Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

1. Housing (Scotland) Bill (in private): The Committee will consider a draft Stage 1 report. 2. Decision on taking business in private: Not before 10.15am The Committee will decide whether to take item 4 in private. 3. Pre-Budget Scrutiny: The Committee will take evidence as part of its Pre-Budget Scrutiny from— Cllr Katie Hagmann, Resources Spokesperson, COSLA; Jonathan Belford, Vice Chair, CIPFA Directors of Finance and Chief Financial Officer, Aberdeen City Council; Paul Manning, Member, SOLACE and Chief Executive, South Lanarkshire Council; Jamie Robertson, Chair, CIPFA Directors of Finance, and Chief Finance Officer, East Dunbartonshire Council; and then from— Shona Robison, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government, Ellen Leaver, Acting Director for Local Government, and Ian Storrie, Head of Local Government Finance, Scottish Government. 4. Pre-Budget Scrutiny: The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.