Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
Meeting Minutes
16th Meeting, 2021
- Date: Tuesday, December 21, 2021
- Session: 6
- Location: www.scottishparliament.tv
- Meeting opened at: 10:01
- Meeting closed at: 12:19
- Published: Wednesday, December 22, 2021 09:22am
Also Present
Fergus Ewing
1 Declaration of interests:
Murdo Fraser declared an interest as a Member of the Law Society of Scotland and as the owner of two rental properties.
2 Decision on taking business in private:
The Committee agreed to take items 6, 7 and 8 in private.
3 Subordinate legislation:
The Committee took evidence on the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (Licensing of Short-term Lets) Order 2022 and the Town and Country Planning (Short-term Let Control Areas) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022 from—
Shona Robison, Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government, Andrew Mott, Head of Housing Markets Unit and Rachel Nicholson, Lawyer, Housing and Elections Branch of the legal directorate, Scottish Government .
4 Subordinate legislation:
Shona Robison (Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government) moved—S6M-02265—That the Local Government, Planning and Housing Committee recommends that the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (Licensing of Short-term Lets) Order 2022 be approved.
After debate, the motion was agreed to (by division: For 5, Against 2, Abstentions 0).
5 Subordinate legislation:
Shona Robison (Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government) moved—S6M-02264—That the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee recommends that the Town and Country Planning (Short-term Let Control Areas) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022 be approved.
The motion was agreed to (by division: For 5, Against 2, Abstentions 0).
6 Subordinate legislation:
The Committee considered its approach to its report and to consider a draft report at its meeting on 11 January 2022.
7 Non-Domestic Rates (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Bill :
The Committee agreed its approach to the scrutiny of the Bill at Stage 1 and to issue a call for views on the Bill.
8 National Planning Framework 4 :
The Committee agreed its approach to engagement activities as part of its inquiry.