All meetings of the committee

This is all meetings of COVID-19 Recovery Committee held in 2023. On meeting pages you can find agendas, meeting papers, minutes, and links to Official Reports and Scottish Parliament TV.

15th Meeting

29 June

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Recovery of NHS dental services
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• Jenni Minto
  Minister for Public Health and Women's Health
  Scottish Government
• Tom Ferris
  Chief Dental Officer, Deputy Director Dentistry, Optometry and Audiology Division
  Scottish Government
• David Notman
  Unit Head for Dentistry, Optometry and Audiology Division
  Scottish Government
3. Annual reports
4. Consideration of evidence (in private)
5. Legacy paper

14th Meeting

22 June

1. Recovery of NHS dental services
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• David McColl
  Chair, Scottish Dental Practice Committee
  British Dental Association
• Douglas Thain
  Chair
  Scottish Dental Association
• Dr Atif Bashir BSc BDS MSc MFDS (Ed)
  Chair
  Scottish Dental Practice Owners
2. Consideration of evidence (in private)
3. Work programme (in private)

13th Meeting

15 June

1. Recovery of NHS dental services
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• Margaret McKeith
  Assistant Director
  the ALLIANCE
• Professor David Conway
  Professor of Dental Public Health, University of Glasgow and Honorary Consultant in Dental Public Health
  Public Health Scotland
• Dr Manal Eschelli
  Project Coordinator
  West of Scotland Regional Equality Council
and then from:
• Adelle McElrath
  Director of Dentistry (Interim) and Dental Practice Adviser
  NHS Borders
• Antony M. Visocchi
  Director of Dentistry
  NHS Shetland
• Dr Declan Gilmore
  Director of Dentistry
  NHS Tayside
2. Consideration of evidence (in private)
3. Work programme (in private)

12th Meeting

25 May

1. Work programme (in private)

11th Meeting

04 May

1. Declaration of interests
2. Standing Committee on Pandemic Preparedness
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• Professor Andrew Morris
  Chair, Standing Committee on Pandemic Preparedness, Director/CEO HDR-UK and Vice-Principal Data Science
  University of Edinburgh
• Professor Tom Evans
  Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Consultant in Infectious Diseases
  University of Glasgow
3. Consideration of evidence (in private)

10th Meeting

27 April

1. Work programme (in private)
2. Recovery of NHS dentistry services (in private)

9th Meeting

20 April

1. Declaration of interests
2. Choice of Convener
3. Long COVID (in private)

8th Meeting

30 March

1. Work programme (in private)
2. Recovery of NHS dentistry services (in private)

7th Meeting

23 March

1. Long COVID
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• Humza Yousaf
  Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
  Scottish Government
• John Harden
  Deputy National Clinical Director
  Scottish Government
• Ashleigh Simpson
  Team Leader - Planning and Quality Division
  Scottish Government
• Christopher Doyle
  Senior Policy Manager – Clinical Priorities Unit
  Scottish Government
2. Consideration of evidence (in private)

6th Meeting

09 March

1. Long COVID
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• Euan Dick
  Head
  Chief Scientist Office
• Professor Dame Anna Dominiczak
  Chief Scientist (Health)
  Chief Scientist Office
• Dr Janet Scott
  Consultant in Infectious Disease (NHS Highlands) and Affiliate Senior Clinical Lecturer
  MRC-University of Glasgow Centre for Virus Research
• Professor Kay Cooper
  Clinical Professor of Allied Health Professions
  Robert Gordon University and NHS Grampian
• Professor Edward Duncan
  Nursing Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit
  University of Stirling
• Professor Chris Robertson
  Professor of Public Health Epidemiology
  University of Strathclyde
2. Consideration of evidence (in private)

5th Meeting

02 March

1. Long COVID
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• Claire Jones
  Advanced Clinical Practitioner and Long COVID Therapy Lead
  Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
• Dr Melissa Heightman
  Clinical Lead, Post Covid Service, University College London Hospitals and North Central London Respiratory Network, National Specialty Advisor, Long COVID Program
  NHS England
• Dr David Strain
  Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Exeter Medical School, Lead on Long-Covid, British Medical Association
  Member of the NHS Long-COVID Taskforce
2. Consideration of evidence (in private)

