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Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Tuesday 18 February 2025 9:30 AM

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1. Decisions on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 3 and 4 in private. 2. Council Tax Inquiry: The Committee will take evidence from— Sara Cowan, Director, Scottish Women's Budget Group; Professor Ken Gibb, Director, UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence, and Professor David Heald, Emeritus Professor, Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow; Joanne Walker, Technical Officer, Chartered Institute of Taxation (Low Incomes Tax Reform Group); and then from— Emma Congreve, Deputy Director and Principal Knowledge Exchange Fellow, Fraser of Allander Institute; David Phillips, Associate Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies. 3. Council Tax Inquiry: The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting. 4. Scottish Public Services Ombudsman: The Committee will consider draft correspondence to the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman.

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