Convener: Ariane Burgess (Green)
Deputy Convener: Willie Coffey (SNP)
Membership: The committee has 7 members
Committee meetingsThere were 34 meetings in the parliamentary year.NumberTotal meetings of the Committee34Meetings held wholly in private0Meetings held partly in private33Joint meetings with other Committees0Meetings held outside the Parliament0Meetings held remotely by video conference1Hybrid meetings17Committee membersMembersPartyNumber of meetings attended (possible total)Miles Briggs (until 10 October 2024)Con13 (13)Ariane BurgessGreen34 (34)Stephanie Callaghan (until 18 June 2024)SNP1 (5)Willie CoffeySNP34 (34)Meghan Gallacher (from 10 October 2024)Con18 (21)Pam Gosal (until 10 October 2024)Con13 (13)Mark GriffinLab31 (34)Gordon MacDonald (until 11 September 2024)SNP9 (9)Fulton MacGregor (from 11 September 2024)SNP24 (25)Emma Roddick (from 18 June 2024)SNP23 (28)Alexander Stewart (from 10 October 2024)Con19 (21)Substitute membersSubstitute membersPartyNumber of meetings attendedColin Beattie (until 26 June 2024)SNP4Maggie Chapman (until 26 June 2024)Green0Alex RowleyLab0Graham Simpson (from 6 November 2024)Con1Lorna Slater (from 26 June 2024)Green1Collette Stevenson (from 26 June 2024)SNP1Brian Whittle (until 10 October 2024)Con1Reporters: None
Committee Clerk: Jenny Mouncer
Advisers: Hugh Dunn, adviser on budget scrutiny 2025-26
Visits
The committee made 3 visits during the parliamentary year:
November 2024 members of the Committee visited Argyll & Bute Council to explore their response to the housing emergency
In March 2025 members of the Committee visited the Park Ecovillage at Findhorn to see examples of different housing technologies.