At its meeting on 4 June 2024, the Committee did not raise any queries for the Scottish Government with regard to the delegated powers listed in the Annexe to this report.However, at that meeting, the Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government to raise questions in relation to the following delegated powers:Section 1(4): Power to change time periods or dates for submission of subsequent reports on local authority assessment of rent conditions in local authority area;Section 13(1): Power to define what is an “exempt property”;Section 14(1): Power to allow rent increases for specified properties that exceed the amount that is otherwise permittedSection 15(7): Power to change the information that may be requested by a local authority;Section 18(1): Power to the modify law in connection with the expiry of rent control area designation;Section 19(2): Inserted new section 43B(4) of the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 – power to modify the meaning of expressions included in that new section;Section 19(2): Inserted new section 43G(1)(b)(i) of the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 – power to prescribe circumstances in which restriction on frequency of rent increase does not apply (as regards property that was not previously let);Section 21(2)(a): Inserted new section 19(1)(a) of the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 – power to prescribe circumstances in which restriction on frequency of rent increase does not apply (as regards let property not in rent control area); Section 29: Inserted new section 64E(1) of the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 – power to make provision about when it is reasonable for a landlord to refuse consent to the keeping of pets by tenants;Section 29: Inserted new section 64F(1) of the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 – power to make provision about when a condition specified in a landlord’s notice is reasonable;Section 29(2): Inserted new section 64L(1) of the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 – power to specify changes to let property and categorise changes as a category 1 or category 2 change;Section 29: Inserted new section 64M(1) of the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 – power to make provision about when it is reasonable to refuse consent to make a category 2 change;Section 29: Inserted new section 64N(1) of the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 – power to make provision about when a consent condition to make a category 2 change to a let property is reasonable;Section 30(2): Inserted new section 31B(1) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 - power to make provision about when a consent condition for keeping a pet is reasonable;Section 30(2): Inserted new section 31C(1) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 - power to make provision about when it is reasonable to refuse consent to keep a pet;Section 31(3): Inserted new section 122C(4) of the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006 - power to modify the purposes for which unclaimed deposits that are transferred.The Scottish Government responded on 18 June 2024.The Committee's consideration of the Scottish Government's response, and the other delegated powers contained in the Bill, are set out in the next section of the report.