Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
5th Meeting, 2025
The Committee agreed to take items 3 and 4 in private.
The Committee took evidence from—
Sara Cowan, Director, Scottish Women's Budget Group;
Professor Ken Gibb, Director, UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence and Professor David Heald, Emeritus Professor, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow;
Joanne Walker, Technical Officer, Chartered Institute of Taxation (Low Incomes Tax Reform Group);
and then from—
Emma Congreve, Deputy Director and Principal Knowledge Exchange Fellow, Fraser of Allander Institute;
David Phillips, Associate Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies.
The Committee considered the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.
The Committee agreed correspondence to the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman.