Local Government and Communities Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 6 and 7 in private.

2. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the Local Authority (Capital Finance and Accounting) (Scotland) (Coronavirus) Amendment Regulations 2021 [draft] from—
Kate Forbes, Minister for Public Finance and Digital Economy, Hazel Black, Head of Local Authority Accounting, and Colin Brown, Senior Principal Legal Officer, Scottish Government.

3. Subordinate legislation: The Cabinet Secretary for Finance to move—S5M-24096—That the Local Government and Communities Committee recommends that the Local Authority (Capital Finance and Accounting) (Scotland)(Coronavirus) Amendment Regulations 2021 [draft] be approved.

4. Budget and local government settlement 2021-22: The Committee will take evidence on the Scottish Government's Budget 2021-22 from—
Aileen Campbell, Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Local Government, Kate Forbes, Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Caroline Dicks, Investment Manager, More Homes Division, Shirley Laing, Director for Housing and Social Justice, Graham Owenson, Team Leader LG Finance, Local Taxation Policy & Business Rates, and Ian Storrie, Head of Non-Domestic Rates Policy, Scottish Government.

5. Climate Change Plan update: The Committee will take evidence from-
Councillor Steven Heddle, Environment and Economy Spokesperson, and Silke Isbrand, Policy Manager, COSLA;
Aubrey Fawcett, Chief Executive, Inverclyde Council;
Paula McLeay, Policy and Insight Senior Manager, The City of Edinburgh Council.

6. Budget and local government settlement 2021-22: The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.

7. Climate Change Plan update: The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.