COVID-19 Recovery Committee

1. Excess deaths in Scotland since the start of the pandemic: The Committee will take evidence from— 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: The Committee will take evidence on the Ministerial statement on COVID-19; the Coronavirus Acts: Eleventh Two-Monthly Report to Scottish Parliament and Tenth FOI Report; and the following instruments— The Coronavirus Act 2020 (Alteration of Expiry Date) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (SSI 2022/40) The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Requirements) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 4) Regulations 2022 [Draft] The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Directions by Local Authorities) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022 [Draft] from— John Swinney, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery, Professor Jason Leitch, National Clinical Director, Dominic Munro, Director for COVID-19: Exit Strategy, and Elizabeth Blair, Unit Head, Covid Co-ordination, Scottish Government. 3. Subordinate legislation: John Swinney, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery to move— S6M-03168—That the COVID-19 Recovery Committee recommends that the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Requirements) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 4) Regulations 2022 [draft] be approved. 4. Consideration of evidence (in private): The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.