COVID-19 Recovery Committee

1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committee will decide whether to take item 5 and all future consideration of evidence in private. 2. Ministerial statement on COVID-19; the Coronavirus Acts: Two-Monthly Reports to the Scottish Parliament; COVID Recovery Strategy; and Subordinate legislation: The Committee will take evidence on the Ministerial statement on COVID-19; the Coronavirus Acts: Ninth Two-Monthly Report to Scottish Parliament and Eighth FOI Report; the COVID Recovery Strategy; and the following instruments— The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Directions by Local Authorities) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/329) The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Requirements) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/349) from— John Swinney, Jason Leitch, Professor, Elizabeth Sadler, and Graham Fisher, Scottish Government. 3. Subordinate legislation: John Swinney, Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery to move— S6M-01399—That the COVID-19 Recovery Committee recommends that the Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Directions by Local Authorities) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/329) be approved. S6M-01529—That the COVID-19 Recovery Committee recommends that the Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Requirements) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/349) be approved. 4. Baseline health protection measures: The Committee will take evidence from— Hywel Davies, Dr, Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers; Shaun Fitzgerald OBE FREng, Dr, University of Cambridge; Catherine Noakes OBE FREng, Professor, University of Leeds; Tim Sharpe, Professor, University of Strathclyde. 5. Consideration of evidence: The Committee will consider the evidence heard earlier in the meeting.