Cross-Party Group on Crofting 11 May 2022 Minutes Present MSPs Edward Mountain MSP (Chair) Ariane Burgess MSP Beatrice Wishart MSP Alasdair Allan MSP Invited guests Michael Nugent SG Brian Inkster CLG John Cowan SG Gordon Jackson SG Bill Barron CC Non-MSP Group Members Patrick Krause (Secretary) Duncan Gray CC Neil Macdonald CC Fiona Mackenzie UHI Siobhan Macdonald SAC Christopher Dickinson CC Mairi Mackenzie CC Arthur Macdonald CC Karen Macrae CC David Skene UHI Ian wilson NFUS Donald MacDonald CC Claire Hardy JHI Rhona Elrick ROS Anna Brand SPICe William Neilson crofter Lynne Hendry CC Iain Edmond ROS Aaron Ramsay CC Lucy Beattie PhD UWS Kenneth Armit CC David Muir SCF Russell Smith SCF Neil Ross HIE Richard Frew QLTR Eilidh Ross Camus Consulting Finlay Beaton CC David Campbell CC Daniel MacLean CC Darren Laing BBC Murdo Mackay CnES Aileen Rore SG Fiona Mandeville SCF Jacqueline Kelly ROS James McPherson SCF John Toal SCF Sandra Lindsay SCF Carol Bab crofter Brendan O'Hanrahan CHT/UDT Lena Horch SCF Lynne MacMillan CC Jamie McIntyre WCP 1 Christina Noble JHI Donald Murdie SCF Donald Meek crofter Abigail Campbell SWT John MacAskill NFUS David Findlay CC Rhianna Montgomery NFUS Ashley Atkins MSP office David Cameron CLS John Norman Macleod grazings clerk Patricia Clark MSP office Donald MacKinnon SCF Apologies Liz Barron-Majerik Andrew Connon Jenni Minto MSP Fergus Ewing MSP Malcolm Matheson Iain McIver Lauren Worrell Bill Dundas Michael Foxley Maria de le Torre Iona Hyde Eleanor Garty Agenda item 1 Welcome and apologies The convener welcomed everyone to the meeting and apologies were noted.