Local Government and Communities Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 9 in private. 2. Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland's 5th Electoral Review: The Committee will take evidence from— Charles Reppke, Head of Governance and Law, Argyll and Bute Council; Paul Vaughan, Head of Community and Corporate Development, Fife Council; Katie Gallogly-Swan, Campaigns Organiser, Electoral Reform Society; Cllr David O'Neill, President, COSLA; and then from— Joe FitzPatrick, Minister for Parliamentary Business, Brian Peddie, Relationship Manager, Local Government Policy and Relationships Unit, and Tony Romain, Senior Policy Officer, Local Government Policy and Relationships Unit, Scottish Government. 3. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the Representation of the People (Postal Voting for Local Government Elections) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016 [draft] from— Joe FitzPatrick, Minister for Parliamentary Business, Louise Scott, Elections Policy Adviser, and Roddy Angus, Elections Policy Adviser, Scottish Government. 4. Subordinate legislation: Joe FitzPatrick (Minister for Parliamentary Business) to move— S5M-01514—That the Local Government and Communities Committee recommends that the Representation of the People (Postal Voting for Local Government Elections) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016 [draft] be approved. 5. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the Scottish Local Government Elections Amendment (No.2) Order 2016 [draft] from— Joe FitzPatrick, Minister for Parliamentary Business, Louise Scott, Elections Policy Adviser, and Roddy Angus, Elections Policy Adviser, Scottish Government. 6. Subordinate legislation: Joe Fitzpatrick (Minister for Parliamentary Business) to move— S5M-01515—That the Local Government and Communities Committee recommends that the Scottish Local Government Elections Amendment (No.2) Order 2016 [draft] be approved. 7. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider the following negative instruments— The Representation of the People (Variation of Limit of Candidates' Local Government Election Expenses) (Scotland) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 2016 (SSI 2016/263); The Representation of the People (Absent Voting at Local Government Elections) (Scotland) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 2016 (SSI 2016/264). 8. Consideration of evidence (in private): The Committee will consider the evidence heard at agenda item 2. 9. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will consider a draft report on the Council Tax (Substitution of Proportion) (Scotland) Order 2016 [draft] and the Council Tax (Variation of Unoccupied Dwellings) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016 [draft].