Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take items 4, 5 and 6 in private.

2. Post-legislative Scrutiny - Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002: The Committee will take evidence from-
Professor Kevin Dunion, Honorary Professor in the School of Law and Executive Director of the Centre of Freedom of Information, University of Dundee;
Dr Karen McCullagh, Lecturer in Law and Course Director, LLM Media Law, Policy and Practice, UEA Law School, University of East Anglia;
Professor Colin Reid, Professor of Environmental Law, University of Dundee;
Alistair Sloan, Solicitor, Inkster Solicitors;
Dr Ben Worthy (by video link), Senior Lecturer in Politics at Birkbeck College, University of London.

3. Section 23 report - Finances of Scottish universities: The Committee will take evidence from-
Caroline Gardner, Auditor General for Scotland;
Antony Clark, Audit Director, Mark MacPherson, Senior Manager, and Adam Bullough, Audit Manager, Performance Audit and Best Value, Audit Scotland.

4. Section 23 report - Finances of Scottish universities: The Committee will consider the evidence heard at agenda item 3 and take further evidence from—
Caroline Gardner, Auditor General for Scotland;
Antony Clark, Audit Director, Mark MacPherson, Senior Manager, and Adam Bullough, Audit Manager, Performance Audit and Best Value, Audit Scotland.

5. Post-legislative Scrutiny - Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002: The Committee will consider the evidence heard at agenda item 2.

6. Work programme: The Committee will consider its work programme, including its future scrutiny of the Auditor General for Scotland's report entitled "The 2018/19 audit of the Scottish Prison Service".


Proposed future business

For further information, contact the Clerk to the Committee Lucy Scharbert at papls.committee@parliament.scot.