(As agreed by resolution of Parliament on 15 June 2021)
Conveners:
Siobhian Brown (SNP) (until 30 March 2023)
Jim Fairlie (SNP) (from 20 April 2023)
Deputy Convener: Murdo Fraser (Con)
Membership: The committee has 6 members
Committee MeetingsThere were 25 meetings in the parliamentary yearNumberTotal meetings of the Committee25Meetings held wholly in private5Meetings held partly in private19Joint meetings with other Committees0Meetings held outside the Parliament0Meetings held remotely by video conference0Hybrid meetings15Meetings AttendedMembersPartyNumber of meetings attended (possible total)Siobhian Brown (until 30 March 2023)SNP21 (22)Jim FairlieSNP24 (25)Murdo FraserCon24 (25)Stuart McMillan (from 18 April 2023)SNP1 (3)John MasonSNP25 (25)Alex RowleyLab21 (25)Brian WhittleCon22 (25)Substitute MembersSubstitute MembersPartyNumber of meetings attendedJackie BaillieLab3Sandesh GulhaneCon0Stuart McMillan (until 18 April 2023)SNP1Ash Regan (from 18 April 2023)SNP1Reporters: None
Committee Clerk: Sigrid Robinson
Advisers:
Professor Helen Stagg, Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine: adviser on epidemiology
Professor Peter Donnelly, Professor of Public Health Medicine and Director of the Sir James Mackenzie Institute for early diagnosis, University of St Andrews: adviser on public health
Professor Susie Dunachie, National Institute for Health Research Global Research Professor, University of Oxford: adviser on immunology
Visits: Routes to Work and Remploy in Airdrie on the 28 November 2022
Events:
Informal fact-finding event with Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh on 19 May 2022, as part of the inquiry into COVID-19: communication of public health information
Informal online event with people who have a long-term health condition and people who had taken early retirement since 2020, on 24 November 2022.