Module 2A public hearings timetable


Week 1

15 January 2024

Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.

Date Monday 15 January Tuesday 16 January Wednesday 17 January Thursday 18 January Friday 19 January
Start time 10:00 am 10:00 am 10:00 am 10:00 am
Morning Non-sitting day Opening Statements
Impact Video

Counsel to the Inquiry
Jane Morrison (Scottish Covid Bereaved)
Roz Foyer
(General Secretary of Scottish Trade Union Congress)
Dr. Jim Elder-Woodward OBE
(Convenor: Inclusion Scotland)
Roger Halliday
(Former Chief Statistician and Joint Head of Covid Modelling and Analysis Team for the Scottish Government) and Scott Heald (Director for Data & Digital Innovation at Public Health Scotland)
Prof. Paul Cairney (Expert)
Dr. Donald Macaskill (Chief Executive of Scottish Care)
Lesley Fraser (Director-General Corporate of Scottish Government)
Ken Thomson CB (former Director-General for Strategy & External Affairs in the Scottish Government)
Afternoon Non-sitting day Opening Statements
Core Participants
Roger Halliday (Former Chief Statistician and Joint Head of Covid Modelling and Analysis Team for the Scottish Government) and Scott Heald (Director for Data & Digital Innovation at Public Health Scotland) continued
Dr. Audrey MacDougall (Chief Social Researcher and Former Joint Head of Covid Modelling and Analysis Team for the Scottish Government)
Dr. Donald Macaskill (Chief Executive of Scottish Care) continued
Nicola Dickie (Director of People Policy of COSLA)
Dr. Jim McMenamin (Head of Infections Service, Strategic Incident Director at Public Health Scotland) and Prof. Nick Phin (Current Director of Public Health Science for Public Health Scotland, previously Deputy Director at Public Health England’s National Infections Service)

Week 2

22 January 2024

Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.

Date Monday 22 January Tuesday 23 January Wednesday 24 January Thursday 25 January Friday 26 January
Start time 10:00 am 10:00 am 10:00 am 10:00 am
Morning Civil service / Advisory Evidence
Caroline Lamb
(Chief Executive of NHS Scotland and Director-General Health and Social Care)
Prof. Sir Gregor Smith (Chief Medical Officer for Scotland)
Civil service / Advisory Evidence
Prof. Jason Leitch, CBE
(National Clinical Director for the Scottish Government)
Prof. Devi Sridhar (Professor and Chair of Global Public Health at the University of Edinburgh)
Independent Advisory Evidence
Prof. Mark Woolhouse OBE (Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh)
Prof. Stephen Reicher
(Professor of
Psychology, University of St Andrews)
Elizabeth Lloyd (Former Chief of Staff
to Rt Hon Nicola Sturgeon MSP)
Non-sitting day
Afternoon Prof. Sir Gregor Smith (Chief Medical Officer for Scotland) continued
Prof. Sheila Rowan MBE CBE
(Former Chief Scientific Adviser for Scotland)
Independent Advisory Evidence
Prof. Andrew Morris CBE
(Professor of
Medicine at the University of Edinburgh)
Dr. Pablo Grez (University of
Strathclyde)
Prof. Susan McVie (Professor of Quantitative Criminology at University of Edinburgh)
Humza Yousaf MSP (First Minister for Scotland) Non-sitting day

Week 3

29 January 2024

Please note timings are provisional and subject to change.

Date Monday 29 January Tuesday 30 January Wednesday 31 January Thursday 1 February Friday 2 February
Start time 10:00 am 10:00 am 10:00 am 10:00 am
Morning Ministerial Evidence
Michael Gove 
(Former Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and current Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
Ministerial Evidence
Kate Forbes 
(Former Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Economy – Scottish Minister)
John Swinney (Former Deputy First Minister for Scotland)
Ministerial Evidence
Nicola Sturgeon 
(Former First Minister for Scotland)
Alister Jack MP (Secretary of State for Scotland)
Closing Statements
Core Participants
Non-sitting day
Afternoon Jeane Freeman (Former Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport) John Swinney (Former Deputy First Minister for Scotland) continued Nicola Sturgeon (Former First Minister for Scotland) continued Closing Statements
Core Participants
Non-sitting day