Cross-Party Group on Fair Trade Wednesday 14 May 2024 at 6pm, online Minute Present MSPs Colin Smyth MSP John Mason MSP Invited guests Non-MSP Group Members Martin Rhodes, Scottish Fair Trade Charles Sim, East Ayrshire Fair Trade Group Ian Fowell, Linlithgow Fairtrade Partnership Jeanette McIvor, Queensferry Fairtrade Group Morag Rennie, North Lanarkshire Fair Trade Group Sandra Burt Sally Romilly, One World Centre and Dundee Fair Trade Forum Yasmina Ferrigan, Palcrafts/Hadeel Pam Maxwell, North Ayrshire Fair Trade Group Kiera Wilkins, Scottish Fair Trade Scott Erwin, Green City Wholefoods Craig Sullivan John McDonald, North Lanarkshire Fair Trade Group Nduzani Zaya, Scottish Fair Trade Carol Morton, Hadeel Jan MacGregor, North Ayrshire Fair Tarde Zone Group Andy Ashcroft, Kool Skools Lesley Hinds, Office of Foysol Choudhury MSP Apologies Sarah Boyack MSP Maggie Chapman MSP Anne Walsh, West Lothian Fair Trade Group Russell Salton, Edinburgh Fairtrade City Steering Group Martin Meteyard Karena Jarvie, Perth and Kinross Fair Trade Group Alison Wright, Dumfries Fair Tarde Group 1 Agenda item 1 Colin Smyth MSP welcomed everyone to the meeting.