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2 October 2025
Tackling Drug Deaths and Harms Letter from Minister DAPS 30 Sept 2025
Minister for Drugs and Alcohol Policy and Sport Maree Todd MSP Ministear airson Poileasaidh Dhrogaichean is na Dibhe agus Spòrs Maree Todd BPA T: 0300 244 4000 E: [email protected] Clare Haughey MSP Audrey Nicoll MSP Collette Stevenson MSP Conveners of the Cross-Committee: Tackling Drug Deaths and Drug Harm Scottish Parliament ___ Dear Conveners, I look forward to joining you at the cross-committee meeting on tackling drug deaths and drug harm, scheduled for 2 October.
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13 March 2025
Funerals CPG meeting December 2024 minutes
Cross-Party Group on th Date and Time: 4 December 2024 6.30pm Minutes Present MSPs Jeremy Balfour MSP Douglas Lumsden MSP Invited guests None Non-MSP Group Members Nick Britten – Secretary Julia Shillito – Jeremy Balfour’s office Jane...
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9 January 2024
20231019_FBGA_Redress operation
FBGA championed a Survivor Forum along with opposition MSPs at the time including Iain Gray MSP and Daniel Johnson MSP who had included in the actual Redress Scotland Bill.
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20 June 2025
Minute of the meeting held on 4 March 2025
Cross-Party Group on Towns and Town Centres, Financing and Investing in Our Towns—Deliverables and Constraints th Tuesday 4 March 2025, 17:40-18:30 Minutes Present MSPs Meghan Gallacher MSP Stephen Kerr MSP Invited guests Kimberley Guthrie Scotland’s Towns Partnership Anna Tozer Scottish Futures Trust Gary Templeton Moray Council Colin Souter Robertson Property Non-MSP Group Members Adrian Watson Aberdeen Inspired Business Improvement District Alison Luke-Jones Scotland’s Towns Partnership Angharad Rogers Moray Chamber of Commerce Chloe Milne Fisher & Donaldson Cliff Robertson Project Management Services Daniel MacIntyre Argyll & Bute Council David McDowall East Ayrshire Council Elaine Bone Scotland’s Towns Partnership Emilie Wadsworth Verture Gabija Blazyte TechFest Gemma Slight Fife Council Hannah Clinch Dunoon Community Development Trust Heather Macnaughton Historic Environment Scotland Jamie Mackie Scottish Grocers' Federation Jonny Pickering Glasgow City Council Kathryn Hill Midsteeple Quarter Ken Ford Pacific Shelf 360 Ltd Kevin Harrison Artlink Central Limited Kirsten Logue South of Scotland Enterprise Leigh Sparks Scotland’s Towns Partnership Magdalena Swider West Dunbartonshire Council 1 Margaret Fraser Possilpark Improvement District Nairn Pearson West Lothian Council Nicola Hutchinson Scotland’s Towns Partnership Paul Fretwell Architects Scotland Ltd Ro Pengelly University of Stirling www.deshca.co.uk housing, and ISPA project Rob Kirk Thrive in the City Ross Martin ScotIncGrowth Sharon Rice-Jones Perth and kinross council Suzanne Hamilton Frontline Consultants Suzanne Rhind Aberdeenshire Council Tracy Murray East Ayrshire Council Wendy Findlay TechFest Apologies Sarah Boyack MSP David Melhuish Scottish Property Federation James Trolland Sustainable Drumchapel Katherine Macintosh Robertson Property Agenda item 1 Welcome and Opening Remarks – Kimberley Guthrie (STP) Agenda item 2 th Minute of last meeting held 4 December and Matters Arising - Meghan Gallacher MSP, Convener The convenor requested that any questions or feedback be placed in the chat acknowledging that additional parliamentary business had curtailed the available time for additional discussion at this committee.
