COVID-19 Recovery Committee
Minutes: 28 April 2022
Thursday, 28 April 2022
13th Meeting, 2022
Start time: 10:00am
Location: T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room
Published: Thursday, 28 April 2022
Minutes
1. Excess deaths in Scotland since the start of the pandemic (In Private):
The Committee agreed a draft letter to the Scottish Government.
2. Decision on taking business in private:
The Committee agreed to take item 6 in private.
3. Covid-19 Update; the Coronavirus Acts: Two-Monthly Reports to the Scottish Parliament; and Subordinate legislation:
The Committee took evidence on a COVID-19 update; the Coronavirus Acts: Twelfth Two-Monthly Report to Scottish Parliament and Eleventh FOI Report; and the following instrument—
John Swinney, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery, Professor Jason Leitch CBE FRCS, National Clinical Director and Elizabeth Blair, Unit Head, Covid Co-ordination, Scottish Government .
4. Subordinate legislation:
John Swinney, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery moved —S6M-03976—That the COVID-19 Recovery Committee recommends that the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Requirements) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 6) Regulations 2022 be approved.
5. Consideration of evidence (In Private):
The Committee considered the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 3.
6. COVID-19: communication of public health information (In Private):
The Committee agreed its approach to the inquiry.