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 2025-26: The Committee will take evidence as part of its pre-budget scrutiny for 2025-26 from— Professor David Heald, Emeritus Professor, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow; Bill Howat, Member, The Mercat Group; Alison Payne, Research Director, Reform Scotland; Keith Yates, Member, The Mercat Group. 3. Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2025-26: The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting. 4. Renters' Rights Bill (UK Parliament legislation): The Committee will consider its approach to the legislative consent memorandum. 5. Housing (Scotland) Bill (in private): The Committee will consider a draft Stage 1 report.