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11 March 2025
Circular Economy CPG Minutes 5th February 2025
Cross-Party Group on the Circular Economy th 5 February 2025, 6:00-8:00 pm, on Zoom Minutes Present MSPs Maurice Golden MSP, MSP, Lorna Slater MSP Invited guests Catherine Gunby (Fidra), Dr Jake Lane, Jim McNulty, Dr David Tomkins, Eilidh O’Connor Non-MSP Group Members and Guests Alex Morrison (Keep Scotland Beautiful), Bruce McLean, Catherine Gemmel (Marine conservation Society), Catherine Gunby (Fidra), Zoe Clegg, Daniel Hale, Daniel Stunell, Efthalia Chatzisy, Max Folkett, Kenzo Harper-Wang, Jamie Clarkson, Jamie Page, Jannik Giesekam, Joanna Cloy, Kathryn Gill, Kim Pratt (Friends of the Earth Scotland), Melissa Marques-McEwan, Natasha Kitching, Rowan Stanforth, Sheila Best,Victoria Darbyshire Apologies Bruce Reekie, James Trolland, James Mackenzie, Izzie Eriksen, 1 Welcome • Group convener Maurice Golden MSP welcomed everyone and highlighted the theme for the evening as "Safe and Circular: How controls on chemicals and sustainable by design can enable a clean and safe circular economy". • Minutes from the previous meeting were proposed by Catherine Gunby and seconded by Paul Smith. 2 Presentations 2.1 Dr Jake Lane: Sustainability Manager, Silentnight: A manufacturing / retailer perspective • Dr Lane noted that Silentnight was the UK’s largest mattress production facility, and that he would be focusing on flame retardants this evening. • Dr Lane noted end of life issues with mattresses due to quilted panels which have to go to incineration due to minor failings on flammability tests - costing £120,000 a year with recyclers also facing the same issue. • Not all flame retardants are equal according to a knowledge transfer partnership with the University of Central Lancashire to assess chemicals flame retardants for their smoke toxicity and environmental sustainability. • In UK fire regulation tests for furniture, both the filling and the fabric have to be tested separately - the fabric has to be tested over a very combustible form that was used back in the 1980s – Silentnight was now on a journey to remove brominated flame retardants from headboards. • Support needed on changes to furniture and furnishing fire safety regulations, including removal of defined standards that test individual components rather than the finished item, and it was explained that under chemical labelling there needed to be ‘active ingredient’ labelling. • Dr Lane also noted support was needed with Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) - an EPR scheme should encourage eco-design principles (like mono- materials, durability and recyclability) – Dr Lane further noted that there was support for EPR from the National Bed Federation and its members. • Dr Lane provided statistics showing seven million mattresses were disposed of every year with only twenty four per cent of those recycled. • Digital Product Passports would allow recyclers to identify which components of the mattress are chemically treated and which parts need to go to what level of waste management. • In summation: Silentnight aim for safe by design; not all flame retardants are equal; changes to regulations would facilitate safe by design; regulatory help was required to ensure chemical labelling was fit for purpose and there needed to be industry and regulatory collaboration on EPR and digital passports.
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3 December 2024
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21 November 2024
270324 CPG Volunteering Minutes
Cross-Party Group on Volunteering Wednesday 27th March 2024, 1.00 – 2.00 pm Minute Present MSPs Foysol Choudhury MSP Jeremy Balfour MSP Non-MSP Group Members Margaret Starkie – Volunteer Scotland – Secretariat Fraser Clark - Youth VIP Lauren Alexandra Arthur – Youth VIP Georgia Artus – Vintage Vibes Helen Fleming – Helen Fleming Freelancing Emma Kyles – Youthlink Scotland Barri Millar – St Johns Scotland Kirsten Worsely – The Breastfeeding Network Amanda Simpson – University of West of Scotland Annalise Gillian - University of West of Scotland Magdalena Clark – Volunteer Midlothian Kiera Mar Russell – Rowan Alba Ruth Hutton – Scottish Government Wendy Diack – CRUSE Scotland Bereavement Support Valerie Ewan – NHS Tayside Tracey Passway – Marie Curie Tracey Brown – NHS Tayside Sue Bowen – Dyslexia Scotland Sharon Duncan Scott Coyne – Epilepsy Connections Sarah Van Putten - Lifecare Sarah Murray - RVS Rob Murray – British Red Cross Rebecca McDonald – Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity Mike Melvin – ACVO Magda Clark – Volunteer Midlothian Luthien Lark – Highland Third Sector Interface Louise Henderson – Girlguiding Scotland Louise Bluett – Volunteer Centre East Lothian Kiera Russell – Rowan Alba Kelly McKnight - VOCAL 1 John Cardno – Marie Curie Alan Stevenson – Volunteer Scotland Debbie Maltman – Volunteer Scotland Julie Lonsdale – Volunteer Scotland (minutes of meeting) Emma Christie – Aberdeenshire Voluntary Action Ewan Davidson – Impact Funding Partners Fiona Harvey - CHAS Gemma Campbell – Scottish Government Gillian Kay – Voluntary Action South Ayrshire Heather Robertson – Maidsafe Foundation Ian McCall – Paths for All Janice Malone - HIS Jason Henderson - SCVO Jessica Lightfoot – Macmillan Cancer Support Jo Elston – Planning Aid Scotland Ashleigh Burt – Fife Voluntary Action Beth Cowen – CVS Falkirk & District Bev Read – Firsthand Lothian Caroline Johnstone – CVS Inverclyde Carolynn Malone – Housing Options Scotland Claire Mechie – Clan Cancer Support David Maxwell – Volunteer Glasgow Chris Ringland – Evangelical Alliance Scotland Apologies None Agenda item 1: Welcome, Introduction & Apologies Foysol Choudhury MSP (FC), Joint Convenor, opened the meeting and welcomed everyone in person and online to the Cross-Party Group on Volunteering, and looked forward to their contributions to the meeting.
