Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Meeting Agenda
1st Meeting, 2023
- Date: Wednesday, January 18, 2023
- Session: 6
- Location: T1.40-CR5 The Smith Room
- Start time: 09:30am
- Published: Wednesday, January 18, 2023 11:56am
1 Consideration of continued petitions
The Committee will consider the following continued petitions—
PE1859: Retain falconers rights to practice upland falconry in Scotland;
PE1864: Increase the ability of communities to influence planning decisions for onshore windfarms;
PE1891: Make swimming lessons a statutory requirement in the primary school curriculum;
PE1900: Access to prescribed medication for detainees in police custody;
PE1902: To allow an appeal process for Community Participation Requests; and
PE1918: Improve sex education in schools.
CPPPC/S6/23/1/1(P) (Private Paper)
Petition PE1859 210KB pdf posted 12/01/2023 (Ref: CPPPC/S6/23/1/2)
Petition PE1864 294KB pdf posted 12/01/2023 (Ref: CPPPC/S6/23/1/3)
Petition PE1891 159KB pdf posted 12/01/2023 (Ref: CPPPC/S6/23/1/4)
Petition PE1900 281KB pdf posted 12/01/2023 (Ref: CPPPC/S6/23/1/5)
Petition PE1902 185KB pdf posted 12/01/2023 (Ref: CPPPC/S6/23/1/6)
Petition PE1918 201KB pdf posted 12/01/2023 (Ref: CPPPC/S6/23/1/7)
2 Consideration of new petitions
The Committee will consider the following new petitions—
PE1974: Adopt the A890 as a trunk road;
PE1980: Adopt the A832 between Achnasheen and Gorstan as a trunk road;
PE1975: Reform the law relating to Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs);
PE1976: Backdate council tax discounts for dementia to the date of GP certification;
PE1977: Require social services to inform biological fathers of concerns about their children; and
PE1978: Allow raw milk to be sold in Scotland.
Petition PE1974 222KB pdf posted 12/01/2023 (Ref: CPPPC/S6/23/1/8)
Petition PE1980 219KB pdf posted 12/01/2023 (Ref: CPPPC/S6/23/1/9)
Petition PE1975 307KB pdf posted 12/01/2023 (Ref: CPPPC/S6/23/1/10)
Petition PE1976 254KB pdf posted 12/01/2023 (Ref: CPPPC/S6/23/1/11)
Petition PE1977 203KB pdf posted 12/01/2023 (Ref: CPPPC/S6/23/1/12)
Petition PE1978 228KB pdf posted 12/01/2023 (Ref: CPPPC/S6/23/1/13)
3 Work programme (Private)
The Committee will consider its work programme.
CPPPC/S6/23/1/14(P) (Private Paper)