Cross-Party Group on International Development th Tuesday 29 April 2025, 18:00 – 19:40 Committee Room 5 and online Minute Present MSPs Sarah Boyack MSP – Chair John Mason MSP Liam Kerr MSP (Online) Invited guests Othman Moqbel (Action for Humanity) Tufail Hussain (Islamic Relief) - online Unni Krishnan (Plan International) - online Tom Griffiths (The HALO Trust) – online Non-MSP Group Members In person: Fraser Macdonald Hay (Uniform November); Ian El-Paget (OneHeart); Aliya Tekanova (Heriot Watt University); Gulnara Dalgibercova (HWU); Lewis Ryder-Jones (Oxfam); Hallie Johnson (University of Edinburgh); Fatou Drammeh (UNICEF UK); Emma Wood (STEKAskills); Lillian Purich (Scotland Malawi Partnership); Calum Craig (The HALO Trust); Hamish Goldie-Scott (Engineering Outcomes Ltd); Jon Hudson (MSc CEID at U of Edinburgh); Benjamin Carey (Carey Tourism / SIDA); Frances Guy (SIDA); Harriet Dodd (Tophat Discovery CIC); Max Schmidt (Perspectives Climate Research); Maya Dhillon (NHS); Jamie Stark (Office of Sarah Boyack MSP); Patrick Grady (SIDA, Secretariat) Online: Aisha Izzet; Charles Lawley (Action 4 Humanity); Chrissie Hirst (Corra Foundation); Huw Owens (DEC); Jane Foster; Jane Salmonson (Firefly International); Janni Argent (University of Edinburgh); Larysa Zhdankina; Lizzy Macdonald; Nadeem Baqir Apologies None noted 1 Agenda item 1 - Welcome and Housekeeping Sarah Boyack welcomed all those attending in person and online. th The minutes of the last meeting, held jointly with the CPG on Malawi, on 11 March 2025 were formally proposed by Emma Wood and seconded by Sarah Boyack and approved by the meeting.