Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 3 and 4 in private. 2. Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2025-26: The Committee will take evidence as part of its pre-budget scrutiny for 2025-26 from— Jo Armstrong, Chair, Accounts Commission; Blyth Deans, Audit Director, and Lucy Jones, Audit Manager, Audit Scotland; Derek Yule, Member, Accounts Commission; and then from— Dr Jonathan Carr-West, Chief Executive, Local Government Information Unit (LGIU); Abdool Kara, Executive Director, National Audit Office. 3. Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2025-26: The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting. 4. Work programme: The Committee will consider its work programme.