Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Meeting Agenda
15th Meeting, 2023
- Date: Wednesday, October 25, 2023
- Session: 6
- Location: T1.40-CR5 The Smith Room
- Start time: 09:30am
- Published: Thursday, October 26, 2023 10:34am
1 Decision on taking business in private
The Committee will decide whether to take items 5, 6 and 7 in private.
2 Consideration of continued petitions
The Committee will consider the following continued petitions—
PE1723: Essential tremor treatment in Scotland;
PE1871: Full review of mental health services;
PE1885: Make offering Community Shared Ownership mandatory for all windfarm development planning proposals;
PE1968: Restrict perpetrators of domestic abuse from using family court proceedings to continue tormenting their victims;
PE1981: Ensure perpetrators of domestic abuse, who have been excluded from the matrimonial home, cannot force the sale of the property; and
PE1990: Introduce a Scottish Parliament question session for young people.
CPPP/S6/23/15/1(P) (Private Paper)
Petition PE1723 174KB pdf posted 19/10/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/15/2)
Petition PE1871 247KB pdf posted 19/10/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/15/3)
Petition PE1885 150KB pdf posted 19/10/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/15/4)
Petition PE1968 410KB pdf posted 19/10/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/15/5)
Petition PE1981 214KB pdf posted 19/10/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/15/6)
Petition PE1990 190KB pdf posted 19/10/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/15/7)
3 Consideration of new petitions
The Committee will consider the following new petitions—
PE2035: Recognise legal control of generalist predators as a conservation act;
PE2037: Improving literacy standards in schools through research-informed reading instructions; and
PE2040: Increase funding to the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service to prevent serious cuts to the service provided to the public.
Petition PE2035 219KB pdf posted 19/10/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/15/8)
Petition PE2037 317KB pdf posted 19/10/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/15/9)
Petition PE2040 195KB pdf posted 19/10/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/15/10)
4 Written Submissions
The Committee will consider a review of policy on written submissions.
Written Submissions - Policy Review 156KB pdf posted 19/10/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/15/11)
5 Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2024-2025
The Committee will consider a draft letter to the Scottish Government.
CPPP/S6/23/15/12(P) (Private Paper)
6 Previous action information in petitions
The Committee will consider its policy on publication of “previous action” information in petitions.
CPPP/S6/23/15/13(P) (Private Paper)
7 Inquiry into A9 Dualling Project
The Committee will consider evidence heard to date, and its wider approach to this inquiry.
CPPP/S6/23/15/14(P) (Private Paper)