Chamber and committees

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Meeting Agenda

5th Meeting, 2026

Date: Tuesday, February 3, 2026
Session: 6
Location: T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room
Start time: 09:30am
Published: Thursday, January 29, 2026 03:47pm

1 Draft Climate Change Plan (in private) (Private)

The Committee will consider a draft report.

LGHP/S6/26/5/1(P) (Private Paper)

2 Decisions on taking business in private

(At approximately 10.00am) The Committee will decide whether to take items 7 and 8 in private.

3 Visitor Levy (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill

The Committee will take evidence on the Visitor Levy (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1, followed by evidence on the—

Visitor Levy (Local Authority Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2026 (SSI 2026/Draft)

Visitor Levy (Reviews and Appeals) (Scotland) Regulations 2026 (SSI 2026/Draft)

Visitor Levy (Scotland) Act 2024 Amendment Regulations 2026 (SSI 2026/Draft)

from—

Witnesses

Ivan McKee, Minister for Public Finance, Scottish Government

Fiona Campbell, Visitor Levy and Cruise Ship Levy Team Leader, Scottish Government

David Storrie, Head of Local Taxation Policy, Scottish Government

Kayleigh Blair, Solicitor, Scottish Government

Michal Polaski, Solicitor, Scottish Government

Susan Robb, Solicitor, Scottish Government

Public Paper 2 posted 29/01/2026 (Ref: LGHP/S6/26/5/2, 142KB, pdf)

LGHP/S6/26/5/3(P) (Private Paper)

Public Paper 4 posted 29/01/2026 (Ref: LGHP/S6/26/5/4, 157KB, pdf)

4 Subordinate legislation

Ivan McKee (Minister for Public Finance) to move—

S6M-20366—That the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee recommends that the Visitor Levy (Local Authority Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2026 [draft] be approved.

S6M-20365—That the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee recommends that the Visitor Levy (Reviews and Appeals) (Scotland) Regulations 2026 [draft] be approved.

S6M-20509—That the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee recommends that the Visitor Levy (Scotland) Act 2024 Amendment Regulations 2026 [draft] be approved.

5 Subordinate legislation

The Committee will consider the following negative instrument—

Visitor Levy (Interest on Unpaid Levy and Penalties) (Scotland) Regulations 2026 (SSI 2026/9)

Public Paper 5 posted 29/01/2026 (Ref: LGHP/S6/26/5/5, 114KB, pdf)

6 Subordinate legislation

The Committee will consider the following negative instruments—

Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (Remuneration) Amendment Regulations 2026 (SSI 2026/1)

Building (Fees) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2026 (SSI 2026/7)

Public Paper 6 posted 29/01/2026 (Ref: LGHP/S6/26/5/6, 165KB, pdf)

7 Work programme

The Committee will consider its work programme.

LGHP/S6/26/5/7(P) (Private Paper)

8 Visitor Levy (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill

The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 3, and at its meeting on 27 January 2026.

9 Budget Scrutiny 2026-27 (in private) (Private)

The Committee will consider the evidence it heard at its meeting on 27 January 2026.