4th Meeting

23 February

1. Long COVID
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• Jane-Claire Judson
  Chief Executive Officer
  Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland
• Dr Amy Small
  Clinical Advisor
  Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland
• Dr David Shackles
  Joint Chair
  Royal College of General Practitioners Scotland
• Lorraine Crothers
  Board member
  Royal College of Occupational Therapists
• Dr Claire Taylor
  Tayside Complete Health Ltd and Expert Advisor on Long COVID to the World Health Network
and then from:
• Judy Thomson
  Director of Training for Psychology Services
  NHS Education for Scotland
• Professor Lindsay Donaldson
  Deputy Medical Director
  NHS Education for Scotland
• Linda Currie
  Associate AHP Director
  NHS Highland
• Heather Cameron
  Director of Allied Health Professions
  NHS Lothian
• Janis Heaney
  Associate Director – National Strategic Networks, National Specialist and Screening Services Directorate (NSD)
  NHS National Services Scotland
• Manira Ahmad
  Chief Officer
  Public Health Scotland
2. Consideration of evidence (in private)

3rd Meeting

09 February

1. Long COVID
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• Rob Gowans
  Policy and Public Affairs Manager
  Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE)
• Ian Mullen
  Covid Action Scotland
• Sammie Mcfarland
  CEO and Founder
  Long Covid Kids
• Jane Ormerod
  Chair
  Long Covid Scotland
• Stuart McIver
  Long Covid Scotland
• Michelle Powell Gonzalez
  Long Covid Support Group: Scotland
• Donna Convery
  Long Covid Support Group: Scotland
2. Consideration of evidence (in private)

2nd Meeting

26 January

1. Road to recovery: impact of the pandemic on the Scottish labour market (in private)

1st Meeting

19 January

1. Monitoring COVID-19 recovery
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• Alfrun Tryggvadottir
  Lead, Spending Review and Machinery of Government
  Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
• Indre Bambalaite
  Junior Policy Analyst
  Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
2. Scottish Government budget 2023-24
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• John Swinney MSP
  Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery
  Scottish Government
• Simon Mair
  Deputy Director Covid Recovery and Public Sector Reform
  Scottish Government
• Christine McLaughlin
  Director of Population Health
  Scottish Government
• Jamie MacDougall
  Deputy Director for Budget and Public Spending
  Scottish Government
3. Consideration of evidence (in private)

This is all meetings of COVID-19 Recovery Committee held in 2022. On meeting pages you can find agendas, meeting papers, minutes, and links to Official Reports and Scottish Parliament TV.

28th Meeting

15 December

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. COVID-19 Surveillance
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• Dr Rachel Helliwel
  Director
  Centre of Expertise for Waters (CREW) and the Hydro Nation International Centre
• George Ponton
  Head of Research and Innovation
  Scottish Water
• Peter Singleton
  Research, Innovation and Evidence Manager
  Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA)
and then from:
• Professor Sharon Peacock CBE
  Executive Director and Chair
  Covid-19 Genomics UK Consortium
• Mike Gray
  Service Manager for Laboratory Medicine, NHS Lothian
  Royal Infirmary Edinburgh
• Dr Kate Templeton
  Head Molecular Diagnostics, (Microbiology, Virology and Molecular pathology), Director STI and viral genotyping reference laboratory
  Royal Infirmary Edinburgh
• Professor Rory Gunson
  Consultant Clinical Scientist and Virology Clinical Lead/Laboratory Director, West of Scotland Specialist Virology Centre
  Glasgow Royal Infirmary
• Professor Matthew Holden
  COG-UK Principal Investigator
  Public Health Scotland
3. Consideration of evidence (in private)
4. Long COVID

27th Meeting

08 December

1. Road to recovery: impact of the pandemic on the Scottish labour market
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• Richard Lochhead
  Minister for Just Transition, Employment and Fair Work
  Scottish Government
• Lewis Hedge
  Deputy Director, Fair Work and Labour Market Strategy
  Scottish Government
• Dr Alastair Cook
  Principal Medical Officer, Mental Health Division
  Scottish Government
2. Consideration of evidence (in private)

