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Official Report: search what was said in Parliament

The Official Report is a written record of public meetings of the Parliament and committees.  

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 4 April 2025
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Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Housing to 2040

Meeting date: 27 February 2024

Ariane Burgess

I call Pam Gosal to add her question to the conversation. I will then bring in Gordon MacRae, Rhiannon Sims and anyone else either to pick it up or to go back to other points, so that we have a bit of what I would call conversation weave.

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Housing to 2040

Meeting date: 27 February 2024

Ariane Burgess

Thanks for that. It is really important to go into that detail.

I want to pull the discussion back into more of a general space. Do you think that the Scottish Government is adequately balancing the need to address the short-term housing problems with longer-term policy aims? We have begun to touch on that question; indeed, we have already heard that that might not be the case. Somebody—Chris Birt, I think—talked about priorities, but where in the mix do the priorities need to change?

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Housing to 2040

Meeting date: 27 February 2024

Ariane Burgess

What would that look like?

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Housing to 2040

Meeting date: 27 February 2024

Ariane Burgess

David Melhuish, you wanted to come in a while ago, as did Chris Birt and Emma Jackson. You might have forgotten the points that you wanted to make, but please come back in and scoop up anything else that has been added to the conversation.

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Housing to 2040

Meeting date: 27 February 2024

Ariane Burgess

That would be great. You quoted stats for developments in Scotland compared with south of the border. How do those figures break down in relation to the population, given that Scotland has five point something million people? It would be interesting to understand the numbers in that context and to hear how many houses we are building in relation to population size. It would be great if you could send that information to us.

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Housing to 2040

Meeting date: 27 February 2024

Ariane Burgess

Thanks very much.

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Housing to 2040

Meeting date: 27 February 2024

Ariane Burgess

Thanks, Willie. I will bring in Gordon MacRae, then Rhiannon Sims.

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Housing to 2040

Meeting date: 27 February 2024

Ariane Burgess

Thanks very much for talking about the need for a broader and more holistic approach, and the fact that people are facing not only a housing challenge but energy pressures, which are leading to rationing, self-disconnection and so on. You also mentioned people using food banks—all of that comes with cost of living pressures.

I see that Chris Birt wants to come in.

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Housing to 2040

Meeting date: 27 February 2024

Ariane Burgess

A housing and land agency might help with, for example, the presumption against out-of-town development and development on brownfield sites. Developers are being pointed towards developing on brownfield sites, but I hear that they are not keen to go into that space. Would the agency that you propose help with paving the way for housing on such sites?

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Housing to 2040

Meeting date: 27 February 2024

Ariane Burgess

That was a helpful addition to the conversation.