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Current cross-party groups

Cross-party groups can seek to establish themselves after the first meeting of Session 7 of the Scottish Parliament through the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee.

A number of new rules have been introduced for Session 7 and can be found in Section 6 of the Code of Conduct. You can also read the Session 6 Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee's 6th Report of 2026.

Re-establishing a CPG after an election

CPGs provide an opportunity for MSPs to engage with external stakeholders on a particular subject. They are not formal parliamentary business. Views expressed by members of cross-party groups are their own and do not represent the views of the Scottish Parliament.

The MSP who convenes a cross-party group is responsible for signing off papers published on the group’s behalf. Any questions or complaints about their content should be directed to the convener of the group.

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Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Heart and Circulatory Diseases

To monitor the implementation of the Heart Disease Action Plan, the Women’s Health Plan (in relation to heart disease) and the OHCA strategy for Scotland and work with the Scottish Government to ensure full implementation. .

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Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Sustainable Transport

CalMac Capital Rail Action Group (CRAG) Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (CMAL) Climate Action Hub Lanarkshire Community Energy Scotland Community Rail Network Community Transport Association (CTA) CoMoUK CPT Scotland Cycle Law Scotland Cycling Scotland Cycling UK in Scotland Disability Equality Scotland Edinburgh Bus Users Group Enterprise Holdings Friends of the Earth Scotland Friends of the Far North Line Get Glasgow Moving GoBike Strathclyde Cycle Campaign Grand Union Trains Heritage Railway Association Hitrans Intelligent Health...

Next meeting: 12 March 2026

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Visual Impairment

RNIB Scotland – Secretary and treasurer Allergan Angus Council Association of British Dispensing Opticians (ASDO) Associated Optical Audio Description Association Scotland Bayer Blind Veterans UK Deafblind Scotland Deafblind UK Dundee Blind & Partially Sighted Society Eyecare Scotland Family Fund Glaucoma UK Guide Dogs Scotland Haggeye Hearing and Sight Care Highland Blindcraft Sensory Services Linking Education and Disability (LEAD) Scotland Macular Society Microphthalmia, Anophthalmia & Coloboma Support (MACS) Newsdirect NHS Education for Scotland NHS Forth Valley NHS Lothian Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion NHS Tayside Disability Equality Network North East Sensory Services (NESS) North Ayrshire Council Optelec UK Optometry Scotland Police Scotland RNIB Connect Radio Roche Scottish Association for Visual Impairment Education (SAVIE) Scottish Government Scottish Sensory Hub (ALLIANCE) seescape Sight Scotland Sight Scotland – Scottish Braille Press Sight Scotland Veterans The Royal Blind School Sight Scotland University of Edinburgh, Moray House School of Education and Sport University of Edinburgh, Scottish Sensory Centre VI Charity Sector Partnership Mental Health...

Next meeting: 11 March 2026

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Life Sciences

If you want to get in touch, you can contact Claire Headspeath.. [email protected]. 3D Communications AbbVie Accenture Amarin Amgen Antibody Analytics AstraZeneca AXIS Consulting Bayer BioAscent BioCity Biogen Blue Yonder Boehringer Ingelheim Bristol-Myers Squibb Burness Paull Cancer Research UK Canopus Scotland Cell and Gene Therapy Catapult Charles River Chiesi Community Pharmacy Scotland Daiichi Sankyo Department of International Trade Diabetes UK Eli Lilly Epidarex Ettrickburn Exact Sciences Fraser of Allander Institute Genetic Alliance GSK Healthcare News Scotland Healthcare Public Affairs Heriott-Watt University Highlands & Islands Enterprise Hologic iCAIRD Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre InnoScot Health...

