Purpose of the group
The Cross-Party Group meets to further the promotion of recreational boating and marine tourism and the wider benefits thereof.
The CPG provides a Parliamentary focus for wider recreational marine issues by discussing issues pertinent to the leisure marine industry as a whole.
The CPG seeks to raise the profile of recreational boating in Scotland through the means available to a Parliamentary Cross Party Group.
Forthcoming meetings
Next meeting: 29 May 2013
This meeting, including AGM, will be held at 6pm in Committee Room 5.
Minutes
Group Officers
Group Members
Non MSP Individuals
John Scott
Robin Cole
Organisations
Stuart Green - A&BC
Margaret Reilly - Able2Sail
Maria Reid - Able2Sail
Gary White - Agenda Carbon Ltd
Mark Steward - Argyll & Bute Council
Richard Millar - Scottish Canals
James McLachlan - Chairman, Forth and Clyde Canal Society.
Hamish Munro - Clyde Marine Services
Alvin Barber - Cramond Boat Club
Paul Bancks - The Crown Estate
Martin Latimer - CSM Scotland
David Scott - GTG Training Ltd
Renata Edge - Edinburgh Canal Soc
Howard Pridding - Executive Director, British Marine Federation
John Crowther - Forth & Clyde Canal Soc
Cllr. Bob Eadie - Fife Council
Gordon Ritchie - GMFco Ltd
Sarah Brown - Firth of Clyde Forum
Jim Hearl - Greenock Sea Cadets
Jim McLachlan - Greenock Sea Cadets
Steven Dott - Highlands and Islands Enterprise
Maria Reid - Highlands and Islands Enterprise
Charmian Entwhisle - Isle of Skye Yachts
Carolyn Elder - Largs Yacht Haven
Stewart Liddle - Linlithgow UCS
Peter Jack - Loch Lomond Association
Richard Davies - Maritime and Waterway Events
Simon Limb - MD, Clyde Marina
Cllr. Gordon McDonald - Moray Councillor
Kathryn Logan - Moray Firth Partnership
Niamh Hegarty - Morhamburn Ltd
Helen McMeekin - Ocean Youth Trust Scotland
Nick Fleming – Ocean Youth Trust Scotland
David Adams McGilp - Regional Director, Visit Scotland
David Vass - RYA Scotland
James Stuart - RYA Scotland
Capt. Gordon Daly - RYA, RYA Scotland, Seagull Trust
Bruce Harris - S Ayrshire Council
Tony Bennett - Sail Scotland
Hugh Henderson - Scottish Boating Alliance
Mike Balmforth - Scottish Boating Alliance
Eddie Palmer - Scottish Canal Association
Stuart Smith - Scottish Canoe Association
Rhona Fairgrieve - Scottish Coastal Forum
Allan McQuade - Scottish Enterprise
Brian McLeish - Scottish Enterprise
Mark Barton - Scottish Enterprise
Andy Carnduff - Forth Yacht Clubs' Association
Anne Gray - Scottish Rural Property & Business Association
Steve Bastiman - Scottish Sea Angling Conservation
Elizabeth Daly - Seagull Trust
Peter Finnie - SEPA
Mark Barton - Strategic Engagement Manager, HIE
Ronnie Simpson - The Helix Project
Stephen Bennie - Troon Yacht Haven
Caroline Warburton - Wild Scotland
Alistair Vallance - Yachting Life
Louise Vickers - Tourism Intelligence Scotland
Ronnie Rusack - Seagull Trust
Graeme Galbraith - Portavadie Marina
Robbie Wightman - Sc Coastal Rowing
Ian Clark - Sc Coastal Rowing
Denise Havard - Sc Coastal Rowing
David McColgan - RYA Scotland
Jane Campbell Morrison - RYA Scotland
James Trolland - Maritime Security consultant
Lynda Towers - Scottish Parliament
Robert Hunter - Stirling Council
Mike Robertson - Oban Bay Marine
Oli Ludlow - RYAS
Robert Kitchin - Portavadie Marina