Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Meeting Agenda
12th Meeting, 2023
- Date: Wednesday, September 6, 2023
- Session: 6
- Location: TG.40-CR1 The Burns Room
- Start time: 09:30am
- Published: Wednesday, September 6, 2023 02:45pm
1 Declaration of interests
Maurice Golden will be invited to declare any relevant interests.
2 Decision on taking business in private
The Committee will decide whether to take items 5 and 6 in private.
3 Consideration of continued petitions
The Committee will consider the following continued petitions—
PE1905: Public Inquiry into the response of religious organisations to allegations of child sexual abuse since 1950
PE1911: Review of Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006 as it relates to post-mortems
PE1955: Make the provision of public toilets a statutory duty
PE1973: End the use of Sheriffs Discretion when ruling on civil cases and provide clear legal guidance on division of assets
PE1974: Adopt the A890 as a trunk road
PE1980: Adopt the A832 between Achnasheen and Gorstan as a trunk road
CPPP/S6/23/12/1(P) (Private Paper)
Petition PE1905 137KB pdf posted 31/08/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/12/2)
Petition PE1911 239KB pdf posted 31/08/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/12/3)
Petition PE1955 146KB pdf posted 31/08/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/12/4)
Petition PE1973 165KB pdf posted 31/08/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/12/5)
Petition PE1974 and PE1980 157KB pdf posted 31/08/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/12/6)
4 Consideration of new petitions
The Committee will consider the following new petitions—
PE2023: Stop the Deposit Return Scheme
PE2024: Create a national, public information programme to raise awareness of the impacts of steroids, selective androgen receptor modulators, and other performance enhancing drugs
PE2025: Improve the support available to victims of domestic violence, who have been forced to flee their home
PE2026: Eliminate Council Tax discounts for second homes and vacant properties
PE2027: Launch the Changing Places Toilet fund
Petition PE2023 176KB pdf posted 31/08/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/12/7)
Petition PE2024 170KB pdf posted 31/08/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/12/8)
Petition PE2025 184KB pdf posted 31/08/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/12/9)
Petition PE2026 195KB pdf posted 31/08/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/12/10)
Petition PE2027 225KB pdf posted 31/08/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/12/11)
5 Admissibility decision
The Committee will decide whether a proposed petition is admissible.
Admissibility Cover Note 87KB pdf posted 31/08/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/12/12)
CPPP/S6/23/12/13(P) (Private Paper)
6 Work programme
The Committee will consider its work programme.
CPPP/S6/23/12/14(P) (Private Paper)