COVID-19 Recovery Committee
Agenda: 24 February 2022
Thursday, 24 February 2022
6th Meeting, 2022
Full agenda and available meeting papers
1. Excess deaths in Scotland since the start of the pandemic
The Committee will take evidence from—
- Professor Andrew Elder
President
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh - Dr John Thomson
Vice President (Scotland)
Royal College of Emergency Medicine - Dr David Shackles
Joint Chair
Royal College of General Practitioners Scotland - Dr Barbara Miles
President
Scottish Intensive Care Society
Papers for this item:
Paper 1 - Note by the Clerk (641KB, pdf) posted 21 February 2022
2 private papers will be discussed during this agenda item
2. Ministerial statement on COVID-19; the Coronavirus Acts: Two-Monthly Reports to the Scottish Parliament; and Subordinate legislation
The Committee will take evidence on the Ministerial statement on COVID-19; the Coronavirus Acts: Eleventh Two-Monthly Report to Scottish Parliament and Tenth FOI Report; and the following instruments—
The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Alteration of Expiry Date) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (SSI 2022/40)
The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Requirements) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 4) Regulations 2022 [Draft]
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Directions by Local Authorities) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022 [Draft] from—
- John Swinney
Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery
Scottish Government - Professor Jason Leitch
National Clinical Director
Scottish Government - Dominic Munro
Director for COVID-19: Exit Strategy
Scottish Government - Elizabeth Blair
Unit Head, Covid Co-ordination
Scottish Government
Papers for this item:
Paper 1 - Note by the Clerk (392KB, pdf) posted 21 February 2022
Paper 2 - SPICe Issues Paper (207KB, pdf) posted 23 February 2022
Paper 3 - SPICe Issues Paper (2MB, pdf) posted 23 February 2022
3. Subordinate legislation
John Swinney, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery to move—
S6M-03168—That the COVID-19 Recovery Committee recommends that the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Requirements) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 4) Regulations 2022 [draft] be approved.
4. Consideration of evidence
The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.