Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 3 and 4 in private. 2. Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from— Phil Diamond, Managing Director, Diamond & Co; Jocelyne Fleming, Policy and Public Affairs Officer, Chartered Institute of Building; Alan McAulay, Building Standards Hub Pilot Director, Local Authority Building Standards Scotland (LABSS); Jim McGonigal, President, Institution of Fire Engineers; Gary Strong, Head of Professional Practice, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS); Kate Swinburne, Associate Director, OFR consultants; and then from— John Marr, Principal, Devolved Government & Social Housing, UK Finance; Calum McQueen, Technical Surveying Manager, e.surv Chartered Surveyors; Mervyn Skeet, Director of General Insurance Policy, Association of British Insurers; John Sinclair, Convener Property Law Committee, Law Society of Scotland. 3. Community Wealth Building: The Committee will consider its approach to pre-legislative scrutiny. 4. Budget Scrutiny 2024-25: The Committee will consider draft correspondence. 5. Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill (in private): The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.