The Committee agreed to do some work in the area of affordable housing, by looking at the work of the Housing Supply Task Force. The Committee took evidence at its meetings of 26 September and 14 November 2007.

• Evidence taken on 26 September 2007
• Evidence taken on 14 November 2007

The Local Government and Communities Committee was designated as the lead committee for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games Bill.

The Bill passed at Stage 3 on 30 April 2008.  Further information can be found on the Glasgow Commonwealth Games Bill committee homepage.

The Local Government and Communities Committee was designated as the lead committee for the Disabled Persons' Parking Places (Scotland) Bill.

The Bill passed at Stage 3 on 26 February 2009.  Further information can be found on the Disabled Persons' Parking Places (Scotland) Bill committee homepage.

The Local Government and Communities Committee scrutinised the sections of the Scottish Government's Draft Budget 2009-10 relevant to the remit of the Committee.

• Committee Scrutiny of the Scottish Government's Draft Budget 2009-10

The Local Government and Communities Committee has now completed its consideration of the Framework. 

The Committee agreed to monitor progress being made by the Scottish Government in implementing NPF2, and will seek to consider the Action Plan once it has been reviewed by the Scottish Government in June 2010.

Further information can be found on the National Planning Framework 2 committee homepage.

The Local Government and Communities Committee was designated as the lead committee for the Scottish Local Government (Elections) Bill.

The Bill passed at Stage 3 on 17 June 2009.  Further information can be found on the Scottish Local Government (Elections) Bill committee homepage.

The Committee has now completed its inquiry into Equal Pay in Local Government. 

The Committee agreed to take evidence in February 2010 from the Scottish Government and COSLA on progress being made in relation to settling local government equal pay claims.

Further information can be found on the Equal Pay in Local Government committee homepage.

The Committee has now completed its inquiry into Child Poverty in Scotland.  

The Committee agreed to monitor progress being made by the Scottish Government on the commitments it made in response to the Committee’s report on child poverty, and its progress towards meeting child poverty targets. The Committee agreed to take evidence from the Scottish Government in April or May 2010. 

Further information can be found on the Child Poverty Inquiry committee homepage.

The Committee took evidence in June 2008 from representatives of the Homelessness Monitoring Group.

Following this, the Committee agreed to take further evidence on homelessness, and also on housing supply and investment.  The Committee held evidence sessions on these issues on 11 February and 4 March 2009.

The Committee subsequently agreed that it would look at support for housing and infrastructure issues as part of its examination of homelessness and housing supply issues and would deal with these issues as part of its scrutiny of the Draft Budget 2010-11.

The Committee has completed its evidence sessions on Home Care Services for the Elderly. 

The Committee agreed to consider in January 2010, good practice guidance on the re-tendering of social care contracts that has been issued by the Scottish Government to local authorities, and to decide whether it wishes to take evidence.

Further information can be found on the Home Care Services for the Elderly committee homepage.

The Local Government and Communities Committee focused its scrutiny on the sections of the Scottish Government's Draft Budget 2010-11 relevant to the remit of the Committee, and on housing and poverty in particular.

• Committee Scrutiny of the Scottish Government's Draft Budget 2010-11

The Committee has now completed its evidence sessions on fuel poverty.  The Committee wrote to the Minister to set out its views on the issue.

Further information can be found on the Fuel Poverty committee homepage

The Committee was designated as lead committee on the Bill.  Further information on the Committee's work on this Bill can be found on the Home Owner and Debtor Protection (Scotland) Bill committee homepage.

The Committee was designated as lead committee on the Bill.  Further information on the Committee's work on this Bill can be found on the Control of Dogs (Scotland) Bill committee homepage.

The Committee produced a report for the Finance Committee on the work it has undertaken in its inquiry into local government finance.  Further information can be found on the committee homepage for the budget strategy phase.

The Local Government and Communities Committee published a report on Local Government Finance.  Further information on this inquiry can be found on the Local Government Finance Inquiry committee homepage.