Committee
Justice Committee 29 January 2019
29 Jan 2019 · S5 · Justice Committee
Item of business
Subordinate Legislation
First-tier Tribunal for Scotland Housing and Property Chamber (Incidental Provisions) Regulations 2019 [Draft]
That concludes consideration of the affirmative instrument. The committee’s report will note and confirm the outcome of the debate. Does the committee agree to delegate authority to me as convener to clear the final draft report? Members indicated agreement.
In the same item of business
The Convener (Margaret Mitchell)
Con
Good morning and welcome to the Justice Committee’s fourth meeting in 2019. We have apologies from Liam McArthur. Agenda item 1 is consideration of the draf...
The Minister for Community Safety (Ash Denham)
SNP
Good morning. I am pleased to be here to discuss two fairly technical instruments that will make the housing and property chamber of the First-tier Tribunal ...
John Finnie (Highlands and Islands) (Green)
Green
Good morning, minister. On the policy objectives, the policy note says that, on 1 December 2017, “most private rented sector civil cases transferred from t...
Gaynor Davenport (Scottish Government)
There are some cases still in the sheriff court, such as those on houses in multiple occupation, which would require consultation with local authorities. Tha...
John Finnie
Green
What was the rationale behind that decision? I know that there can sometimes be a lot of controversy around HMOs, but why was it decided to leave them out of...
Gaynor Davenport
From memory, I think that, after we had spoken to local authorities—including perhaps the city councils such as Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee—and once the is...
John Finnie
Green
Thank you very much.
The Convener
Con
As there are no further questions from members or comments from the minister, I move to agenda item 2, which is formal consideration of motion S5M-15300, on ...
The Convener
Con
That concludes consideration of the affirmative instrument. The committee’s report will note and confirm the outcome of the debate. Does the committee agree ...
The Convener
Con
I suspend the meeting to allow the minister and her officials to leave. 10:07 Meeting suspended. 10:07 On resuming—