Cross-Party Group on Culture and Communities 23 February 2026, online Minute Present MSPs Claire Baker MSP Sarah Boyack MSP Michael Marra MSP Invited guests Ben Jeffries Ashley Douglas Olivia Turner Karen Pritchard Eluned Charnley Claire Sivier Non-MSP Group Members Joseph Peach – Culture Counts Kathryn Welch – Culture Counts Ola Wojtkiewicz, Creative Edinburgh Megan Crawford, Glasgow Life Brian Ó hEadhra Megan Braithwaite, Heritage Fund Andrew Hurst Paula Sledzinska - RGU Kara Christine Patricia O'Grady Chrissie Ruckley, Creative Scotland Evelyn Chong, Culture Counts David McDonald Simon Gall (Expressing Scotland CIC) Matt Baker Liam Wiseman Grame Howell Eva McKenzie Alison Reeves 1 Claire Dufour Lauren Rhodes - NGS Veronique AA Lapeyre Lyndsey McLean (Fringe Society) Morvern Cunningham Angela Adams-Gray, Articulation Apologies Clare Adamson MSP Foysol Choudhury MSP Sarah Boyack MSP Agenda item 1: Apologies Apologies were noted from the above Agenda item 2: Review and approve the minutes of the last meetings The minutes of the previous two meetings (full meeting on 04 June 2025 and AGM on 09 December 2025) were both proposed by Joseph Peach and seconded by Claire Baker MSP.