Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Meeting Agenda
13th Meeting, 2023
- Date: Wednesday, September 20, 2023
- Session: 6
- Location: T1.40-CR5 The Smith Room
- Start time: 09:30am
- Published: Monday, September 18, 2023 04:55pm
1 Decision on taking business in private
The Committee will decide whether its consideration of its policy on written submissions should be taken in private at a future meeting.
2 Consideration of continued petitions
The Committee will consider the following continued petitions—
PE1856: Support the taxi trade;
PE1919: Ban the sale of high caffeine products to children for performance enhancement;
PE1966: Formally recognise and incorporate local knowledge in Scottish Government policy;
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
PE1982: Review funding arrangements for higher education to help ensure more funded places are available for Scottish ballet dancers at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
CPPP/S6/23/13/1(P) (Private Paper)
Petition PE1856 178KB pdf posted 14/09/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/13/2)
Petition PE1919 280KB pdf posted 14/09/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/13/3)
Petition PE1966 165KB pdf posted 14/09/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/13/4)
Petition PE1976 211KB pdf posted 14/09/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/13/5)
Petition PE1977 261KB pdf posted 14/09/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/13/6)
Petition PE1982 210KB pdf posted 14/09/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/13/7)
3 Consideration of new petitions
The Committee will consider the following new petitions—
PE2028: Extend the concessionary bus travel scheme to include people seeking asylum in Scotland;
PE2029: Nationalise Clydeport to bring the ports and harbours on the river Clyde into public ownership;
PE2030: Review cultural funding arrangements to enable Scotland to contribute to the Venice Biennale in 2024; and
PE2031: Provide insulin pumps to all children with type 1 diabetes in Scotland.
Petition PE2028 209KB pdf posted 14/09/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/13/8)
Petition PE2029 278KB pdf posted 14/09/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/13/9)
Petition PE2030 302KB pdf posted 14/09/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/13/10)
Petition PE2031 226KB pdf posted 14/09/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/13/11)