Cross-Party Group on Crofting 23 February 2022 Minutes Present MSPs Beatrice Wishart MSP (chair) Ariane Burgess MSP Jenni Minto MSP Alasdair Allan MSP Invited guests Anna Sellars, SAC Consulting Ben Law, SAC Consulting David Findlay, Crofting Commission Bill Barron, Crofting Commission Gordon Jackson, Scottish Government Michael Nugent, SG Non-MSP Group Members Patrick Krause (secretary) John Maughan, SCF Lynne Hendry, John Muir Trust Sandra Lindsay, SCF Rod Mackenzie, crofter Claire Hardy, The James Hutton Donald Murdie, SCF Sally Reynolds, Carloway Estate Trust Fiona Mackenzie, UHI Andrew Holt, Crofting Commission Lucy Sumsion, NFU Scotland Brendan O'Hanrahan Jamie McIntyre, Woodland Crofts John N Macleod, Grazings Clerk Partnership Michael Foxley, Crofter David Skene, UHI Lena Horch, SCF Jacq Kelly, Registers of Scotland Maria de la Torre, NatureScot Emily Dewar, Lantra Scotland Virginia Woollven, Scottish Patrick Jean-Martel, NatureScot Government Abigail Campbell, Scottish Wildlife yvonne white, SCF Trust Finlay Beaton, Crofting Commission William Neilson, Crofting Commission Alexander Murray, NFUS Darren Laing, BBC ALBA Murray McCheyne, SLE crofting group David Cameron, Community Land Siobhan Macdonald, SAC Scotland James McPherson, Scottish Crofting Karen Macrae, Crofting Commission Federation 1 Becky Shaw, NatureScot Donald MacKinnon, SCF Lynne MacMillan, Crofting Ian Wilson, NFUS Commission Alan Balfour, Scottish Land and Arthur Macdonald, Crofting Estates Commission Malcolm Mathieson, Crofting Andrew Connon, NFUS Commission Bill Dundas, SGRPID Patricia Clark, Edward Mountain’s Iona Hyde, Woodland Trust - Croft Office Woodland Project Fiona Mandeville, SCF Iain Turnbull, NTS and Wester Ross Donald Meek, crofter Biosphere Michelle Henley, Scottish Wildlife Trust Neil Ross, HIE Apologies David Atkinson Eleanor Garty Rhona Elrick Eilidh ross Janette Sutherland Donald Bruce Leanne Townsend Anne Beatrice Morris Jacq Kelly John Norman MacLeod Richard Frew Russell Smith Malcolm Burr Helen O’Keefe Edward Mountain MSP Agenda item 1 Welcome and apologies The convener welcomed everyone to the meeting and apologies were noted.