Via Zoom (an online video conferencing platform) Minutes – Present MSPs Convenor – Colin Beattie MSP (Scottish National Party) Roz McCall MSP (Conservative) Karen Adam MSP (Scottish National Party) Invited Guests Jenni Minto MSP (Scottish National Party) Kevin McGowan Andrew Godfrey-Meers Scott Steele Group Members Secretariat and Assistant: Hannah Tweed, Amy White (the ALLIANCE) Amanda McNamara (BATOD) Kirsten Abioye (Lothian Children’s Deaf Club) Rachel O’Neill (Scottish Sensory Centre/University of Edinburgh) Jacquie Winning (FVSC) Lauren Gilmour (FVSC) Andrew Dewey (Sign Language Interactions) Beth McLean (Health in Mind) Mona Veghefian (NDCS) Jill Bradshaw (Lipread Scotland) Rachel Mapson (QMU) Christine Johnson (QMU) Isabella Goldie (Deafblind Scotland) John Whitfield (Deafblind Scotland) Teri Devine (RNID) Adele Goman (Edinburgh Napier University) Avril Hepner (BDA) Linda Sharkey (Scottish Audiology Heads of Service) Deirdre Aitken (Highland Blindcraft) Carla Marchbank (NESS) Brogan Ferguson (RCSLT) Philip Gerrard (Deaf Action) Deborah Innes (Scottish Mental Health Service for Deaf People) Victoria Bishop-Rowe (AVUK) 1 L...