1. Decision on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take items 4 and 5 in private.

2. Housing (Scotland) Bill

The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—

• Professor Suzanne Fitzpatrick
  Director of Institute for Social Policy, Housing, Equalities Research (I-SPHERE)
  Heriot-Watt University
• Maeve McGoldrick
  Head of Policy and Communications in Scotland
  Crisis
• John Mills
  Co-Chair and Head of Housing at Fife Council
  Association of Local Authority Chief Housing Officers (ALACHO)
• Annika Joy
  Programme Director - Ending Destitution
  Simon Community Scotland

and then from -

• Jules Oldham
  Head of Policy
  Scottish Women's Aid
• Gordon MacRae
  Assistant Director (Communications & Advocacy)
  Shelter Scotland
• Maggie Brunjes
  Chief Executive
  Homeless Network Scotland

3. Housing (Scotland) Bill (in private)

The Committee will consider the evidence heard under item 2.

4. Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2025-26 (in private)

The Committee will consider a further approach to its Pre-Budget Scrutiny. 

5. Correspondence

The Committee will consider draft letters to the Scottish Government, UK Government, and Mears Group on issues related to the Scottish Government's declared housing emergency.