Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Meeting Agenda
8th Meeting, 2023
- Date: Wednesday, May 17, 2023
- Session: 6
- Location: T1.40-CR5 The Smith Room
- Start time: 09:30am
- Published: Tuesday, May 16, 2023 11:04am
1 Decision on taking business in private
The Committee will decide whether to take item 4 in private.
2 Consideration of continued petitions
The Committee will consider PE1911: Review of Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006 as it relates to post-mortems, taking evidence from—
Dr James Adeley, Senior Coroner, Lancashire
Dr Simon Beardmore, Consultant Radiologist, Lancashire
Ann Edwards, Coroner Services Manager, Lancashire and Blackburn with Darwen Council
Dr Mark Sissons, Consultant Pathologist, Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
and then consider—
PE1916: Request a public inquiry into the management of the Rest and Be Thankful project
PE1930: Ensure customers are always given information on cheapest possible fare in new Scotrail contract
PE1952: Instruct Scotland’s NHS to form specialist services for patients with autonomic dysfunction
PE1957: Home Reports – make surveyors more accountable
PE1967: Protect Loch Lomond’s Atlantic oakwood shoreline by implementing the High Road option for the A82 upgrade between Tarbet and Inverarnan
CPPP/S6/23/8/1(P) (Private Paper)
CPPP/S6/23/8/2(P) (Private Paper)
Petition PE1911 185KB pdf posted 16/05/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/8/3)
Petition PE1916 191KB pdf posted 16/05/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/8/4)
Petition PE1930 199KB pdf posted 16/05/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/8/5)
Petition PE1952 207KB pdf posted 16/05/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/8/6)
Petition PE1957 234KB pdf posted 16/05/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/8/7)
Petition PE1967 265KB pdf posted 16/05/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/8/8)
3 Consideration of new petitions
The Committee will consider the following petitions—
PE2007: Increase allotment provision for all and entitle Universal Credit claimants to a free plot;
PE2008: Provide funding for a separate mental health A&E for children; and
PE2009: Ensure fair access to Scottish universities for all residents in Scotland and the UK
Petition PE2007 242KB pdf posted 16/05/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/8/9)
Petition PE2008 269KB pdf posted 16/05/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/8/10)
Petition PE2009 260KB pdf posted 16/05/2023 (Ref: CPPP/S6/23/8/11)
4 Annual report
The Committee will consider a draft annual report for the parliamentary year from 13 May 2022 to 12 May 2023.
CPPP/S6/23/8/12(P) (Private Paper)