Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

1. Draft Climate Change Plan: (In Private) The Committee will consider a draft report. 2. Decisions on taking business in private: (At approximately 10.00am) The Committee will decide whether to take items 7 and 8 in private. 3. Visitor Levy (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will take evidence on the Visitor Levy (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1, followed by evidence on the— Visitor Levy (Local Authority Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2026 (SSI 2026/Draft) Visitor Levy (Reviews and Appeals) (Scotland) Regulations 2026 (SSI 2026/Draft) Visitor Levy (Scotland) Act 2024 Amendment Regulations 2026 (SSI 2026/Draft) from— Ivan McKee, Minister for Public Finance, Fiona Campbell, Visitor Levy and Cruise Ship Levy Team Leader, David Storrie, Head of Local Taxation Policy, Kayleigh Blair, Solicitor, Michal Polaski, Solicitor, and Susan Robb, Solicitor, Scottish Government. 4. Subordinate legislation: Ivan McKee (Minister for Public Finance) to move— S6M-20366—That the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee recommends that the Visitor Levy (Local Authority Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2026 [draft] be approved. S6M-20365—That the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee recommends that the Visitor Levy (Reviews and Appeals) (Scotland) Regulations 2026 [draft] be approved. S6M-20509—That the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee recommends that the Visitor Levy (Scotland) Act 2024 Amendment Regulations 2026 [draft] be approved. 5. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instrument— Visitor Levy (Interest on Unpaid Levy and Penalties) (Scotland) Regulations 2026 (SSI 2026/9) 6. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instruments— Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (Remuneration) Amendment Regulations 2026 (SSI 2026/1) Building (Fees) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2026 (SSI 2026/7) 7. Work programme: The Committee will consider its work programme. 8. Visitor Levy (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 3, and at its meeting on 27 January 2026. 9. Budget Scrutiny 2026-27 : (In Private) The Committee will consider the evidence it heard at its meeting on 27 January 2026.