CROSS PARTY GROUP IN THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT ON CONSTRUCTION th From 1.15pm on Wednesday 25 October 2023 Committee room 1 Minutes of Meeting Present MSPs Monica Lennon MSP Grahame Simpson MSP Gordon MacDonald MSP Invited guests Gordon Reid, Scottish Water Non-MSP Group Members Present Maureen Douglas, CECA Scotland Ben Rainger, Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) Cameron MacIver, The Association of Environmental Clerks of Works Elaine Ellis, Skills Development Scotland Fiona Hodgson, Scottish and Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers’ Federation (SNIPEF) Fiona Stewart, Skills Development Scotland Gordon Brown, Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Gordon Nelson, FMB Scotland Graeme Hannah, Robertson Group Graham Jackson, Thorntons Law James Callender, DWF LLP Jocelyne Fleming, Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) John Kane, Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) Jonathan Gaskell, DWF LLP Robert Toomey, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Alan Wilson, SELECT 1 Others present Graham Jackson, Thorntons Law LLP Alastair Raitt, HM Raitt & Sons Ltd Elizabeth Halliday, Morgan Sindall Apologies Alexander Burnett, MSP Foysol Choudry, MSP Rhoda Grant, MSP Rwayda Al-Hamd Abertay University Grahame Barn CECA Scotland Wiliam Crowe, ISE Raymond Baxter, NHBC Stephanie Lowe, Scottish and Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers’ Federation (SNIPEF) Elliot Robertson Robertson Group Anne Galbraith Scottish Electrical Charitable Training Trust (SECTT) Ian Rogers, Scottish Decorators Federation John Nelson, AECOM Brett Amphlett Builders Merchant Federation Andrew Leslie The Association for Project Safety Lauren Pennycook Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) Tim Thomas, Property Mark Chris Pateman, EPIC (Engineered Panels in Construction Limited) 1.