Date: Thursday, September 2, 2021
Session: 6
Location: T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room
Meeting opened at: 09:30am
Meeting closed at: 11:03am
Siobhian Brown (Convener)
Jim Fairlie
Murdo Fraser (Deputy Convener)
John Mason
Alex Rowley
Brian Whittle
The Committee took evidence from—
John Swinney, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery, Professor Jason Leitch,National Clinical Director and Dominic Munro,Director for COVID-19: Exit Strategy, Scottish Government.
The Committee took evidence on the Ministerial statement on COVID-19; the Coronavirus Acts: Eighth Two-Monthly Report to Scottish Parliament and Seventh FOI Report; and the following instruments—
The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions and Requirements) (Local Levels) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 27) Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/238)
The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions and Requirements) (Local Levels) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 28) Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/242)
The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions and Requirements) (Local Levels) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 29) Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/252)
The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions and Requirements) (Local Levels) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 30) Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/255)
The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions and Requirements) (Local Levels) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 31) Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/262)
The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions and Requirements) (Local Levels) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 32) Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/263)
The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/277)
The Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020 (Early Expiry of Provisions) Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/214)
The Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020 (Early Expiry of Provisions) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/236)
The Coronavirus (Extension and Expiry) (Scotland) Act 2021 (Evidence) (Saving Provision) Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/280)
The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Suspension: Disposal of Bodies) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/250) (laid only) from—
John Swinney, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery, Professor Jason Leitch, National Clinical Director and Elizabeth Blair, Team leader, Covid Co-ordination Governance and Decision Making, Scottish Government.
John Swinney, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery moved—
S6M-00695—That the COVID-19 Recovery Committee recommends that the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions and Requirements) (Local Levels) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 27) Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/238) be approved;
S6M-00694—That the COVID-19 Recovery Committee recommends that the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions and Requirements) (Local Levels) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 28) Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/242) be approved;
S6M-00693—That the COVID-19 Recovery Committee recommends that the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions and Requirements) (Local Levels) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 29) Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/252) be approved;
S6M-00692—That the COVID-19 Recovery Committee recommends that the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions and Requirements) (Local Levels) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 30) Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/255) be approved;
S6M-00702—That the COVID-19 Recovery Committee recommends that the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions and Requirements) (Local Levels) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 31) Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/262) be approved;
S6M-00701—That the COVID-19 Recovery Committee recommends that the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions and Requirements) (Local Levels) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 32) Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/263) be approved;
S6M-00901—That the COVID-19 Recovery Committee recommends that the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/277) be approved.
The motions were agreed to.
The Committee considered the following negative instruments—
The Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020 (Early Expiry of Provisions) Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/214)
The Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020 (Early Expiry of Provisions) (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/236)
The Coronavirus (Extension and Expiry) (Scotland) Act 2021 (Evidence) (Saving Provision) Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/280)
The Committee agreed to make no recommendations in relation to the instruments.