Local Government and Communities Committee

1. Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the Council Tax (Substitution of Proportion) (Scotland) Order 2016 from— Cllr Kevin Keenan, Spokesperson for Resources and Capacity, and Jonathan Sharma, Policy Manager, COSLA; Paul Manning, Scottish Local Government Partnership (and Executive Director of Finance and Corporate Resources, South Lanarkshire Council); Derek Yule, Director of Finance, Highland Council (and current Chair, CIPFA Directors of Finance); Dave Watson, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, UNISON Scotland. 2. The Draft Second Climate Change Report on Proposals and Policies (RPP2): The Committee will take evidence, in a roundtable format, from— Cllr Harry McGuigan, Spokesperson for Community Well-being, and Silke Isbrand, Policy Manager - Communities, COSLA; Craig McLaren, Director, RTPI Scotland; Chris Wood-Gee, Steering Group Vice Chairperson, Sustainable Scotland Network; Fabrice Leveque, Stop Climate Chaos Scotland; Mike Thornton, Director, Scotland, Energy Saving Trust. 3. Consideration of evidence (in private): The Committee will consider the evidence heard at agenda items 1 and 2. 4. Work programme (in private): The Committee will consider its work programme.