26th Meeting

24 November

1. Work programme (in private)

25th Meeting

17 November

1. Road to recovery: impact of the pandemic on the Scottish labour market
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• Marek Zemanik
   Senior Policy Advisor
  Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
• Bee Boileau
  Research Economist
  Institute for Fiscal Studies
• Jonathan Cribb
  Associate Director
  Institute for Fiscal Studies
• David Fairs
  Executive Director of Regulatory Policy, Analysis and Advice
  The Pensions Regulator
• Dr Liz Cameron CBE
  Director and Chief Executive
  Scottish Chambers of Commerce
and then from:
• Anna Ritchie Allan
  Executive Director
  Close the Gap
• Chris Brodie
  Director of Regional Skills Planning and Sector Development
  Skills Development Scotland
• Anjum Klair
  Policy Officer
  Trades Union Congress
• Jack Jones
  Policy Officer
  Trades Union Congress
2. Consideration of evidence (in private)

24th Meeting

10 November

1. Road to recovery: impact of the pandemic on the Scottish labour market
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• Susie Fitton
  Policy Manager
  Inclusion Scotland
• Pamela Smith
  Head of Economy and Poverty
  Public Health Scotland
• Professor Sir Aziz Sheikh
  Professor of Primary Care Research and Development, Director Usher Institute and Dean of Data
  University of Edinburgh
• Professor Gerry McCartney
  Professor of Wellbeing Economy
  University of Glasgow
and then from:
• John Burn-Murdoch
  Chief Data Reporter
  The Financial Times
• Tom Waters
  Senior Research Economist
  Institute for Fiscal Studies
• Tom Wernham
  Research Economist
  Institute for Fiscal Studies
• Philip Whyte
  Director
  IPPR Scotland
2. Consideration of evidence (in private)

23rd Meeting

03 November

1. Road to recovery: impact of the pandemic on the Scottish labour market
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• Dr Hannah Randolph
  Economic and Policy Analyst
  Fraser of Allander Institute
• Professor Steve Fothergill
  Centre for Regional Economic and Social Research, Sheffield Hallam University, National Director
  Industrial Communities Alliance
• Tony Wilson
  Director
  Institute for Employment Studies
• David Freeman
  Head of Labour Market and Households
  Office for National Statistics
• Louise Murphy
  Economist
  Resolution Foundation
2. Consideration of evidence (in private)

22nd Meeting

27 October

1. Pre-budget scrutiny: Coronavirus (COVID-19): Scotland’s Strategic Framework and Covid Recovery Strategy (in private)

21st Meeting

29 September

1. Pre-budget scrutiny: COVID-19 strategic framework
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• Professor Andrew Morris
  Chair
  Standing Committee on Pandemic Preparedness
2. Pre-budget scrutiny: COVID-19 strategic framework and COVID-19 recovery strategy
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• John Swinney
  Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery
  Scottish Government
• Simon Mair
  Deputy Director Covid Recovery and Public Sector Reform
  Scottish Government
• Christine McLaughlin
  Director of Population Health
  Scottish Government
• Andrew Watson
  Director for Budget and Public Spending
  Scottish Government
3. Consideration of evidence (in private)

20th Meeting

22 September

1. Pre-budget scrutiny: COVID recovery strategy
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• Rob Gowans
  Policy and Public Affairs Manager
  Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE)
• Sarah Watters
  Director of Membership and Resources
  Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA)
• Professor Mairi Spowage
  Director
  Fraser of Allander Institute
• Alfrun Tryggvadottir
  Lead, Spending Review and Machinery of Government
  Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
• Dr Lukas Hardt
  Policy and Engagement Lead
  Wellbeing Economy Alliance Scotland
2. Consideration of evidence (in private)
3. COVID-19: communication of public health information (in private)

19th Meeting

08 September

1. Pre-budget scrutiny: COVID-19 strategic framework
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• Richard Robinson
  Senior Manager
  Audit Scotland
• Mary Morgan
  Chief Executive
  NHS National Services Scotland
• Carolyn Low
  Director of Finance
  NHS National Services Scotland
• Dr Nick Phin
  Organisational Lead, Strategic Engagement and Policy
  Public Health Scotland
• Dr Graham Foster
  Director of Public Health NHS Forth Valley and Chair
  Scottish Directors of Public Health
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Consideration of evidence (in private)
4. COVID-19: communication of public health information (in private)

