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

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

5. Consideration of evidence

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