The Scottish Parliament: - Committees - Local Government and Communities

The remit of the committee is to consider and report on (a) the financing and delivery of local government and local services and planning; and (b) housing, regeneration, anti-poverty measures and other matters falling within the responsibility of the Minister for Housing and Communities.

Membership

Duncan McNeil (Convener)
Bob Doris (Deputy Convener)
Patricia Ferguson
David McLetchie

Alasdair Morgan
Mary Mulligan
Jim Tolson
John Wilson

For further information on the Committee's current and past membership including substitutes, follow this link. Information on how to contact the Local Government and Communities Committee can be found on the Contact Details page.

Current Business
Work Programme The Committee’s work programme outlines the main business the Committee will be considering until December 2010. Please note that this may be subject to minor changes. Property Factors (Scotland) Bill The Committee has been designated as lead committee on the Bill. Further information can be found on the Property Factors (Scotland) Bill committee homepage. Housing (Scotland) Bill The Committee has been designated as lead committee on the Bill. Further information can be found on the Housing (Scotland) Bill committee homepage. Voter Turnout Seminar The Committee and the Scottish Government recently held a joint seminar on voter turnout. The seminar explored current thinking on the management of the election process. Further information can be found on the committee voter turnout seminar homepage. Further information on the work of the Committee may be found on the above links and on the Current Business page.

Committee Meetings
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Next Meeting: 19th Meeting, Wednesday 8 September 2010 Papers 19 (376KB pdf first posted 06.09.2010) The Committee will meet at 10.00 am in Committee Room 1. 1. Draft Budget Scrutiny 2010-11: The Committee will take evidence on the Independent Budget Review from— Crawford Beveridge CBE, Chair, and Sir Neil McIntosh CBE, Member, Independent Budget Review Panel. 2. Property Factors (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from— David Ogilvie, Policy and Strategy Manager, Scottish Federation of Housing Associations; Alex Middleton, Managing Director, Greenbelt Group Ltd; David Reid, Company Secretary, Chief Executive's Office, Hanover Housing Association; Lorraine MacDonald, Vice President, Property Managers Association Scotland. 3. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instruments— the Local Government Pension Scheme (Management and Investment of Funds) (Scotland) Regulations 2010 (SSI 2010/233); the Local Government Pension Scheme Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2010 (SSI 2010/234). Last Meeting: 18th Meeting, Wednesday 23 June 2010 Papers 18 (294KB pdf first posted 18.06.2010) Minute of Proceedings of Meeting 23 June 2010 Official Report of Meeting 23 June 2010 Previous Meetings

Committee Reports
Recent Committee Reports: 24 June 2010 7th Report 2010: Subordinate Legislation 10 June 2010 6th Report 2010: Annual Report 2009-10 8 June 2010 5th Report 2010: Stage 1 Report on the Housing (Scotland) Bill 4 March 2010 4th Report 2010: Subordinate Legislation 25 February 2010 3rd Report 2010: Subordinate Legislation 28 January 2010 2nd Report 2010: Report on Local Government Finance Inquiry 26 January 2010 1st Report 2010: Stage 1 Report on the Control of Dogs (Scotland) Bill Previous Reports