COVID-19 Recovery Committee
Meeting Minutes
8th Meeting, 2022
- Date: Thursday, March 10, 2022
- Session: 6
- Location: T4.60-CR6 The Livingstone Room
- Meeting opened at: 09:30
- Meeting closed at: 11:22
- Published: Thursday, March 10, 2022 01:27pm
Committee Members Attendees
- Siobhian Brown (Convener)
- Murdo Fraser (Deputy Convener)
- Jim Fairlie (Member)
- John Mason (Member)
- Alex Rowley (Member)
- Brian Whittle (Member)
1 Excess deaths in Scotland since the start of the pandemic:
The Committee took evidence from—
Rob Gowans, Policy and Public Affairs Manager, Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE);
Lawrence Cowan, Director of Communications, Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland;
Peter Hastie, Policy Manager, Macmillan Cancer Support;
Dr Lynda Fenton, Consultant in Public Health Medicine, Public Health Scotland;
Dr Francisco Perez-Reche, Institute for Complex Systems and Mathematical Biology School of Natural and Computing Sciences, University of Aberdeen.
2 Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill:
The Committee took evidence on the Bill at Stage 1 from—
Dr Arun Chopra, Medical Director, Mental Welfare Commission Scotland;
Dr Roger Smyth, Chair, Legislative Oversight Forum, Royal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland.
3 Consideration of evidence (In Private):
The Committee considered the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.