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. Pre-Budget Scrutiny: The Committee will take evidence as part of its Pre-Budget Scrutiny from— Councillor Katie Hagmann, Resources Spokesperson and Councillor Steven Heddle, Vice President, COSLA; Jonathan Belford, Chief Finance Officer, Aberdeen City Council and Chair, Directors of Finance Section, Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA); Alan Russell, Chief Executive of Renfrewshire Council, Solace; and then from— Shona Robison, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government, Andrew Connal, Local Government Pay and Workforce Lead, and Ellen Leaver, Acting Director for Local Government, Scottish Government. 3. Pre-Budget Scrutiny: The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting. 4. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider its approach to the scrutiny of the Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/Draft).