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The Official Report is a written record of public meetings of the Parliament and committees.  

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 26 August 2025
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Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

Meeting date: 25 October 2022

Ariane Burgess

Agenda item 2 is to take evidence on the legislative consent memorandum for the United Kingdom Government’s Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill. We are joined, in the committee room, by Craig McLaren, who is director of the Royal Town Planning Institute Scotland. We are joined remotely by Jim Miller, who is the chair of Heads of Planning Scotland, and Liz Hamilton, who is the head of planning at Homes for Scotland. I warmly welcome you all to the meeting.

We have just a few questions, so the meeting might not take all that long. We will focus particularly on the planning data aspect of the LCM. I am interested to hear, from your perspective, whether Scottish planning authorities’ handling of data was raised as an issue with the Scottish Government during the engagement that preceded the Planning (Scotland) Act 2019. If so, at that point, what concerns did you highlight and how did the Scottish Government respond? I will start with Craig McLaren, because he is in the room.

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

Meeting date: 25 October 2022

Ariane Burgess

That is great. Does Liz Hamilton want to come in on the question about planning and asking the Scottish Government about it?

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Subordinate Legislation

Meeting date: 25 October 2022

Ariane Burgess

Agenda item 3 is consideration of a piece of subordinate legislation. Because the instrument is subject to the negative procedure, there is no requirement for the committee to make any recommendation on it.

Do members have any comments?

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

Meeting date: 25 October 2022

Ariane Burgess

Does anyone else wish to comment on the NPF4 aspects?

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

Meeting date: 25 October 2022

Ariane Burgess

Does the planning data cover just the built environment? I am very interested in spatial planning. I feel that, at the moment, we in Scotland do not know how it affects land use, for example. So many critical issues are crunching up against each other, including biodiversity response, renewable energy and housing. All those things are making demands for similar or the same spaces. If we capture that data through the programme that you mentioned, will that help us to understand how we could use our land more appropriately?

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

Meeting date: 25 October 2022

Ariane Burgess

Thank you very much. That is very useful information. I am so glad that we are having this conversation.

Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee

Pre-Budget Scrutiny

Meeting date: 5 October 2022

Ariane Burgess

I understand that the fleet of the enforcement arm of Marine Scotland—Marine Scotland compliance—is composed of just three vessels. I am also aware of stakeholders’ concerns that Marine Scotland’s enforcement of marine regulations is underfunded, of the many instances of illegal fishing that are going on unchecked due to a lack of enforcement capacity, and that enforcement officers undertook industrial action earlier this year.

Given that work is being taken forward on inshore fisheries through the Bute house agreement, is increasing enforcement capacity a priority for the Scottish Government? Do you expect there to be increased funding in the budget for the coming year? If not, how will enforcement be improved?

Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee

Pre-Budget Scrutiny

Meeting date: 5 October 2022

Ariane Burgess

Is any consideration being given to increasing the size of the vessels, given that we have such a vast amount of water to cover and that stakeholders are raising concerns?

Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee

Pre-Budget Scrutiny

Meeting date: 5 October 2022

Ariane Burgess

In relation to the good food nation, the Government has estimated that the proposed Scottish food commission will cost about £1 million per year to run. We would be interested in hearing the timescale for establishing the commission and any details that you have on its coming into existence.

Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee

Pre-Budget Scrutiny

Meeting date: 5 October 2022

Ariane Burgess

I was just about to ask the cabinet secretary about how involved she is in the remote, rural and islands housing action plan. Do you collaborate with the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government on that?