Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee [Session 6]

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Meeting Agenda

7th Meeting, 2023

• Date: Tuesday, March 7, 2023
• Session: 6
• Location: T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room
• Start time: 09:00am
• Published: Friday, March 3, 2023 08:51am

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1 Decision on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take items 6 and 7 in private.

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2 Community Planning Inquiry: Post-Legislative Scrutiny of the Community Empowerment Act 2015

The Committee will take evidence from—

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Witnesses

Shaw Anderson, Partnership & Development Manager, 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

Bernadette Monaghan, Director of Community Empowerment and Equalities, Glasgow City Council

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Kevin Anderson, Service Lead for Policy, Performance and Community Planning, South Ayrshire Council

Lee Haxton, Community Planning Team Leader, Perth & Kinross Council

Fiona Robertson, Head of Culture and Communities Services, Perth & Kinross Council

Anna Whelan, Service Manager, Strategy and Partnership, Orkney Islands Council

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Dr Oliver Escobar, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, University of Edinburgh

Mark McAteer, Member, Community Planning Improvement Board

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PublicPaper1 posted 02/03/2023 (Ref: LGHP/S6/23/7/1, 167KB, pdf)

LGHP/S6/23/7/2(P) (Private Paper)

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3 Subordinate legislation

The Committee will take evidence on the Non-Domestic Rates (Miscellaneous Anti-Avoidance Measures) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 from—

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Witnesses

Tom Arthur, Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth, Scottish Government

James Messis, Policy Team Leader, Scottish Government

Stephen Rees, Solicitor, Legal Directorate, Scottish Government

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PublicPaper3 posted 02/03/2023 (Ref: LGHP/S6/23/7/3, 248KB, pdf)

LGHP/S6/23/7/4(P) (Private Paper)

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4 Subordinate legislation

Tom Arthur, Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth to move—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.

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5 Subordinate legislation

The Committee will consider the following negative instruments—

Council Tax (Discounts) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2023

Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Sites of Reverse Vending Machines) (Scotland) Regulations 2023

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PublicPaper5 posted 02/03/2023 (Ref: LGHP/S6/23/7/5, 186KB, pdf)

PublicPaper6 posted 02/03/2023 (Ref: LGHP/S6/23/7/6, 224KB, pdf)

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6 Community Planning Inquiry: Post-Legislative Scrutiny of the Community Empowerment Act 2015

The Committee consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.

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7 Subordinate legislation

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

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