CROSS PARTY GROUP IN THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT ON CONSTRUCTION st 18.00 Wednesday 1 October 2025 Committee room 4 AGM Minutes Present MSPs Monica Lennon MSP Mercedes Villalba MSP Sharon Dowey MSP Non-MSP Group Members Present Elaine Ellis, Skills Development Scotland Fiona Harper SECTT Gordon Nelson, Federations of Master Builders (FMB) Grahame Barn, CECA Scotland & CPG Treasurer Jocelyne Fleming, Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) John Ferguson Sisaltech Ltd Ryan Murphy Evolution Fasteners (UK) Ltd Stuart Hay Royal Incorporation of Architects Scotland (RIAS) Wiliam Crowe, Institute of Structural Engineers Yvonne Wilson SELECT & CPG Secretary Others present Arthur Keller CIEEM Scotland Policy group Cameron MacIver Cameron Ecology Ltd Claudia Gebhardt BATS Dr Fatma Pelin Ekdi Anderson Bell & Christie Dr Jannik Giesekam University of Strathclyde Francisco Shankland Anderson Bell & Christie Jenny Munro Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Joanna Cloy Fidra John Kane Jonathan McQuillan Anderson Bell & Christie Rowena Statt Anderson Bell & Christie Tim Wilson Landscape Institute 1 Apologies Alexander Burnett, MSP Gordon Macdonald MSP Graham Simpson MSP Lorna Slater MSP Sarah Boyack MSP Alan Wilson SELECT Allan Thomson Central Training Ann Marie Waugh Glass and Glazing Federation Brett Amphlett Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) Chris Pateman EPIC Dr Sophie Brett Prosper Scotland Elizabeth Halliday Morgan Sindall Elliot Robertson Robertson Group Fiona Hodgson Scottish and Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers’ Federation (SNIPEF) Graham Jackson Thorntons Law Karen Stevenson Scottish Futures Trust Lauren Pennycook CITB Loraine Sweeney Supply Chain School Paul McGirk Hub Southeast Robert Sutherland McLaughlin & Harvey Construction Ltd Stephen Slessor Rossshire Engineering Steven Dillion Unite the Union Stuart Tennant UWS 1.