Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 3 and 4 in private. 2. Post-legislative scrutiny - Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010: The Committee will take evidence from- Jim Ferguson, Amenity Services Officer, Argyll and Bute Council; Bill Gilchrist, Team Leader, Environmental Health, East Ayrshire Council; Linda Gray, Assistant Manager Public Health (South), Neighbourhoods and Sustainability, Glasgow City Council; Alastair Lee, Senior Environmental Health Officer, North Lanarkshire Council; Kay Watson, Dog Control Officer, Fife Council; and then from— Alan Murray, Chief Superintendent, Local Policing and Development Support, and John McKeag, Sergeant, Local Policing and Development Support, Police Scotland; Anthony McGeehan, Head of Policy, and Fraser Gibson, Procurator Fiscal, South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service. 3. Post-legislative scrutiny - Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010: The Committee will consider the evidence heard at agenda item 2. 4. Work programme: The Committee will consider its future scrutiny of the Auditor General for Scotland's reports entitled "The 2016/17 audit of the Scottish Police Authority", "The 2017/18 audit of the Scottish Police Authority" and "Scotland's colleges 2018". The Committee will also consider further a response from the Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform to its report on post-legislative scrutiny of biodiversity and biodiversity reporting duties.