COVID-19 Recovery Committee
Meeting Minutes
7th Meeting, 2022
- Date: Thursday, March 3, 2022
- Session: 6
- Location: T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room
- Meeting opened at: 09:31
- Meeting closed at: 11:33
- Published: Thursday, March 3, 2022 02:56pm
Committee Members Attendees
- Siobhian Brown (Convener)
- Murdo Fraser (Deputy Convener)
- Jim Fairlie (Member)
- John Mason (Member)
- Alex Rowley (Member)
- Brian Whittle (Member)
1 Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill:
The Committee took evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—
Professor Fiona de Londras, Professor of Global Legal Studies, COVID Review Observatory, University of Birmingham;
Professor Paul Hunter, Professor in Medicine, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia;
Anthony Smith, Chief Executive, Westminster Foundation for Democracy;
and then from—
Abbey Fleming, Policy and Communications Lead, Money Advice Scotland;
Jamie MacNeil, Money Matters Advice Service, Social Work Resources, South Lanarkshire Council;
Emerita Professor Donna W McKenzie Skene, School of Law, University of Aberdeen;
David Menzies, Director of Practice, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.
John Mason declared that he is a member of ICAS.
2 Consideration of evidence (In Private):
The Committee considered the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.