1. Decision on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take items 6 and 7 in private.

2. Community Planning Inquiry: Post-Legislative Scrutiny of the Community Empowerment Act 2015

The Committee will take evidence from—

• Shaw Anderson
  Partnership & Development Manager
  Glasgow City Council
• Evonne Bauer
  Executive Officer, Place and Community Planning
  East Dunbartonshire Council
• Michelle Crombie
  Corporate Strategy and Community Planning Manager
  Aberdeen City Council
• Jennifer Lees
  Business Partnership Manager
  North Lanarkshire Council
• Bernadette Monaghan
  Director of Community Empowerment and Equalities
  Glasgow City Council
• Kevin Anderson
  Service Lead for Policy, Performance and Community Planning
  South Ayrshire Council
• Lee Haxton
  Community Planning Team Leader
  Perth & Kinross Council
• Fiona Robertson
  Head of Culture and Communities Services
  Perth & Kinross Council
• Anna Whelan
  Service Manager, Strategy and Partnership
  Orkney Islands Council

and then from -

• Dr Oliver Escobar
  Senior Lecturer in Public Policy
  University of Edinburgh
• Mark McAteer
  Member
  Community Planning Improvement Board

3. Subordinate legislation

The Committee will take evidence on the Non-Domestic Rates (Miscellaneous Anti-Avoidance Measures) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 from—

• Tom Arthur
  Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth
  Scottish Government
• James Messis
  Policy Team Leader
  Scottish Government
• Stephen Rees
  Solicitor, Legal Directorate
  Scottish Government

4. Subordinate legislation

Tom Arthur, Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth to move—S6M-07676— That the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee recommends that the Non- Domestic Rates (Miscellaneous Anti-Avoidance Measures) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 be approved.

5. Subordinate legislation

The Committee will consider the following negative instruments—

Council Tax (Discounts) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2023

Non-Domestic Rating (Valuation of Sites of Reverse Vending Machines) (Scotland) Regulations 2023

6. Community Planning Inquiry: Post-Legislative Scrutiny of the Community Empowerment Act 2015

The Committee consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.

7. Subordinate legislation

The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.