18th Meeting

30 June

1. COVID-19: communication of public health information
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• Maree Todd
  Minister for Public Health, Women's Health and Sport
  Scottish Government
• Professor Jason Leitch CBE FRCS
  National Clinical Director
  Scottish Government
• Professor Linda Bauld OBE
  Chief Social Policy Adviser
  Scottish Government
• Dr Audrey MacDougall
  Chief Social Researcher
  Scottish Government
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Consideration of evidence (in private)
4. Work programme (in private)

17th Meeting

23 June

1. COVID-19: communication of public health information
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• Adam Stachura
  Head of Policy and Communications
  Age Scotland
• Danny Boyle
  Senior Parliamentary and Policy Officer and National Coordinator of the EMNRN
  BEMIS and Ethnic Minority National Resilience Network
• Gillian McElroy
  Policy and Information Officer
  Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE)
• Dr Sally Witcher OBE
  Independent consultant on disability equality
• Professor Jill Pell
  Director of the Institute of Health and Wellbeing
  University of Glasgow
2. Consideration of evidence (in private)

16th Meeting

09 June

1. Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill

15th Meeting

26 May

1. COVID-19: communication of public health information
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• 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)

14th Meeting

12 May

1. Annual report

13th Meeting

28 April

1. Excess deaths in Scotland since the start of the pandemic (in private)
2. Decision on taking business in private
3. Covid-19 Update; the Coronavirus Acts: Two-Monthly Reports to the Scottish Parliament; and Subordinate legislation
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• John Swinney
  Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery
  Scottish Government
• Professor Jason Leitch CBE FRCS
  National Clinical Director
  Scottish Government
• Elizabeth Blair
  Unit Head, Covid Co-ordination
  Scottish Government
4. Subordinate legislation
5. Consideration of evidence (in private)
6. COVID-19: communication of public health information

12th Meeting

21 April

1. Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill (in private)

11th Meeting

31 March

1. Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill
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• John Swinney
  Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery
  Scottish Government
• Professor Jason Leitch
  National Clinical Director
  Scottish Government
• Greig Walker
  Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) Bill Team Leader
  Scottish Government
• Nicola Guild
  Solicitor
  Scottish Government
• Laura McGlynn
  Head of Health Protection and Screening
  Scottish Government
• Simon Stockwell
  Head of Family Law Unit
  Scottish Government
2. Ministerial statement on COVID-19
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• John Swinney
  Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery
  Scottish Government
• Professor Jason Leitch
  National Clinical Director
  Scottish Government
3. Consideration of evidence (in private)

10th Meeting

24 March

1. Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill
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• Adam Stachura
  Head of Policy and Communications
  Age Scotland
• Douglas Hendry
  Executive Director, Argyll and Bute Council
• Fiona Blair
  President
  Association of Registrars of Scotland
• Mairi Millar
  Head of Licensing and Democratic Services
  Glasgow City Council
• David McNeill
  Director of Development
  Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO)
2. Consideration of evidence (in private)

9th Meeting

17 March

1. Excess deaths in Scotland since the start of the pandemic
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• Humza Yousaf
  Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
  Scottish Government
• Professor Jason Leitch
  National Clinical Director
  Scottish Government
2. Ministerial statement on COVID-19; Subordinate legislation
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• John Swinney
  Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery
  Scottish Government
• Professor Jason Leitch
  National Clinical Director
  Scottish Government
• Greig Walker
  Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill Team Leader
  Scottish Government
• Elizabeth Blair
  Unit Head, Covid Co-ordination
  Scottish Government
• Stewart Cunningham
  Lawyer
  Scottish Government
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Subordinate legislation
5. Consideration of evidence (in private)

8th Meeting

10 March

1. Excess deaths in Scotland since the start of the pandemic
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• 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
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• 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)

7th Meeting

03 March

1. Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill
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• 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
2. Consideration of evidence (in private)

6th Meeting

24 February

1. Excess deaths in Scotland since the start of the pandemic
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• Professor Andrew Elder
  President
  Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
• Dr John Thomson
  Vice President (Scotland)
  Royal College of Emergency Medicine
• Dr David Shackles
  Joint Chair
  Royal College of General Practitioners Scotland
• Dr Barbara Miles
  President
  Scottish Intensive Care Society
2. Ministerial statement on COVID-19; the Coronavirus Acts: Two-Monthly Reports to the Scottish Parliament; and Subordinate legislation
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• John Swinney
  Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery
  Scottish Government
• Professor Jason Leitch
  National Clinical Director
  Scottish Government
• Dominic Munro
  Director for COVID-19: Exit Strategy
  Scottish Government
• Elizabeth Blair
  Unit Head, Covid Co-ordination
  Scottish Government
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Consideration of evidence (in private)