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Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Housing

Electrical safety Council Energy Action Scotland Edinburgh Solicitors Property Centre (ESPC) Federation of Master Builders Four Square Homeless Charity Edinburgh Glasgow Centre for Inclusive Living (GCIL) Glasgow and West Scotland Forum of Housing Associations (GWSF) Glasgow City Council HSCP Grampian Housing Association Home Group Homeless Action Scotland Homeless Network Scotland Homes for Good (Scotland) CIC Homes for Scotland Horizon Housing Association Housing by People Housing Options Scotland Institute of Structural Engineers Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) LGBT Youth Scotland Lochalsh & Skye Housing Association (LSHA) Living Rent MCS Charitable Foundation MND Scotland Miller Homes National Landlords Association (NLA) National Trust for Scotland North Star Consulting & Research Pagoda Porter Novelli/McCarthy & Stone PAS Pentland Communications Persimmon Homes Places for People Scotland Positive Prisons PropertyMark Public Health...

Next meeting: 25 November 2025

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Disability

Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Scotland The ALLIANCE Evangelical Alliance University of Strathclyde Motability Foundation CAPS Advocacy UK Owner Trained Assistance/Service Dogs Campaign for Change (OTCC) EKTG Leonard Cheshire Royal College of Psychiatrists The Stroke Association BDA Scottish Churches Disability Group Arthritis Care Scotland Upaid Carers / Carers Labour Network Scottish Personal Assistant Employers Network (SPAEN) SUSE Contact Sense Scotland Turning Point Scotland Autism Rights GCIL (Glasgow Centre for Inclusive Living) Edinburgh Access Panel SCDG PAMIS Scottish Accessible Transport Alliance (SATA) Edinburgh Access Panel Action Duchenne NLRP12 Advocacy Group Fair Advice Scotland The National Deaf Children's Society The Thistle Foundation PhoneAbility Versus Arthritis Individual MECOPP (Minority Ethnic Carers of People Project) Pasda Volunteer Edinburgh Genetic Alliance UK Drake Music Scotland Independent Living Fund Scotland Lead Scotland Camphill Scotland The National League of the Blind and Disabled Edinburgh Access Panel Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance Family Fund SDS TalkTIme Edinburgh Audio Description Scotland ASH Scotland Aberdeen Action on Disability Cerebral Palsy Scotland Renfrewshire Access Panel Leonard Cheshire ILIS Parkinson’s UK in Scotland Glasgow Disability Alliance Learning Disability Alliance Scotland Disability Equality Scotland Parent Carers of Additional Needs young people Evoc I Am Me Scotland Dyslexia Scotland MND Scotland (Motor Neurone Disease) Public Affairs Manager - Headway Carers in West Lothian Volunteer Scotland Multiple Sclerosis Society Partners in Advocacy Scottish Disability Sport Scottish Orienteering Association Advance Higher Education Guide Dogs Scotland Scottish Motor Sports CCPS Scotland Shared Lives GIRFEC Children's Health...

Next meeting: 11 February 2026

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Diabetes

This Cross-party group's purpose: To provide a platform for parliamentarians to discuss all issues relating to diabetes; to liaise with those affected by the condition, organisations representing their interests and health workers dealing with diabetes; and to promote good practice and raise specific issues of concern..

Next meeting: 6 February 2026

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Islands

North Yell Development Council Office of Angus MacDonald MP Orkney Boreray Orkney Builders (Contractors) Limited Orkney Rape & Sexual Assault Service (ORSAS) Outer Hebrides CLLD/Comhairle nan Eilean Siar Pairc Trust Papay Development Trust Papay Ranger Plunkett UK Point and Sandwick Trust Polycrub Pragmatix Advisory Queen Margaret University Raasay Development Trust Regional Screen Scotland REWDT Robert Gordon University RSPB Rural Health...

Next meeting: 4 March 2026

Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Culture and Communities

Active Inquiry All or Nothing Aerial Dance Theatre Applied Arts Scotland Arika Art27 Scotland Articulation Artlink Central Artlink Edinburgh and Lothians ArtMovesFife Arts & Business Scotland Arts Culture Health and Wellbeing Scotland Association of British Orchestras ATLAS Arts Bòrd na Gàidhlig Beacon Arts Centre Beautify Earth Belmont C...

Next meeting: 23 February 2026