COVID-19 Recovery Committee
Meeting Minutes
11th Meeting, 2021
- Date: Thursday, November 18, 2021
- Session: 6
- Location: T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room
- Meeting opened at: 09:00
- Meeting closed at: 11:34
- Published: Thursday, November 18, 2021 11:35am
Committee Members Attendees
- Siobhian Brown (Convener)
- Murdo Fraser (Deputy Convener)
- Jim Fairlie (Member)
- John Mason (Member)
- Alex Rowley (Member)
- Brian Whittle (Member)
1 Baseline health protection measures:
The Committee took evidence from—
Gavin Stevenson, Scottish Licensed Trade Association;
Leon Thompson, Executive Director, Scotland, UK Hospitality;
Barry McCulloch, Head of Policy, Federation of Small Businesses Scotland;
Professor Irene Petersen, Professor of Epidemiology and Health Informatics, University College London;
Kirsty Cumming, Chief Executive, Community Leisure UK.
2 Ministerial statement on COVID-19; Subordinate legislation:
The Committee took evidence on the Ministerial statement on COVID-19; and the following instruments—
The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel and Operator Liability) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 6) Regulations 2021(SSI 2021/382)
The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Requirements) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/384)
The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Early Expiry of Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 [draft] from—
John Swinney, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery, Professor Jason Leitch,National Clinical Director, Dominic Munro,Director for COVID-19: Exit Strategy and Elizabeth Sadler,Deputy Director, Covid Ready Society, Scottish Government .
3 Subordinate legislation:
John Swinney, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery moved—
S6M-01688—That the COVID-19 Recovery Committee recommends that the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel and Operator Liability) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 5) Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/359) be approved.
S6M-01885—That the COVID-19 Recovery Committee recommends that the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel and Operator Liability) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 6) Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/382) be approved.
S6M-01886—That the COVID-19 Recovery Committee recommends that the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Requirements) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/384) be approved.
S6M-01918—That the COVID-19 Recovery Committee recommends that the Coronavirus Act 2020 (Early Expiry of Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 [draft] be approved.
The motions were agreed to.
4 Consideration of evidence (In Private):
The Committee considered the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.