COVID-19 Recovery Committee
Meeting Minutes
15th Meeting, 2022
- Date: Thursday, May 26, 2022
- Session: 6
- Location: T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room
- Meeting opened at: 08:59
- Meeting closed at: 11:30
- Published: Thursday, May 26, 2022 01:12pm
Committee Members Attendees
- Siobhian Brown (Convener)
- Murdo Fraser (Deputy Convener)
- Jim Fairlie (Member)
- John Mason (Member)
- Alex Rowley (Member)
- Brian Whittle (Member)
1 COVID-19: communication of public health information:
The Committee took evidence from—
Callum Hood, Head of Research, Center for Countering Digital Hate;
Will Moy, Chief Executive, Full Fact;
Dr Dawn Holford, Senior Research Associate, SciBeh;
Tracey Brown OBE, Director, Sense about Science;
and then from—
Dr Nick Phin, Organisational Lead, Strategic Engagement and Policy, Public Health Scotland;
Stefan Webster, Regulatory Affairs Manager, Ofcom;
Ed Humpherson, Director General for Regulation, Office for Statistics Regulation.
2 Consideration of evidence (In Private):
The Committee considered the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.