Cross Party Group on Brain Tumours 8 October, 13:00, Committee Room 3 Scottish Parliament Topic: Inaugural Meeting of the Cross-Party Group on Brain Tumours Minutes Present MSPs Finlay Carson MSP, Deputy Co-Convener (convened the meeting) Colin Smyth MSP, Deputy Co-Convener Ben Macpherson MSP, Deputy Co-Convener Alexander Stewart MSP Rachel Hamilton MSP Invited Guests Minister for Public Health and Women's Health, Jenni Minto MSP Guest Speaker: Prof Steve Pollard, University of Edinburgh Guest Speaker: Dr Joanne Birch, University of Glasgow Guest Speaker: Theo Burrell, Individual Guest Speaker: Nadia Majid, Individual Non-MSP Group Members Gillian Hailstones, Beatson Cancer Charity Andrew Wright, Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Mission Phelim O’Toole, Edinburgh Headway Group Hester Lee, The Neurological Alliance of Scotland Caroline Lauder, Scottish Government Carol Cochrane, BrainsTrust Thomas Brayford, Brain Tumour Research Evan Smyth, Brain Tumour Research (minutes) Other Attendees Jill Rennie, Individual Apologies Beatrice Wishart MSP, Convener Jackie Baillie MSP Liam MacLua-Hodgson, The Brain Tumour Charity Sorcha Hume, Cancer Research UK 1.