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The Inquiry began its hearings investigating the impacts of the pandemic on Portfolio 2 (business and welfare) on 2 December 2024. The Inquiry anticipates this tranche of hearings will end by 20 December 2024, subject to the scheduling of witnesses.
All hearings will be broadcast on the Inquiry’s YouTube channel. Past sessions can be viewed on our hearings pages.
Impact Hearing | Business and Welfare | Day 5
Published: 06/12/2024Day 5 of the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry's business and welfare impact hearings.
Date: 6 December 2024
Time: 10am
Impact Hearing | Business and Welfare | Day 4
Published: 05/12/2024Day 4 of the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry's business and welfare impact hearings.
Date: 5 December 2024
Time: 10am
Impact Hearing | Business and Welfare | Day 3
Published: 04/12/2024Day 3 of the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry's business and welfare impact hearings.
Date: 4 December 2024
Time: 10am
About the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry
The Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry was set up in February 2022 to investigate the devolved strategic response to the coronavirus pandemic in Scotland between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2022.
The Inquiry works independently of government to establish the facts, identify lessons to be learned and make recommendations to Scottish Ministers, so we are better prepared in future.
People have suffered because of COVID-19 in Scotland and their experiences during the pandemic will be at the heart of the Inquiry's work, guiding its investigations and informing its reports.
Introductory film
The Inquiry has produced a short film as a formal and lasting recognition of the suffering caused by the pandemic to the people of Scotland.
The film was screened at the start of the Inquiry's preliminary hearing on 28 August 2023 in Edinburgh.
An audio described version of this film is also available on the Inquiry's YouTube channel.
Latest News and Research
Let’s Be Heard invites people to share their experiences before surveys close on 29 November
Published: 26/11/2024Let’s Be Heard, the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry’s public participation project, will finish gathering people’s experiences of the pandemic on Friday 29 November 2024.
Inquiry announces timetable for business and welfare impact hearings (16–18 December 2024)
Published: 25/11/2024The Inquiry has published the provisional timetable for its third week of business and welfare impact hearings, taking place from 16–18 December.
Inquiry announces timetable for business and welfare impact hearings (9–13 December)
Published: 18/11/2024The Inquiry has published the provisional timetable for its second week of business and welfare impact hearings, taking place from 9–13 December.