5th Meeting

10 February

1. Work programme (in private)

4th Meeting

03 February

1. Ministerial statement on COVID-19; Subordinate legislation
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• John Swinney
  Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery
  Scottish Government
• Professor Jason Leitch
  National Clinical Director
  Scottish Government
• Penelope Cooper
  Director of Covid Coordination
  Scottish Government
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Consideration of evidence (in private)

3rd Meeting

27 January

1. Coronavirus (Discretionary Compensation for Self-isolation) (Scotland) Bill
2. Work programme (in private)

2nd Meeting

20 January

1. Ministerial statement on COVID-19; the Coronavirus Acts: Two-Monthly Reports to the Scottish Parliament; and Subordinate legislation
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• John Swinney
  Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery
  Scottish Government
• Professor Jason Leitch
  National Clinical Director
  Scottish Government
• Penelope Cooper
  Director of Covid Coordination
  Scottish Government
• Elizabeth Blair
  Unit Head, Covid Co-ordination
  Scottish Government
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Consideration of evidence (in private)

1st Meeting

13 January

1. Ministerial statement on COVID-19
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• John Swinney
  Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery
  Scottish Government
• Professor Jason Leitch
  National Clinical Director
  Scottish Government
• Penelope Cooper
  Director of Covid Coordination
  Scottish Government
• Niamh O’Connor
  Deputy Director for Testing and Contact Tracing Policy
  Scottish Government
2. Consideration of evidence (in private)
3. Coronavirus (Discretionary Compensation for Self-isolation) (Scotland) Bill (in private)
4. Work programme (in private)

This is all meetings of COVID-19 Recovery Committee held in 2021. On meeting pages you can find agendas, meeting papers, minutes, and links to Official Reports and Scottish Parliament TV.

16th Meeting

23 December

1. Ministerial statement on COVID-19; Subordinate legislation
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• John Swinney
  Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery
  Scottish Government
• Professor Jason Leitch
  National Clinical Director
  Scottish Government
• Amanda Gordon
  Deputy Director, Local Interventions, Outbreak Management
  Scottish Government
• Derek Grieve
  Head of Operational Vaccines Division
  Scottish Government
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Consideration of evidence (in private)

15th Meeting

16 December

1. Coronavirus (Discretionary Compensation for Self-isolation) (Scotland) Bill
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• John Swinney
  Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery
  Scottish Government
• Marie Penman
  Solicitor, Scottish Government Legal Directorate
  Scottish Government
• Michael Tighe
  Team Leader, COVID-19 Legislation and Daily Contact Testing
  Scottish Government
• James Wilson
  Head of Contact Tracing and Supporting Isolation Policy
  Scottish Government
2. Ministerial statement on COVID-19; Subordinate legislation
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• John Swinney
  Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery
  Scottish Government
• Professor Jason Leitch
  National Clinical Director
  Scottish Government
• Penelope Cooper
  Director of Covid Coordination
  Scottish Government
• Derek Grieve
  Head of Operational Vaccines Division
  Scottish Government
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Consideration of evidence (in private)

14th Meeting

09 December

1. Subordinate legislation
2. Vaccination programme
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• Eman Hani
  General Manager
  Central Scotland Regional Equality Council
• Parveen Ishaq
  Office Manager
  Edinburgh and Lothians Regional Equality Council
• Magda Czarnecka
  Chief Executive Officer
  Feniks. Counselling, Personal Development and Support Services Ltd
• María José Pavez Larrea
  Policy Officer and Project Co-ordinator
  Grampian Regional Equality Council
• Dr Paulina Trevena
  Research Associate, Migrant Essential Workers Project
  University of Glasgow
• Mohammed Razaq
  Executive Director
  West of Scotland Regional Equality Council
and then from:
• Hilda Campbell
  Chief Executive
  Cope Scotland
• Derek Holliday
  Peer Development Lead
  Homeless Network Scotland
• Dr Carey Lunan
  GP Craigmillar Medical Group, Chair
  The Scottish Deep End Project
• Dr Andrea Williamson
  The Scottish Deep End Project
• Professor Neil Quinn
  Professor of Social Work and Public Health and Co-Director of the Centre for Health Policy
  University of Strathclyde
3. Consideration of evidence (in private)

