 Pre-Budget Scrutiny

The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.

4 Subordinate legislation

The Committee will consider its approach to the scrutiny of the Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/Draft).

LGHP/S6/25/27/3(P) (Private Paper)