Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Meeting Agenda
5th Meeting, 2023
- Date: Wednesday, March 22, 2023
- Session: 6
- Location: T1.40-CR5 The Smith Room
- Start time: 09:30am
- Published: Tuesday, March 21, 2023 10:36am
1 Decision on taking business in private
The Committee will decide whether to take item 4 and any future considerations of key issues and a draft report in private.
2 Consideration of continued petitions
The Committee will consider the following continued petitions—
PE1876: Accurately record the sex of people charged or convicted of rape or attempted rape;
PE1884: Make whole plant cannabis oil available on the NHS or alternative funding put in place.
PE1936: Remove Potholes from Scotland’s Roads;
PE1942: Encourage peer support programmes in public sector organisations;
PE1943: Help prevent the destruction of greenfield sites by providing financial incentives towards the remediation and reuse of brownfield sites; and
PE1944: Enforce engine idling ban.
CPPPC/S6/23/5/1(P) (Private Paper)
Petition PE1876 348KB pdf posted 16/03/2023 (Ref: CPPPC/S6/23/5/2)
Petition PE1884 158KB pdf posted 16/03/2023 (Ref: CPPPC/S6/23/5/3)
Petition PE1936 280KB pdf posted 16/03/2023 (Ref: CPPPC/S6/23/5/4)
Petition PE1942 206KB pdf posted 16/03/2023 (Ref: CPPPC/S6/23/5/5)
Petition PE1943 288KB pdf posted 16/03/2023 (Ref: CPPPC/S6/23/5/6)
Petition PE1944 239KB pdf posted 16/03/2023 (Ref: CPPPC/S6/23/5/7)
3 Consideration of new petitions
The Committee will consider the following new petitions—
PE1993: Reform the financial support for social work students on work placements;
PE1995: Improve support for victims of spiking;
PE1996: Take action to prevent discriminatory abortions for disability in Scotland;
PE1997: Introduce mandatory braille labelling for food products sold in Scotland; and
PE1999: Fully implement the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Petition PE1993 278KB pdf posted 16/03/2023 (Ref: CPPPC/S6/23/5/8)
Petition PE1995 218KB pdf posted 16/03/2023 (Ref: CPPPC/S6/23/5/9)
Petition PE1996 309KB pdf posted 16/03/2023 (Ref: CPPPC/S6/23/5/10)
Petition PE1997 209KB pdf posted 16/03/2023 (Ref: CPPPC/S6/23/5/11)
Petition PE1999 329KB pdf posted 16/03/2023 (Ref: CPPPC/S6/23/5/12)
4 Public Participation Inquiry
The Committee will consider its approach to the inquiry.
CPPPC/S6/23/5/13(P) (Private Paper)