Public Audit Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take agenda items 3, 4 and 5 in private. 2. Flooding in communities: Moving towards flood resilience: The Committee will take evidence from— Roy Brannen, Director-General Net Zero, Diarmund Ó Néill, Interim Director for Environment and Forestry, Anne Aitken, Deputy Director for Environmental Quality and Resilience, and Michelagh O'Neill, Flooding Team Leader, Scottish Government. Nicole Paterson, Chief Executive Officer and Alex Flucker, Chief Operating Officer, Data, Evidence, and Innovation, Scottish Environment Protection Agency. Gareth Dixon, Policy Manager, Local Government Finance and Mark Boyd, Head of Finance, North Ayrshire Council, Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA). Will Burnish, Senior Engineer, Moray Council and Lead Local Authority Forum for Flooding, Scottish Collaboration of Transport Specialists (Flooding). 3. Flooding in communities: Moving towards flood resilience: The Committee will consider the evidence heard at agenda item 2 and take further evidence from— Stephen Boyle, Auditor General for Scotland. Cornilius Chikwama, Audit Director, Audit Scotland. 4. Flooding in communities: Moving towards flood resilience: The Committee will consider the evidence it heard at agenda items 2 and 3 and agree any further action it wishes to take. 5. Work programme: The Committee will consider its work programme.