Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Meeting Agenda
16th Meeting, 2023
- Date: Wednesday, November 8, 2023
- Session: 6
- Location: T1.40-CR5 The Smith Room
- Start time: 09:30am
- Published: Thursday, November 2, 2023 02:02pm
1 Consideration of continued petitions
The Committee will consider the following continued petitions—
PE1958: Extend aftercare for previously looked after young people, and remove the continuing care age cap and will take evidence from
Natalie Don, Minister for Children, Young People and Keeping the Promise,
Sarah Corbett, Care Experience Policy Manager, and
Cara Cooper, Unit Head, A Good Childhood: Children and Young People;
PE1859: Retain falconers' rights to practice upland falconry in Scotland;
PE1867: Establish a new national qualification for British Sign Language (BSL);
PE1913: Fast-track future Adult Disability Payment applications for people undergoing cancer treatment;
PE1918: Improve sex education in schools;
PE1934: Develop an educational resource on gender-based violence for all year groups in High School;
PE1939: Amend the date of birth to allow wider accessibility to the HPV vaccination programme for boys;
PE1969: Amend the law to fully decriminalise abortion in Scotland; and
PE1991: Develop an educational resource on abortion.
CPPP/S6/23/16/1(P) (Private Paper)
Petition PE1958 133KB pdf posted 02/11/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/16/2)
CPPP/S6/23/16/3(P) (Private Paper)
Petition PE1859 316KB pdf posted 02/11/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/16/4)
Petition PE1859 SPICe Briefing 159KB pdf posted 02/11/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/16/5)
Petition PE1867 190KB pdf posted 02/11/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/16/6)
Petition PE1913 130KB pdf posted 02/11/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/16/7)
Petition PE1918 181KB pdf posted 02/11/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/16/8)
Petition PE1934 232KB pdf posted 02/11/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/16/9)
Petition PE1939 204KB pdf posted 02/11/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/16/10)
Petition PE1969 459KB pdf posted 02/11/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/16/11)
Petition PE1991 312KB pdf posted 02/11/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/16/12)
2 Consideration of new petitions
The Committee will consider the following new petitions—
PE2036: Write off student loan debts for paramedic students; and
PE2044: Recommit the £26 million pledged to colleges in the 2023/24 budget.
Petition PE2036 219KB pdf posted 02/11/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/16/13)
Petition PE2044 225KB pdf posted 02/11/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/16/14)