CPG on Children and Young People th Wednesday 4 March 2026 13:00 – 14:30pm Scottish Parliament Election Chair: Fulton MacGregor MSP Present MSPs Fulton MacGregor MSP Davy Russell MSP Invited guests Jay Stuart, Youth Voice Network Catherine Heggie, Electoral Commission Laura Holmes, Electoral Commission Non-MSP Group Members Meg Thomas, Forces Children Scotland Vikki Carpenter, CLD Standards Council Marie Clare Tully, Columbia1400 Tim Abrams, Govan Law Centre Sarah Rogers, Families Outside Leah Duncan- Karrim, One Parent Families Scotland Arran Goodfellow, Parenting Across Scotland Brian Magee, COSCA Una MacFadyen, NHS Scotland David McCrae, Mellow Parenting Marianne Tyler, Alliance Scotland Kevin Kane, Shared Parenting Scotland John Forsyth, Shared Parenting Scotland David Ashford Millie Greenwood, Family Fund Nancy Greig, Parenting Infant Foundation Fatou Drammeh, UNICEF Joan Mowat, Strathclyde University Parisa Shirazi, Children in Scotland Abbey Stone, Children in Scotland Sarah Paterson, Youthlink Scotland Welcome from the Chair Everyone was welcomed to the meeting of the Cross Party Group on Children and Young People.