Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 3, 4 and 5 in private. 2. Housing (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from— Catriona MacKean, Deputy Director of Better Homes, Craig McGuffie, Lawyer, Charlotte McHaffie, Private Rented Housing Team Leader, and Yvette Sheppard, Head of Housing Services and Rented Sector Reform Unit, Scottish Government; and then from— Christopher Donaldson, Head, Rent Service Scotland. 3. Housing (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting. 4. The Civic Government Scotland Act 1982 Licensing of Short term Lets Amendment Order 2024: The Committee will consider its approach to scrutiny of the draft regulations. 5. Housing (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will further consider its approach to scrutiny of the Bill at Stage 1.