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. Early learning and childcare: The Committee will take evidence on the Auditor General for Scotland's report from— Caroline Gardner, Auditor General for Scotland; Antony Clark, Assistant Director of Performance Audit and Best Value, Tricia Meldrum, Senior Manager, and Rebecca Smallwood, Senior Auditor, Audit Scotland. 3. Early learning and childcare (in private): The Committee will consider the evidence heard at agenda item 2 and take further evidence from— Caroline Gardner, Auditor General for Scotland; Antony Clark, Assistant Director of Performance Audit and Best Value, Tricia Meldrum, Senior Manager, and Rebecca Smallwood, Senior Auditor, Audit Scotland. 4. Work programme (in private): The Committee will consider its future approach to its post-legislative scrutiny work programme and its future scrutiny of the 2016/17 NHS Tayside and 2016/17 Scottish Police Authority audits.