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Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee

The Committee was established in June 2021. It 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

Meeting details are not yet available. They will be published here in due course.

If you want to get in touch, you can contact Andrew Mylne, the Clerk for the committee.

Tagh raon-ama:

Phone: 0131 348 5254 .

If you're appearing as a witness at a committee, take a look at our witness guide for more information.

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Tagh raon-ama Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee

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Jackson Carlaw

Convener

Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

MSP for: Eastwood (Constituency)

David Torrance

Deputy Convener

Party: Scottish National Party

MSP for: Kirkcaldy (Constituency)

Fergus Ewing

Member

Party: Scottish National Party

MSP for: Inverness and Nairn (Constituency)

Carol Mochan

Member

Party: Scottish Labour

MSP for: South Scotland (Region)

Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

MSP for: Mid Scotland and Fife (Region)

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Sharon Dowey

Substitute Member

Party: Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party

MSP for: South Scotland (Region)

Marie McNair

Substitute Member

Party: Scottish National Party

MSP for: Clydebank and Milngavie (Constituency)

Paul Sweeney

Substitute Member

Party: Scottish Labour

MSP for: Glasgow (Region)

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Official Reports

Official Reports

Meeting date: Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee

Decision on Taking Business in Private, Continued Petitions, New Petitions

Meeting date: Wednesday, February 22, 2023

Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee

Decision on Taking Business in Private, Continued Petitions, New Petitions

Meeting date: Wednesday, February 8, 2023

Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee

Interests, Decision on Taking Business in Private, Continued Petitions, New Petitions

Meeting date: Wednesday, January 18, 2023

Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee

Continued Petitions, New Petitions, Decision on Taking Business in Private

Meeting date: Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee

Decision on Taking Business in Private, Continued Petitions, New Petitions, Continued Petition

Meeting date: Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee

Decision on Taking Business in Private, Public Participation Inquiry

Meeting date: Wednesday, December 7, 2022

Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee

Decision on Taking Business in Private, Continued Petitions, New Petitions

Reports

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16 December 2022

Public Participation in the Scottish Parliament

This report sets out how people’s voices are heard in the work of the Scottish Parliament and the recommendations of the Citizens Panel on Participation in the Scottish Parliament. The Committee is now asking which recommendations the Scottish Parliament should prioritise first and what action we need to take.

31 May 2022

Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee Annual Report 2021-22

A report about the work of the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee during the Parliamentary year from 13 May 2021 to 12 May 2022.