13th Meeting

02 December

1. Coronavirus (Discretionary Compensation for Self-isolation) (Scotland) Bill
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• Sandra MacLeod
  Chief Officer
  Aberdeen City Health and Social Care Partnership
• Michael Clancy
  Director Law Reform
  Law Society of Scotland
• Mike Brewer
  Deputy Chief Executive
  Resolution Foundation
• Susan McKellar
  Operations Manager
  Scottish Women’s Convention
2. Ministerial statement on COVID-19; Subordinate legislation
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• John Swinney
  Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery
  Scottish Government
• Professor Jason Leitch
  National Clinical Director
  Scottish Government
• Elizabeth Sadler
  Deputy Director, Covid Ready Society
  Scottish Government
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Consideration of evidence (in private)
5. Work programme (in private)

12th Meeting

25 November

1. Baseline health protection measures
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• Gary Greenhorn
  Co-Chair, ADES Resources Network
  Association of Directors of Education in Scotland (ADES)
• Larry Flanagan
  General Secretary
  Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS)
• Margaret Wilson
  Chair
  National Parent Forum of Scotland
•  Jim Thewliss
  General Secretary
  School Leaders Scotland
2. Consideration of evidence (in private)

11th Meeting

18 November

1. Baseline health protection measures
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• Kirsty Cumming
  Chief Executive
  Community Leisure UK
• Barry McCulloch
  Head of Policy
  Federation of Small Businesses Scotland
• Gavin Stevenson
  Scottish Licensed Trade Association
• Leon Thompson
  Executive Director, Scotland
  UK Hospitality
• Professor Irene Petersen
  Professor of Epidemiology and Health Informatics
  University College London
2. Ministerial statement on COVID-19; Subordinate legislation
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• John Swinney
  Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery
  Scottish Government
• Professor Jason Leitch
  National Clinical Director
  Scottish Government
• Dominic Munro
  Director for COVID-19: Exit Strategy
  Scottish Government
• Elizabeth Sadler
  Deputy Director, Covid Ready Society
  Scottish Government
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Consideration of evidence (in private)

10th Meeting

11 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Baseline health protection measures
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• Donald Morrison
  Member of the Scottish Dental Practice Committee
  British Dental Association Scotland
• Dr Andrew Buist
  Chair
  British Medical Association GP Committee
• Dr Donald Macaskill
  Chief Executive
  Scottish Care
3. Consideration of evidence (in private)
4. Coronavirus (Discretionary Compensation for Self-Isolation) (Scotland) Bill

9th Meeting

04 November

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Ministerial statement on COVID-19; the Coronavirus Acts: Two-Monthly Reports to the Scottish Parliament; COVID Recovery Strategy; and Subordinate legislation
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• John Swinney
  Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery
  Scottish Government
• Professor Jason Leitch
  National Clinical Director
  Scottish Government
• Elizabeth Sadler
  Deputy Director, Covid Ready Society
  Scottish Government
• Graham Fisher
  Deputy Director Scottish Government Legal Directorate
  Scottish Government
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Baseline health protection measures
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• Dr Hywel Davies
  Technical Director
  Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers
• Dr Shaun Fitzgerald OBE FREng
  Director, Centre for Climate Repair at Cambridge
  University of Cambridge
• Professor Catherine Noakes OBE FREng
  Professor of Environmental Engineering for Buildings
  University of Leeds
• Professor Tim Sharpe
  Head of Architecture
  University of Strathclyde
5. Consideration of evidence

8th Meeting

28 October

1. Work programme (in private)
2. Decision on taking business in private
3. Ministerial statement on COVID-19; Subordinate legislation
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• Graeme Dey
  Minister for Transport
  Scottish Government
• Professor Jason Leitch
  National Clinical Director
  Scottish Government
• Penelope Cooper
  Director of Covid Coordination
  Scottish Government
• Graham Fisher
  Deputy Director Scottish Government Legal Directorate
  Scottish Government
4. Subordinate legislation
5. Consideration of evidence

