Chamber and committees

I thank the witnesses for their evidence and for giving us their time; I think that we can all agree that the session has been fascinating. If witnesses would like to provide the committee with any further evidence, they can do so in writing—the clerks will be happy to liaise with you on how to do that. I suspend the meeting briefly to allow for a change of witnesses.

We move to questions from Jim Fairlie.

Thank you.

Thank you. That is very helpful.

Thank you. Professor Sheikh, I know that you are leading a long-term study on long Covid. Before I move on to Mr Fairlie, what are you hoping to learn from it?

Thank you. That is interesting.

Thank you. That concludes evidence taking from our first panel on the impact of the pandemic on the Scottish labour market.

I thank the witnesses for their evidence and their time this morning. If they would like to raise any further evidence with the committee, they can do so in writing; the clerks will be happy to liaise with them on how to do that.

I suspend the meeting briefly to allow a changeover of witnesses.

Yes.

What can the statistics tell us about of differing policy approaches in Scotland and the rest of the UK pre-pandemic, during the pandemic and post-pandemic?

Yes.