Cross-Party Group on Fair Trade Wednesday 6 March 2024 at 12.30pm, online Minute Present MSPs Colin Smyth MSP John Mason MSP Foysol Choudhury MSP Invited guests Andy Ashcroft, KoolSkools Sreeranga Rajan, Dibella India Chad Morse, Scotland Malawi Partnership Diana Firth, WOSDEC Eileen Imlah, New College Lanarkshire Louise White, Corpus Christi Primary School with two students Non-MSP Group Members Ann Wilkinson, Alford Fairtrade Group Martin Rhodes, Scottish Fair Trade Forum Alison Reith, North Lanarkshire Council Anne Walsh, West Lothian Fair Trade Group Catherine Newman, Scottish Fair Trade Forum Charles Sim, East Ayrshire Fair Trade Group Colum Scriven, Rainbow Turtle Karen Creighton, Dumfries and Galloway Fair Trade Group Ian Fowell, Linlithgow Fairtrade Partnership Jeanette McIvor, Queensferry Fairtrade Group Karena Jarvie, Perth and Kinross Fair Trade Group Morag Rennie, North Lanarkshire Fair Trade Group Philippa Jeffrey, Rainbow Turtle Sandra Burt Russell Salton, Edinburgh Fairtrade City Steering Group Sally Romilly, One World Centre and Dundee FairTrade Forum Yasmina Ferrigan, Palcrafts/Hadeel Jeanie Molyneux, Orkney Fair Trade Group Pam Maxwell, North Ayrshire Fair Trade Group 1 Apologies No apologies received Agenda item 1 Colin Smyth MSP welcomed everyone to the meeting, noting it was being held during Fair Trade in Education Week.