7th Meeting

07 October

1. Work programme (in private)
2. Decision on taking business in private
3. Vaccination programme and pandemic preparedness
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• Humza Yousaf
  Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
  Scottish Government
• Derek Grieve
  Head of Operational Vaccines Division
  Scottish Government
• Professor Nicola Steedman
  Deputy Chief Medical Officer
  Scottish Government
• Karen Duffy
  Deputy Director, Covid Vaccination Delivery
  Scottish Government
• Jonathan Cameron
  Director (Interim), Digital Health and Care
  Scottish Government
4. Consideration of evidence

6th Meeting

30 September

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Vaccination certification
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• Professor Christopher Dye FRS
  Professor of Epidemiology
  University of Oxford
• Professor Stephen Reicher
  Bishop Wardlaw Professor of Social Psychology
  University of St Andrews
• Professor John Drury
  Professor of Social Psychology
  University of Sussex
3. Ministerial statement on COVID-19
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• John Swinney
  Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery
  Scottish Government
• Dr Gregor Smith
  Chief Medical Officer
  Scottish Government
• Elizabeth Sadler
  Deputy Director, Covid Ready Society
  Scottish Government
4. Consideration of evidence

5th Meeting

23 September

1. Work programme (in private)
2. Committee advisers (in private)
3. Decision on taking business in private
4. Vaccination certification
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• Professor Sir Jonathan Montgomery
  Ada Lovelace Institute
• Rob Gowans
  Policy and Public Affairs Manager
  Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (the ALLIANCE)
• Judith Robertson
  Chair
  Scottish Human Rights Commission
5. Ministerial statement on COVID-19; Subordinate legislation
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• Michael Matheson
  Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport
  Scottish Government
• Professor Jason Leitch
  National Clinical Director
  Scottish Government
• Angus Macleod
  Deputy Director, Community Surveillance Division
  Scottish Government
• Graham Fisher
  Deputy Director Scottish Government Legal Directorate
  Scottish Government
6. Subordinate legislation
7. Consideration of evidence

4th Meeting

16 September

1. Decision on taking business in private
2. Vaccination certification
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• Dr Catriona McMillan
  Convener of the Health and Medical Law Sub-Committee
  Law Society of Scotland
• Gavin Stevenson
  Scottish Licensed Trade Association
• Neil Doncaster
  Chief Executive, Scottish Professional Football League
  Member of Scottish Football’s COVID-19 Joint Response Group
3. Ministerial statement on COVID-19; Coronavirus (Extension and Expiry) (Scotland) Act 2021 Reports to the Scottish Parliament; Subordinate legislation
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• John Swinney
  Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery
  Scottish Government
• Professor Jason Leitch
  National Clinical Director
  Scottish Government
• Elizabeth Blair
  Team leader, Covid Co-ordination Governance and Decision Making
  Scottish Government
4. Subordinate legislation
5. Consideration of evidence

3rd Meeting

09 September

1. Subordinate legislation
2. Ministerial statement on COVID-19; Subordinate legislation
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• Michael Matheson
  Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport
  Scottish Government
• Professor Jason Leitch
  National Clinical Director
  Scottish Government
• Penelope Cooper
  Director of Covid Coordination
  Scottish Government
• Graham Fisher
  Deputy Director Scottish Government Legal Directorate
  Scottish Government
3. Decision on taking business in private
4. Ministerial statement on COVID-19; Subordinate legislation

2nd Meeting

02 September

1. Scotland’s Strategic Framework
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• John Swinney
  Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery
  Scottish Government
• Professor Jason Leitch
  National Clinical Director
  Scottish Government
• Dominic Munro
  Director for COVID-19: Exit Strategy
  Scottish Government
2. Subordinate legislation
3. Subordinate legislation
4. Ministerial statement on COVID-19; the Coronavirus Acts: Two-Monthly Reports to the Scottish Parliament; and Subordinate legislation
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• John Swinney
  Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery
  Scottish Government
• Professor Jason Leitch
  National Clinical Director
  Scottish Government
• Elizabeth Blair
  Team leader, Covid Co-ordination Governance and Decision Making
  Scottish Government

1st Meeting

23 June