Meeting Papers & Official Reports

Subordinate legislation
The Committee will take evidence on the Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016 (SSI 2016/72)

Subordinate legislation
Richard Simpson MSP to move—S4M-15895—That the Local Government and Regeneration Committee recommends the the Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016 (SSI 2016/72) be annulled

Subordinate legislation
The Committee will consider a draft report

Papers for meeting on 16 March (64KB pdf)

Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Bill
The Committee will consider the Bill at Stage 2 (Day 1)

Subordinate legislation
The Committee will consider the following negative instruments—

Non-Domestic Rate (Scotland) Order 2016 (SSI 2016/113);
Non-Domestic Rates (Levying) Scotland Regulations 2016 (SSI 2016/119);
Non-Domestic Rates (Enterprise Areas) (Scotland) Regulations 2016 (SSI 2016/120);
Non-Domestic Rates (Steel Sites) (Scotland) Regulations 2016 (SSI 2016 121);
Non-Domestic Rates (Telecommunication Installations) (Scotland) 2016 (SSI 2016/122);
Non-Domestic Rating (Unoccupied Property) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016 (SSI 2016/124);
Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2016 (SSI 2016/126); and
Non-Domestic Rates (Telecommunications and Canals) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2016 (SSI 2016/129)

Annual Report
The Committee will consider a draft annual report for the parliamentary year from 11 May 2015 to 23 March 2016

Papers for meeting on 9 March 2016 (186KB pdf)

Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland
The Committee will take evidence

Subordinate legislation
The Committee will consider the following negative instruments—

The Building (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016 (SSI 2016/70);

The Building (Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016 (SSI 2016/71);

The Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016 (SSI 2016/72)

The Local Government Pension Scheme (Management and Investment of Funds) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016 (SSI 2016/74); and

The Charities Accounts (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016 (SSI 2016/76).

Legacy paper
The Committee will consider a draft legacy paper

Inquiry into arm's length external organisations (in private)
The Committee will consider a draft report

Papers for meeting on 2 March 2016 (158KB pdf)

Local Government benchmarking framework
The Committee will take evidence

Subordinate legislation
The Committee will take evidence on the Assessment of Energy Performance of Non-domestic Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 2016 [draft]

Subordinate Legislation
Marco Biagi (Minister for Local Government and Community Empowerment) to move—S4M-15457—That the Local Government and Regeneration Committee recommends that the Assessment of Energy Performance of Non-domestic Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 2016 [draft] be approved

The Commission on Council Tax Reform
The Committee will take evidence

The Commission on Council Tax Reform
The Committee will consider the evidence it has received

Papers for Meeting on 24 February (114KB pdf)

Subordinate Legislation
Joe FitzPatrick (Minister for Parliamentary Business) to move—S4M-15235—That the Local Government and Regeneration Committee recommends that the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (Designation of Persons as Scottish Public Authorities) Order 2016 [draft] be approved.

Subordinate Legislation
The Committee will consider the following negative instruments—

Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (Remuneration) Amendment Regulations 2016 (SSI 2016/6);

Scottish Local Government Elections Amendment Order 2016 (SSI 2016/7);

Representation of the People (Absent Voting at Local Government Elections) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016 (SSI 2016/8); and

Local Government Pension Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016 (SSI 2016/32). 

Follow-up from Scottish local government elections 2012
The Committee will take evidence

Papers for Meeting on 10 February 2016 (744KB pdf)

Subordinate Legislation
The Committee will take evidence on the Local Authority (Capital Finance and Accounting) (Scotland) Regulations 2016 [draft]

Subordinate Legislation
John Swinney (Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Economy) to move—S4M-15459—That the Local Government and Regeneration Committee recommends that the Local Authority (Capital Finance and Accounting) (Scotland) Regulations 2016 [draft] be approved

Draft Budget Scrutiny 2016-17
The Committee will take evidence on the Scottish Government's Draft Budget 2016-17

Subordinate Legislation
The Committee will consider the following negative instrument—
Local Government Pension Scheme (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2015 (SSI 2015/448)

Scottish Public Service Ombudsman
The Committee will take evidence

Scottish Public Services Ombudsman
The Committee will consider the evidence it has received 

Draft Budget Scrutiny 2016-17
The Committee will consider the evidence it has received

Papers for Meeting on 3 February 2016 (197KB pdf)

Footway Parking and Double Parking (Scotland) Bill (in private)
The Committee will consider a draft Stage 1 report

Papers for Meeting on 27 January 2016 (42KB pdf)

Subordinate Legislation
Paul Wheelhouse (Minister for Community Safety and Legal Affairs) to move—S4M-15229—That the Local Government and Regeneration Committee recommends that the Dog Fouling (Fixed Penalty) (Scotland) Order 2016 [draft] be approved.

Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Bill
The Committee will take evidence on the bill at Stage 1

Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Bill
The Committee will consider the evidence has received

Papers for Meeting on 13 January 2016

Papers for Meeting on 6 January 2016 (46KB pdf)