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12 November 2024
Gender Sensitive Audit
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1 May 2024
27032024 CPG on Volunteering
Cross-Party Group on Volunteering Wednesday 27th March 2024, 1.00 – 2.00 pm Minute Present MSPs Foysol Choudhury MSP Jeremy Balfour MSP Non-MSP Group Members Margaret Starkie – Volunteer Scotland – Secretariat Fraser Clark - Youth VIP Lauren Alexandra Arthur – Youth VIP Georgia Artus – Vintage Vibes Helen Fleming – Helen Fleming Freelancing Emma Kyles – Youthlink Scotland Barri Millar – St Johns Scotland Kirsten Worsely – The Breastfeeding Network Amanda Simpson – University of West of Scotland Annalise Gillian - University of West of Scotland Magdalena Clark – Volunteer Midlothian Kiera Mar Russell – Rowan Alba Ruth Hutton – Scottish Government Wendy Diack – CRUSE Scotland Bereavement Support Valerie Ewan – NHS Tayside Tracey Passway – Marie Curie Tracey Brown – NHS Tayside Sue Bowen – Dyslexia Scotland Sharon Duncan Scott Coyne – Epilepsy Connections Sarah Van Putten - Lifecare Sarah Murray - RVS Nibal Saleh – Scottish Parliament Rob Murray – British Red Cross Rebecca McDonald – Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity Mike Melvin – ACVO Magda Clark – Volunteer Midlothian Luthien Lark – Highland Third Sector Interface Louise Henderson – Girlguiding Scotland Louise Bluett – Volunteer Centre East Lothian Kiera Russell – Rowan Alba 1 Kelly McKnight - VOCAL John Cardno – Marie Curie Alan Stevenson – Volunteer Scotland Debbie Maltman – Volunteer Scotland Julie Lonsdale – Volunteer Scotland (minutes of meeting) Emma Christie – Aberdeenshire Voluntary Action Ewan Davidson – Impact Funding Partners Fiona Harvey - CHAS Gemma Campbell – Scottish Government Gillian Kay – Voluntary Action South Ayrshire Heather Robertson – Maidsafe Foundation Ian McCall – Paths for All Janice Malone - HIS Jason Henderson - SCVO Jessica Lightfoot – Macmillan Cancer Support Jo Elston – Planning Aid Scotland Ashleigh Burt – Fife Voluntary Action Beth Cowen – CVS Falkirk & District Bev Read – Firsthand Lothian Caroline Johnstone – CVS Inverclyde Carolynn Malone – Housing Options Scotland Claire Mechie – Clan Cancer Support David Maxwell – Volunteer Glasgow Apologies None Agenda item 1: Welcome, Introduction & Apologies Foysol Choudhury MSP (FC), Joint Convenor, opened the meeting and welcomed everyone in person and online to the Cross-Party Group on Volunteering, and looked forward to their contributions to the meeting.
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1 May 2024
Minute of meeting on 27 March 2024
Cross-Party Group on Volunteering Wednesday 27th March 2024, 1.00 – 2.00 pm Minute Present MSPs Foysol Choudhury MSP Jeremy Balfour MSP Non-MSP Group Members Margaret Starkie – Volunteer Scotland – Secretariat Fraser Clark - Youth VIP Lauren Alexandra Arthur – Youth VIP Georgia Artus – Vintage Vibes Helen Fleming – Helen Fleming Freelancing Emma Kyles – Youthlink Scotland Barri Millar – St Johns Scotland Kirsten Worsely – The Breastfeeding Network Amanda Simpson – University of West of Scotland Annalise Gillian - University of West of Scotland Magdalena Clark – Volunteer Midlothian Kiera Mar Russell – Rowan Alba Ruth Hutton – Scottish Government Wendy Diack – CRUSE Scotland Bereavement Support Valerie Ewan – NHS Tayside Tracey Passway – Marie Curie Tracey Brown – NHS Tayside Sue Bowen – Dyslexia Scotland Sharon Duncan Scott Coyne – Epilepsy Connections Sarah Van Putten - Lifecare Sarah Murray - RVS Nibal Saleh – Scottish Parliament Rob Murray – British Red Cross Rebecca McDonald – Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity Mike Melvin – ACVO Magda Clark – Volunteer Midlothian Luthien Lark – Highland Third Sector Interface Louise Henderson – Girlguiding Scotland Louise Bluett – Volunteer Centre East Lothian Kiera Russell – Rowan Alba 1 Kelly McKnight - VOCAL John Cardno – Marie Curie Alan Stevenson – Volunteer Scotland Debbie Maltman – Volunteer Scotland Julie Lonsdale – Volunteer Scotland (minutes of meeting) Emma Christie – Aberdeenshire Voluntary Action Ewan Davidson – Impact Funding Partners Fiona Harvey - CHAS Gemma Campbell – Scottish Government Gillian Kay – Voluntary Action South Ayrshire Heather Robertson – Maidsafe Foundation Ian McCall – Paths for All Janice Malone - HIS Jason Henderson - SCVO Jessica Lightfoot – Macmillan Cancer Support Jo Elston – Planning Aid Scotland Ashleigh Burt – Fife Voluntary Action Beth Cowen – CVS Falkirk & District Bev Read – Firsthand Lothian Caroline Johnstone – CVS Inverclyde Carolynn Malone – Housing Options Scotland Claire Mechie – Clan Cancer Support David Maxwell – Volunteer Glasgow Apologies None Agenda item 1: Welcome, Introduction & Apologies Foysol Choudhury MSP (FC), Joint Convenor, opened the meeting and welcomed everyone in person and online to the Cross-Party Group on Volunteering, and looked forward to their contributions to the meeting.
