The next meeting of the Cross Party Group on Architecture + the Built Environment will be on 31st January 2017.
The meeting will take place from 5.45 – 7.45 pm in Committee Room 1 (note change of room) of the Scottish Parliament.
Unfortunately, Andy Wightman MSP is no longer able to join us but I am delighted to say that the Minister for Local Government and Housing, Kevin Stewart MSP is able to make it on the night.
Our speakers are:
Petra Biberbach, Chief Executive of PAS (Formerly Planning Aid Scotland). Petra sat on the recent Planning Review.
As Chief Executive of PAS, Petra heads up the staff team and oversees the organisation’s strategic direction and development. With her outward-facing role, Petra represents the organisation externally, creating new opportunities for PAS to improve engagement in planning.
Kevin Stewart MSP, Minister for Local Government and Housing
In the 2011 election Kevin Stewart was elected to represent Aberdeen Central. He was the Convener of the Scottish Parliament‘s Local Government and Regeneration Committee, where he oversaw scrutiny of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015. He was also a member of the Welfare Reform Committee and sat on the Justice Sub-committee on Policing. Kevin was involved in the Cross-Party Groups on Oil & Gas, Scots language, Nuclear Disarmament, Malawi and Tibet and has acted as Parliamentary Liaison Officer to Nicola Sturgeon from November 2014 until the dissolution of parliament in March 2016. He stood again in 2016 and was re-elected with an increased majority. He was subsequently appointed as Minister for Local Government and Housing.
Their short presentations will be followed by an open discussion chaired by Linda Fabiani MSP.