Committee
Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee 17 March 2026 [Draft]
17 Mar 2026 · S6 · Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
Item of business
Subordinate Legislation
Non-Domestic Rates (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2026 (SSI 2026/135)
Good morning, and welcome to the 12th meeting in 2026 of the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee. I remind members to ensure that their devices are on silent. We are joined online by Fulton MacGregor, and we have received apologies from Mark Griffin.Our first and only item of business today is consideration of a Scottish statutory instrument. It is a negative instrument and, as such, has been laid after it was made. It is subject to annulment by resolution of the Parliament for a period of 40 days beginning on the day that it was laid. The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee considered the instrument at its meeting this morning, and the clerk to that committee has confirmed that it agreed to draw Parliament’s attention to the instrument on reporting ground (j), for a failure to lay the instrument in accordance with section 28(2) of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010. An explanation as to why that happened was provided by the Scottish Government and is included in our papers.Do members have any comments on the instrument?
In the same item of business
The Convener (Ariane Burgess)
Green
Good morning, and welcome to the 12th meeting in 2026 of the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee. I remind members to ensure that their devices ...
Meghan Gallacher (Central Scotland) (Con)
Con
I wish to make a couple of comments on it. I do not believe that anyone will not welcome the changes that have been made, but I am sure that, for many busine...
The Convener
Green
Does anyone else want to comment?
Alexander Stewart (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con)
Con
I support Meghan Gallacher’s comments. At the end of this session of Parliament, there is an opportunity for us to tidy up the issue, if we need to. We have ...
Fulton MacGregor (Coatbridge and Chryston) (SNP)
SNP
I support what Meghan Gallacher and Alexander Stewart have said. I just add that, given the tight timescale involved, if the committee ends up agreeing to th...
The Convener
Green
There is a suggestion that we invite people to come in, but that they can also write to us. Are members content to delegate responsibility to me to finalise ...
The Convener
Green
That concludes our business for today.Meeting closed at 11:27.