Local Government and Communities Committee

1. Fuel Poverty (Target, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from— Dr Keith Baker, Co-Founder, Energy Poverty Research Initiative; Professor Donald Hirsch, Director, Centre for Research in Social Policy, Loughborough University; and then from— Liz Marquis, Director, Energy Agency; Lawrie Morgan Klein, Public Affairs Officer, StepChange Debt Charity Scotland; Alasdair Calder, Housing Services: Home Energy Efficiency, and Bill Halliday, Team Lead for Housing Operations, Argyll and Bute Council. 2. Fuel Poverty (Target, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Bill (in private): The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.