Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 3 in private. 2. Damp and Mould in Social and Private Rented Housing: The Committee will take evidence from— Rosemary Agnew, Ombudsman, Scottish Public Services Ombudsman; Callum Chomczuk, National Director, Chartered Institute of Housing Scotland; Nicola Harcus, Assistant Director of Regulation, and Helen Shaw, Director of Regulation, Scottish Housing Regulator; and then from— Paul McLennan, Minister for Housing, Naeem Bhatti , Head of Fuel Poverty and Housing Standards Unit , and Darren Knox, Fuel Poverty & House Condition Analysis Team, Scottish Government. 3. Damp and Mould in Social and Private Rented Housing: The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.