Cross Party Group on Children and Young People Challenges in the delivery of ELC and School Age Childcare th Monday 30 January 2023 10:00 – 11:30 Minutes Chair: Meghan Gallacher MSP Present MSPs Karen Adams MSP Meghan Gallacher MSP Invited guests Jane Brumpton, Early Years Scotland Andrew Shoolbread, Scottish out of School Care Network (SOSCN) Alison Hay, Access to Childcare Fund Nicola Kelly, SupERkids Non-MSP Group Members Chris Ross, Children in Scotland David Mackay, Children in Scotland Dana Vreeswijk, Children in Scotland Arran Goodfellow, Children in Scotland Lizz Curley, Children in Scotland Leah Duncan-Karrim, Children in Scotland Katherine Anderson, Children in Scotland Sarah Paterson, YouthLink Scotland Sarah Robinson Galloway, YouthLink Scotland Marielle Bruce, YouthLink Scotland Angus Maclean, Befriending Networks Helen Forrest, Children's Health Scotland Jessica Smith, Children's Parliament Brian Magee, Confederation of Scottish Counselling Agencies (COSCA) Sue Palmer, Upstart Scotland David Ashford Kelly Munro, Carers Trust Scotland Kirsty McKechnie, Child Poverty Action Group Lorna Kettles, Early Years Scotland Toni Valbonesi, One Parent Families Scotland Todd Henshaw, Flexible Childcare Services Scotland Steffi Keir, Save the Children Scotland Marguerite Hunter Blair, Play Scotland Megan Farr, The Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland Ruairidh Smith, Generations Working Together Susan McGhee, Flexible Childcare Services Scotland Gemma Richardson, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health Florence Burke, BBC Children in Need Joan Mowat, University of Strathclyde Lynne Gilmour, University of Stirling Sarah McClarey, Mindroom Centre Mili Shukla, Skills Development Scotland Ryan Bowie, Quarriers Sameeha Rehman, Ubuntu Scotland Cat Malone, With Kids Jacinta Sheerin, Early Childhood Ireland Welcome from chair Meghan Gallacher MSP welcomed members of the CPG to the second meeting of the new parliamentary term.