Cross-Party Group on Scotch Whisky nd 22 September 2022 via Teams, 13:00-14:00. Minute Present MSPs Jackie Baillie MSP Finlay Carson MSP Murdo Fraser MSP Gordon MacDonald MSP Jenni Minto MSP Colin Smyth MSP Non-MSP Group Members Martin Bell (Scotch Whisky Association) Blair Bowman (Whisky Consultant) Susanne Cameron-Nielsen (Scotch Whisky Association – Secretariat) Karen Freel (Perspectiva Consultants) Alan Gaskell (Stolt Tank Containers UK) Fraser Grieve (Scotch Whisky Association – Speaker) Annie Hill (International Centre for Brewing and Distilling) Kenneth Junner (Diageo) Orchid Liu (UK Chinese Times) Apologies Liam McArthur MSP Agenda item 1 Welcome, introduction and apologies Gordon MacDonald MSP chaired this part of the meeting [Murdo Fraser took over at Agenda Item 3, having been slightly delayed due to technological issues] and welcomed members to the meeting, noting apologies. 1 Agenda item 2 st Approval of minutes of previous meeting on 21 June 2022.