Cross-Party Group on Malawi th Wednesday 15 June 2022 6pm - 7pm Minute Present MSPs Liam McArthur MSP (Chair) Alasdair Allan MSP Alexander Stewart MSP John Mason MSP Stuart McMillan MSP Invited guests Shupo Kumwenda Phil Timoney Blesco Nyangulu Cindee Rood Donald Mavindidze Dellings Phiri Dezie Trigu Patricia Duffy Leuan James Non-MSP Group Members David Hope-Jones (Secretary) Adam and Leah Ahab Kafansiyanji Aiko Imamura Alan Laverock Alison Greener Amy Earnshaw Anne Brown Austin Maloya Benjamin Carey Blessings Banda Calum Fisher Anne Casey Chad Morse Chrissie Hirst, Corra Foundation Davie Luhanga Di James Emma Wood Gaia Marini, Water Witness Gift Thompson 1 Ishbel Smith Jack Norquoy, Office of Liam McArthur Jack Welch Jane Forster Jane Hutchison Jeremy Bagg Josephine M Karen MacIntyre Lilian Mackenzie Liza Nugent Lucy Hunot, Link Education Mark O'Donnell Masida Kumwenda Mick & Kate James, ZMCP Neil Gilchrist, Turing Trust Niall Rogerson Nourishing Minds, ESCA Cancer Support Peter Webster Ray French Robert Baxter Stuart Brown Sue Kevan Tracy Morse Uchizi K Victoria Webster Moyo Willan Kalinda Yaphama Apologies John Mason MSP Sarah Boyack MSP Foysol Choudhury MSP Jackie Baillie MSP Michelle Thompson MSP Sharon Dowey MSP Rachael Hamilton MSP Jenni Minto MSP Beatrice Wishart MSP Katy Clark MSP Agenda item 1 Informal Introductions - David Hope-Jones & All David opened the meeting and gave attendees the opportunity to introduce themselves briefly.