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Okay. Thanks very much for that clarification.

Emma Roddick, do you have any final questions specifically on the order?

Pam Gosal has a supplementary question.

Thanks very much for that. Continued engagement is always welcome.

The question is, that motion S6M-13502, in the name of Paul McLennan, be agreed to. Are we agreed?

Members: No.

There will be a division.

For

Burgess, Ariane (Highlands and Islands) (Green)
Coffey, Willie (Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley) (SNP)
MacDonald, Gordon (Edinburgh Pentlands) (SNP)
Roddick, Emma (Highlands and Islands) (SNP)

Abstentions

Briggs, Miles (Lothian) (Con)
Gosal, Pam (West Scotland) (Con)
Griffin, Mark (Central Scotland) (Lab)

The committee will publish a report setting out its recommendations on the instrument tomorrow. As that was the final public item on our agenda, I now close the public part of the meeting.

Okay—thank you for that response. I thank the minister and his officials for the evidence that they have given us today. Thank you so much, minister—I understand that Covid is a challenging experience, having had it myself, and I think that you are doing a great job. I appreciate you being here with us this morning.

Item 5 is consideration of the motion on the instrument. I invite the minister to move motion S6M-13502.

Motion moved,

That the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee recommends that the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (Licensing of Short-term Lets) Amendment Order 2024 be approved.—[Paul McLennan]

Do members wish to make any further comments on the instrument?

Okay—thank you for that. I have a couple of process questions. First, I am interested to hear who you consulted and how as you developed the changes in the order. Secondly, how did the results of that consultation shape the final content of the order?

The second item on our agenda is a decision on taking agenda items 6 and 7 in private. Do we agree to take those items in private?

Members indicated agreement.