Cross-Party Group on Sport nd 2 May 2024, 1pm-2pm Minute Present MSPs Liz Smith MSP Jeremy Balfour MSP Brian Whittle MSP Non-MSP Group Members Andrew Raitt, Tennis Scotland Brian Whittle MSP Colin Harley, Scottish Futsal Craig Robertson, Paradarts Scotland David Mcgonigle, Councillor, Renfreshire and Inverclyde Fearghas Thomson, Chest, Stroke & Stroke Scotland Forbes Dunlop, sportscotland Fraser Calderwood, Leisure and Culture Dundee Gavin McWhinnie, Office of Liz Smith MSP Gregor Muir, SSA Heidi Vistisen, LEAP Sports Scotland Jane Harvey, Scottish Powerchair Football/Scottish Hockey Jeremy Balfour MSP Judith McCleary, Judo Scotland Kash Taank, Cricket Scotland Kim Atkinson, SSA Kirsty Cumming, Community Leisure UK Liz Corbett, parkrun Liz Smith MSP Liza Linton, RYA Scotland Lucy Barclay-Carr, horsescotland Lucy Preston, Cricket Scotland Malcolm Dingwall-Smith, sportscotland Margarita Sweeney-Baird, Inclusive Skating Mark Gaffney, Scottish Disability Sport Megan Richardson, CIMSPA Michael Leavitt, Edinburgh Napier University Paddy Sherrard, Scottish ClubSport Penny Hendrick, DR Inclusive Fitness and Wellbeing 1 Rick Kenney, Scottish ClubSport Stew Fowlie, Scottish Student Sport Stuart Brown, Chest, Heart & Stroke Scotland Susan Robertson, EHSCP Apologies Maureen McGonigle, Scottish Women in Sport Duncan Sinclair, Aberdeen Sports Village Marc Hope, Scottish Squash Jane Campbell Morrison David Black, Mountaineering Scotland David Laing, Borders Disability Sport Steve Walsh, HighLife Highland Laura Baxter, Special Olympics Great Britain Walter Macadam, GMB Scotland Football Managers and Coaches Joan O’Sullivan, Swimtime Trudy Lindblade, Cricket Scotland Dr Fiona Reid, Bayforth Research Agenda item 1 Matters arising Approval of minutes of 14th December 2023 meeting - Proposer, Margarita Sweeney-Baird, Inclusive Skating - Seconder, Stew Fowlie, Scottish Student Sport Minutes approved Since our last meeting, the New Year UK Honours list was announced, with recipients from Scottish sport including: Liz Smith MSP, awarded a CBE for Services to Sport Christine Windmill, awarded an OBE for services to Tennis David Watt, awarded an OBE for services to the Economy, to Sport and to Education Rob Wainwright, awarded an OBE for voluntary and charitable services to the My Name'5 Doddie Foundation Morag Deyes MBE, awarded an OBE for services to Dance Stuart Hogg, awarded an MBE for services to Rugby Union Football Bob Christie, awarded an MBE for services to Lawn Bowls Elinor Middlemiss, awarded an MBE for services to Sport Roy Claxton, awarded a BEM for services to People with Parkinson’s Disease Robert Neillies, awarded a BEM for services to Cricket and to the community in Fife Shendl Russell, awarded a BEM for services to Dance.