Public Audit Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take agenda item 4 in private. 2. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take the meeting on Thursday 17 November 2022 in private. 3. Tackling Child Poverty: The Committee will take evidence in a roundtable format on the briefing from— Bruce Adamson, Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland; Stephen Boyle, Auditor General for Scotland; John Dickie, Director, Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland; Paul Johnston, Director-General Communities, Scottish Government; Hanna McCulloch, National Co-ordinator, Local Child Poverty Action Reports, Improvement Service; Ryan McQuigg, Campaigns, Advocacy and Policy Adviser, Action for Children Scotland; Bill Scott, Chair, Poverty and Inequality Commission; Matthew Sweeney, Policy Manager, Children and Young People, Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA). 4. Tackling Child Poverty: The Committee will consider the evidence heard at agenda item 3.