Local Government and Communities Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether consideration of its response to the Finance and Constitution Committee on the draft Budget 2018-19 should be taken in private at future meetings. 2. Draft Budget Scrutiny 2018-19: The Committee will take evidence on the Scottish Government's Draft Budget 2018-19 from— Derek Mackay, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Constitution, Kevin Stewart, Minister for Local Government and Housing, Bill Stitt, Team Leader - Revenue and Capital, Marianne Barker, Non-Domestic Rates Group Secretary, Brad Gilbert, Head of Financial Innovation Unit, and Angela O'Brien, Head of Housing and Independent Living, Scottish Government. 3. Common good property and funds: The Committee will take evidence from— Craig Veitch, Aberdeen City Council; Andrew Ferguson, Fife Council and the Society of Local Authority Lawyers and Administrators in Scotland; Dr Lindsay Neil, Former Chair, Selkirk and District Community Council; Paul Nevin. 4. Draft Budget Scrutiny 2018-19 (in private): The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting. 5. Common good property and funds (in private): The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting. 6. City region deals (in private): The Committee will consider a draft report.