Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Meeting date: Tuesday, March 1, 2022

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Building Safety Bill

Under item 4, the committee will consider a legislative consent memorandum on the United Kingdom Building Safety Bill. Members have received copies of the LCM along with a letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government. The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee’s report on the LCM was circulated to members as a late paper on Friday.

The Scottish Government considers it appropriate for the Parliament to consent to the LCM, and the cabinet secretary’s letter states that stakeholders are also supportive of a UK-wide approach. We therefore agreed in a previous meeting that there would be very limited value in taking evidence on the LCM, but we are still required to report our views to the Parliament on whether we recommend that it should be approved. Do members have any comments on the LCM and on whether we are content to recommend its approval?

Everyone is content. The clerks will arrange for a short report that sets out our recommendation to the Parliament to be published in the coming days.

At the start of the meeting, we agreed to take item 5 in private. As we have no more public business today, I close the public part of the meeting.