COVID-19 Recovery Committee

1. Excess deaths in Scotland since the start of the pandemic (in private): The Committee will consider a draft letter. 2. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 6 in private. 3. Covid-19 Update; the Coronavirus Acts: Two-Monthly Reports to the Scottish Parliament; and Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on a COVID-19 update; the Coronavirus Acts: Twelfth Two-Monthly Report to Scottish Parliament and Eleventh FOI Report; and the following instrument— The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Requirements) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 6) Regulations 2022 (SSI 2022/123) from— John Swinney, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery, Professor Jason Leitch CBE FRCS, National Clinical Director, and Elizabeth Blair, Unit Head, Covid Co-ordination, Scottish Government. 4. Subordinate legislation: John Swinney, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery to move —S6M-03976—That the COVID-19 Recovery Committee recommends that the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Requirements) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 6) Regulations 2022 be approved. 5. Consideration of evidence (in private): The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 3. 6. COVID-19: communication of public health information: The Committee will consider its approach to the inquiry.