Cross-Party Group on Disability Wednesday 7 February 2024 at 1pm-2.30pm on Teams Minute Present MSPs Jeremy Balfour MSP Brian Whittle MSP Invited guests Dr Vikki McCall – University of Stirling Dr Dianne Theakstone – University of Stirling Non-MSP Group Members Mike Harriosn – Treasurer – SATA - Member Linda Bamford – MACS – Member Joanne Devit – MACS – Member Marg McNeil – See Around Britain – Member Maggie Ellis – WSA & EKTG – Member Dr Caroline Gould – Skye & LochAlsh Access Panel – Member Gwen McNeil – STUC Disabled Workers Committee – Member Tony Slaven – STUC Disabled Workers Committee - Member Daisy Thomson – Into Work – Member Jordon Anderson – Individual – Member Anne Meikle – Versus Arthritis – Member Alison Pendragon – OTCC – Member Gavin Yates – Enable Scotland Nicoletta Primo – Sight Scotland & Sight Scotland Veterans – Member Alyssa Faulkner – Individual – Member Sue Bowen – Dyslexia Scotland – Member Claire D’All – Euan’s Guide – Member Mark Gaffney – Scottish Disability Sport – Member Amanda Foster – Individual – Member Jill Pritchard – Horizon Housing Association – Member Lorna Cameron – Horizon Housing Association – Member Andrew Ewen – Leonard Cheshire – Member Colette McDiarmid – MND Scotland – Member 1 Observers – Sarah Reilly – Individual – Observer Katie Edwards – Police Scotland – Observer Robert Dick – Stirling Access Panel – Observer Eileen McMullan – SFHA – Observer Dorothy-Grace Elder – Observer – Voluntary Sec SP on Chronis Pain - Observer Terry Robinson – Individual – Observer Susan Robertson – CEC Strategic Commissioning Officer, Edin HSCP - Observer Observers - Julia Shillitto, Secretariat, Office of Jeremy Balfour MSP Hannah McNicol, Office of Jeremy Balfour MSP Morag Innes, Office of Pam Duncan-Glancy MSP Nariese White, Office of Gillian Mackay MSP Briony Taylor, Office of Gillian Mackay MSP Apologies Pam Duncan-Glancy MSP (Deputy Convener) Alexanders Stewart MSP Paul O’Kane MSP Carol Burt, I Am Me Marianne Scobie, DGA Online...