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Chamber and committees

COVID-19 Recovery Committee


Agenda: 04 November 2021

Thursday, 04 November 2021

9th Meeting, 2021

Start time: 09:00am
Location: T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room
Agenda items:
  1. Decision on taking business in private
  2. Ministerial statement on COVID-19; the Coronavirus Acts: Two-Monthly Reports to the Scottish Parliament; COVID Recovery Strategy; and Subordinate legislation
  3. Subordinate legislation
  4. Baseline health protection measures
  5. Consideration of evidence
Agenda published: Thursday, 04 November 2021 01:52pm

Full agenda and available meeting papers


1. Decision on taking business in private

The Committee will decide whether to take item 5 and all future consideration of evidence in private.


2. Ministerial statement on COVID-19; the Coronavirus Acts: Two-Monthly Reports to the Scottish Parliament; COVID Recovery Strategy; and Subordinate legislation

The Committee will take evidence on the Ministerial statement on COVID-19; the Coronavirus Acts: Ninth Two-Monthly Report to Scottish Parliament and Eighth FOI Report; the COVID Recovery Strategy; and the following instruments—
The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Directions by Local Authorities) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/329)
The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Requirements) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/349) from—

  • John Swinney
    Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery
    Scottish Government
  • Professor Jason Leitch
    National Clinical Director
    Scottish Government
  • Elizabeth Sadler
    Deputy Director, Covid Ready Society
    Scottish Government
  • Graham Fisher
    Deputy Director Scottish Government Legal Directorate
    Scottish Government

Papers for this item:

1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item


3. Subordinate legislation

John Swinney, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery to move—
S6M-01399—That the COVID-19 Recovery Committee recommends that the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Directions by Local Authorities) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/329) be approved.
S6M-01529—That the COVID-19 Recovery Committee recommends that the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Requirements) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/349) be approved.


4. Baseline health protection measures

The Committee will take evidence from—

  • Dr Hywel Davies
    Technical Director
    Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers
  • Dr Shaun Fitzgerald OBE FREng
    Director, Centre for Climate Repair at Cambridge
    University of Cambridge
  • Professor Catherine Noakes OBE FREng
    Professor of Environmental Engineering for Buildings
    University of Leeds
  • Professor Tim Sharpe
    Head of Architecture
    University of Strathclyde

Papers for this item:


5. Consideration of evidence

The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.