Select Committee · Scottish Affairs Committee

Coronavirus and Scotland

Status: Closed Opened: 12 May 2020 Closed: 1 Feb 2021 16 recommendations 6 conclusions 2 reports

The Committee will be inquiring into the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on: the four-nation approach intergovernmental communication scientific advice policy divergence the impact of coronavirus on various sectors in Scotland Read the call for evidence for more detail about the inquiry

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Reports

2 reports
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Second Report - Coronavirus and Scotland HC 895 22 Oct 2020 10 Responded
First Report: Coronavirus and Scotland: Interim Report on I… HC 314 23 Jul 2020 12 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
5 Recommendation Second Report - Coronavirus and Scotland Accepted in Part

The evidence we have received suggests that the economic support packages provided by both the...

The evidence we have received suggests that the economic support packages provided by both the UK and Scottish Governments have been effective. Nonetheless, we believe that there is a case for conducting a review of the impacts of these packages, Coronavirus and Scotland 39 ensure they provided value for money … Read more

Government response AI summary
The government commits to undertaking detailed evaluations of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) and Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS). CJRS evaluation findings will be published by the end of 2021, but the SEISS evaluation will not be possible until 2022 due to data availability, …
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Scotland Office

Oral evidence sessions

10 sessions
Date Witnesses
17 Sep 2020 Gillian McGregor CBE · Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland, Iain Stewart MP · Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland, Rt Hon Alister Jack MP · Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland View ↗
10 Sep 2020 Dr Donald Macaskill · Scottish Care, Theresa Fyffe · Royal College of Nursing Scotland, Wilma Brown · NHS Fife View ↗
3 Sep 2020 Elspeth Macdonald · Scottish Fishermen's Federation, Jimmy Buchan · Scottish Seafood Association, John Anderson · Scottish Fishermen's Organisation View ↗
9 Jul 2020 Colette Cohen · Oil and Gas Technology Company, Deirdre Michie · Oil and Gas UK, Professor John Underhill · Institute of GeoEnergy Engineering View ↗
2 Jul 2020 David Phillips · Institute for Fiscal Studies, Professor Alasdair Smith · Scottish Fiscal Commission View ↗
25 Jun 2020 James Withers · Scotland Food and Drink, Jonnie Hall · National Farmers Union of Scotland, Karen Betts · Food and Drink Federation View ↗
18 Jun 2020 Akash Paun · Institute for Government, Professor David Bell · University of Stirling, Professor Linda Bauld · University of Edinburgh, Professor Nicola McEwen · University of Glasgow View ↗
11 Jun 2020 Jeane Freeman OBE · Scottish Government, Professor Jason Leitch · Scottish Government View ↗
21 May 2020 Dr Gregor Smith, Interim Chief Medical Officer for Scotland, Professor Andrew Morris · Scottish Government’s Covid-19 Advisory Group, Professor Sheila Rowan, Chief Scientific Adviser for Scotland View ↗
14 May 2020 Douglas Ross · Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland, Gillian McGregor · Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland, Rt Hon Alister Jack · Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland View ↗

Who gave evidence

29 witnesses
WitnessOrganisationSessions
Akash Paun · Senior Fellow Institute for Government 1
Colette Cohen · CEO Oil and Gas Technology Company 1
David Phillips · Associate Director Institute for Fiscal Studies 1
Deirdre Michie · CEO Oil and Gas UK 1
Douglas Ross · Parliamentary Under-Secretary Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland 1
Dr Donald Macaskill · Chief Executive Scottish Care 1
Dr Gregor Smith, Interim Chief Medical Officer for Scotland 1
Elspeth Macdonald · Chief Executive Scottish Fishermen's Federation 1
Gillian McGregor · Director Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland 1
Gillian McGregor CBE · Director Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland 1
Iain Stewart MP · Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, (Minister… Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland 1
James Withers · Chief Executive Scotland Food and Drink 1
Jeane Freeman OBE · Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport Scottish Government 1
Jimmy Buchan · Chief Executive Scottish Seafood Association 1
John Anderson · Chief Executive Scottish Fishermen's Organisation 1
Jonnie Hall · Director of Policy National Farmers Union of Scotland 1
Karen Betts · Chief Executive Food and Drink Federation 1
Professor Alasdair Smith · Commissioner Scottish Fiscal Commission 1
Professor Andrew Morris · Independent Chair Scottish Government’s Covid-19 Advisory Group 1
Professor David Bell · Professor University of Stirling 1
Professor Jason Leitch · Clinical Director of Healthcare Quality and Strat… Scottish Government 1
Professor John Underhill · Chair of Exploration Geoscience Institute of GeoEnergy Engineering 1
Professor Linda Bauld · Professor of Public Health University of Edinburgh 1
Professor Nicola McEwen · Professor of Public Policy University of Glasgow 1
Professor Sheila Rowan, Chief Scientific Adviser for Scotland 1
Rt Hon Alister Jack · Secretary of State for Scotland Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland 1
Rt Hon Alister Jack MP · Secretary of State for Scotland Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland 1
Theresa Fyffe · Director Royal College of Nursing Scotland 1
Wilma Brown · Employee Director NHS Fife 1

Correspondence

5 letters
DateDirectionTitle
4 Nov 2020 Follow-up email from the Royal College of Nursing Scotland, relating to current…
15 Oct 2020 To cttee Letter from Gillian McGregor, Director, Scotland Office, re: Coronavirus and Sc…
8 Oct 2020 Correspondence with the Secretary of State for Scotland, follow-up to evidence …
22 Jun 2020 To cttee Letter from the interim Chief Medical Officer for Scotland providing additional…
22 Jun 2020 From cttee Letter to the interim Chief Medical Officer for Scotland requesting additional …

Meetings & visits

1 item
DateTypeDetail
16 Jul 2020 Formal meeting (private meeting) · Virtual meeting