3 Choice of Deputy Convener:
The Committee chose Elena Whitham as its Deputy Convener.
4 Decision on taking business in private:
The Committee agreed to take item 6 in private.
5 Legacy Paper:
The Committee noted the Local Government and Communities Committee's Session 5 Legacy Paper.
6 Work programme (in private):
The Committee considered its work programme and agreed—
to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government, the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy and the Deputy First Minister seeking details of the Scottish Government’s priorities within their portfolios insofar as they relate to the Committee’s remit
to invite those same Cabinet Secretaries to give evidence to the Committee on those priorities after the summer recess...