Cross-Party Groups which have been accorded recognition by the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee

• Alzheimer's
• Animal Welfare
• Architecture and The Built Environment
  • Next meeting Wednesday 18 November
• Asthma
  • Next meeting, including AGM and election of office bearers, Thursday 19 November
• Asylum Seekers and Refugees
  • Next meeting Wednesday 9 December
• Beer and the Brewing Industry
• Cancer
• Carers
• Children and Young People
  • Next meeting Thursday 12 November
• China
  • Next meeting Wednesday 20 January 2010.
• Chronic Pain
• Civil Nuclear Energy
• Climate Change
  • Next meeting Thursday 3 November
• Coeliac Disease and DH
  • Next meeting, incorporating AGM and election of office bearers, Tuesday 17 November.
• Construction
  • Next meeting Wednesday 16 December
• Co-Operatives
  • Next meeting Tuesday 1 December
• Credit Unions
  • Next meeting Tuesday 10 November
• Crofting
• Cuba
• Culture and Media
  • Next meeting Wednesday 18 November
• Deafness
• Diabetes
  • Next meeting, including AGM and election of office bearers, Wednesday 25 November.
• Disability
  • Next meeting Thursday 3 December
• Drug and Alcohol Misuse
  • Next meeting Wednesday 25 November
• Dyslexia
• Epilepsy
  • Next meeting Thursday 26 November
• Food
  • Next meeting, incorporating AGM, Wednesday 18 November
• Funerals and Bereavement
  • Next meeting Tuesday 10 November
• Gaelic/Gaidhlig
  • Next meeting Wednesday 25 November.
• Glasgow Crossrail
• Golf
  • Next meeting Wednesday 4 November
• Heart Disease and Stroke
  • Next meeting, incorporating AGM, Wednesday 2 December
• Housing
  • Next meeting Wednesday 9 December
• Human Rights and Civil Liberties
  • Next meeting Thursday 19 November
• Industrial Communities
• International Development
• Learning Disability
• Life Sciences
• Malawi
• M.E. (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis)
• Men's Violence Against Women and Children
• Mental Health
• Nuclear Disarmament
• Obesity
• Oil and Gas
  • Next meeting Wednesday 18 November
• Older People, Age and Ageing
• Palestine
  • Next meeting, Wednesday 16 December
• Palliative Care
• Poland
• Racial Equality in Scotland
• Recreational Boating and Marine Tourism
  • Next meeting Wednesday 24 February
• Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency
• Rural Policy
• Russia
• Science and Technology
• Scots Language
• Scottish Contemporary Music
• Scottish Economy
• Scottish Universities
  • Next meeting Thursday 10 December.
• Sexual Health
  • Next meeting, Wednesday 2 December
• Skills
• Sport
  • Next meeting, Thursday 26 November
• Supporting Veterans in Scotland
  • Next meeting - Wednesday 16 December
• Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
  • Next meeting - Thursday 14 January 2010
• Tackling Debt
• Tartan Day
• Tibet
• Tobacco Control
  • Next meeting Thursday 3 December
• Town and City Centre Development
• Visual Impairment
  • Next meeting Wednesday 18 November
• Wastes Management

Proposed Cross-Party Groups which have yet to be approved by the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee:

• Proposed Cross Party Group On Muscular Dystrophy

Meeting Wednesday 6 January 2010 at 5.30pm in Committee Room 4

• Proposed Cross Party Group on Digital Participation

Meeting will be held on Tuesday 1 December at 5.45pm in TG20-TG21. The proposed group is to hold electronic elections for group officers and will send an e-mail to its members with the names of prospective office bearers, asking members to vote on these options by 9.00pm on Tuesday 1 December 2009.

  Anyone interested in attending the meeting or in the election of office bearers should contact the office of Willie Coffey MSP, E-mail duncan.mclean@scottish.parliament.uk or tel: 0131 348 6515.

Last updated: 20 November 2009