Cross-Party Group on Women, Families and Justice th Tuesday 5 December 2023 6-7.30pm, The Scottish Parliament Minute Chair: Rona Mackay MSP Attended MSPs Rona Mackay MSP Collette Stevenson MSP Invited guests Jenni Minto Minister for Public Health and Women’s Health Gill Imery External Chair, Deaths in Prison Custody Action Group Non-MSP Group Members and Other Attendees Anne Pinkman Co-secretariat CPG on Women, Families & Justice Dinah Aitken Salvesen Mindroom Centre Elaine Stalker Families Outside Faye Keogh Turning Point Scotland Heather Manclark Families Outside Karen Armstong Families Outside Kerry Knox Families Outside Kerry McGhee Pheonix Futures Louise Adams Families Outside Mike Nellis University of Strathclyde Nancy Loucks Families Outside Sam Jelf Families Outside Sarah Rogers Families Outside Sheila Gordon CrossReach Shumela Ahmed Resilience Learning Partnership Stephen Sandham HMIPS Steven Millar Families Outside Sue Brookes SPS Agenda Item 1 Apologies Adele Hill CJVSF Representative Alison Bavidge SASW Alison Hendry Angus Council Audrey Mitchell Fife College Becky Reid Glen Isla Project Gareth Rose SPS Georgina Lyttle Circle Gill McIvor Stirling University Helen Reilly QNS Janine Bonner Families Outside Jonathan Sher Kate Philbrick Linda Bendle Mags Higgins Justice for Women Margaret Malloch SCCJR Rose Gibson Scott McLellan SPS Toni Groundwater Families Outside Tracey McFall Stirling Community Enterprise Wendy Sinclair-Gieben HMIPS Agenda item 2 Minutes of previous meeting of CPG Women, Families & Justice September 2023 • Approval of minutes – proposed by Kerry Knox and seconded by Collette Stevenson, MSP. • Actions – no questions from attendees raised in relation to actions Agenda item 3 Jenni Minto, Minister for Public Health and Women’s Health The Minister thanked the group for the opportunity to provide an update on what the Scottish Government has been doing to improve health outcomes of women in custody.