In June 2022, the Committee agreed to produce a report annually reflecting on its work in the preceding year, tracking ongoing work, the Scottish Government’s response to that work and looking ahead to work in the coming year.

The Committee believes that a critical feature of an effective committee is a commitment to follow-up on its inquiries and ensure that the recommendations it has made have been acted upon and progress has been made. The Committee believes that this report is a key element of this follow-up work, allowing it to track its work and in turn hold the Scottish Government to account.

The first tracker report of the session reflects upon the work of the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee in the first year of session 6, It also looks ahead to the Committee’s work in its second year. This report will form a baseline for all future reports and the work highlighted here will be returned to in future reports.