Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
The Committee focuses on:
- all public petitions submitted to the Parliament and determines if they meet the rules
- deciding what actions should be taken for all public petitions which meet the rules
- reviewing the operation of the public petitions system
- any other forms of public engagement the committee decides to undertake
View current and previous petitions on the public petitions system
Next meeting of the committee
Details of the next meeting are not available yet.
Dates for future meetings
The Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee usually meets fortnightly on Wednesdays.
Previous meetings of the committee
Work of the Committee
Facal-luirg
Official Reports of meetings
Official Reports of meetings
Meeting date: Wednesday, June 4, 2025
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Continued Petitions, New Petitions
Meeting date: Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Continued Petitions, New Petitions
Meeting date: Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Continued Petitions, New Petition
Meeting date: Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Continued Petitions, New Petitions
Meeting date: Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Continued Petitions, New Petitions
Meeting date: Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Continued Petitions, New Petitions
Meeting date: Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Continued Petitions, New Petitions
Meeting date: Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Continued Petitions, New Petitions
Meeting date: Wednesday, February 5, 2025
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Continued Petitions, New Petitions
Meeting date: Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Decision on Taking Business in Private, Continued Petitions, New Petitions
Reports
Committee reports
Annual report of the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee 2024-2025
Report by the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee outlining its work during the Parliamentary year from 13 May 2024 to 12 May 2025.
Report by the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee on embedding deliberative democracy in the work of the Scottish Parliament.
Inquiry into the A9 Dualling Programme
Report by the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee on its inquiry into the A9 Dualling Programme
Facal-luirg
Jackson Carlaw
Convener
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
David Torrance
Deputy Convener
Scottish National Party
Foysol Choudhury
Member
Scottish Labour
Fergus Ewing
Member
Scottish National Party
Maurice Golden
Member
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Full details of committee membership, including substitute and previous members