COVID-19 Recovery Committee
9th Meeting, 2022
The Committee took evidence from—
Humza Yousaf, Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care and Professor Jason Leitch,National Clinical Director, Scottish Government .
Brian Whittle indicated that he was previously a director of a healthcare tech company developing communication and collaboration platforms.
The Committee took evidence on the Ministerial statement on COVID-19; and the following instruments—
from—
John Swinney, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery moved—
S6M-03075—That the COVID-19 Recovery Committee recommends that the Coronavirus Act 2020 (Alteration of Expiry Date) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (SSI 2022/40) be approved.
S6M-03169—That the COVID-19 Recovery Committee recommends that the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Directions by Local Authorities) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022 [draft] be approved.
S6M-03349-That the COVID-19 Recovery Committee recommends that the Coronavirus (Scotland) Acts (Amendment of Expiry Dates) Regulations 2022 [draft] be approved.
S6M-03202-That the COVID-19 Recovery Committee recommends that the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel and Operator Liability) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 2022 (SSI 2022/53) be approved.
S6M-03354-That the COVID-19 Recovery Committee recommends that the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Requirements) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 5) Regulations 2022 (SSI 2022/74) be approved.
After debate, the motions were agreed to, motions S6M-03075, S6M-03169 and S6M-03349 were agreed to (by division: For 4 (Siobhian Brown MSP, Jim Fairlie MSP, John Mason MSP, Alex Rowley MSP), Against 2 (Murdo Fraser, Brian Whittle MSP, Abstentions 0) and motions S6M-03202 and S6M-03354 were agreed to (without division).
The Committee considered the following negative instrument—
The Committee agreed to make no recommendations in relation to the instrument.
The Committee considered the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.