Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 5, 6 and 7 in private. 2. Budget scrutiny 2025-26: The Committee will take evidence from— Shona Robison, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government, Ellen Leaver, Acting Director for Local Government, and Ian Storrie, Head of Local Government Finance, Scottish Government. 3. Retrofitting of housing for net zero: The Committee will take evidence from— Dr Alasdair Allan, Acting Minister for Climate Action, Gareth Fenney, Head of Heat Networks & Investment, Sue Kearns, Deputy Director for Heat in Buildings Policy and Regulation, Ross Loveridge, Head of Heat in Buildings Assessment, and Neal Rafferty, Head of Heat Strategy and Consumer Policy Unit, Scottish Government. 4. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instrument— Building (Procedure) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2024 5. Budget scrutiny 2025-26: The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting. 6. Retrofitting of housing for net-zero: The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting. 7. Electoral boundaries: Independent review of automaticity: The Committee will consider correspondence from the Minister for Parliamentary Business.