Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Meeting Agenda
5th Meeting, 2024
- Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2024
- Session: 6
- Location: T1.40-CR5 The Smith Room
- Start time: 09:30am
- Published: Thursday, March 14, 2024 12:42pm
1 Decision on taking business in private
The Committee will decide whether to take items 4 and 5 in private.
2 Consideration of continued petitions
The Committee will consider the following continued petitions—
PE1933: Allow the Fornethy Survivors to access Scotland’s redress scheme and will take evidence from—
Shona Robison - Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Finance
Lyndsay Wilson, Unit Head - Policy and Communications, Redress, Relations and Response Division
Barry McCaffrey, Lawyer, Scottish Government Legal Directorate, Children, Education, Rights Incorporation and Disclosure Division
and then consider—
PE1865: Suspend all surgical mesh and fixation devices;
PE1953: Review Education Support staff roles;
PE1960: Formally recognise private hire cars and taxis as modes of public transport;
PE1961: Make it a specific offence to assault, threaten or abuse a private hire or taxi driver while at work;
PE2016: Raise awareness of Thrombosis in Scotland;
PE2018: Recognise the value of swimming pools and provide financial relief to help keep pools open; and
PE1906: Investigate options for removing and reducing the impact of the central Glasgow section of the M8.
CPPP/S6/24/5/1(P) (Private Paper)
Petition PE1933 284KB pdf posted 14/03/2024 (Ref: CPPP/S6/24/5/2)
CPPP/S6/24/5/3(P) (Private Paper)
Petition PE1865 332KB pdf posted 14/03/2024 (Ref: CPPP/S6/24/5/4)
Petition PE1953 208KB pdf posted 14/03/2024 (Ref: CPPP/S6/24/5/5)
Petition PE1960 205KB pdf posted 14/03/2024 (Ref: CPPP/S6/24/5/6)
Petition PE1961 184KB pdf posted 14/03/2024 (Ref: CPPP/S6/24/5/7)
Petition PE2016 161KB pdf posted 14/03/2024 (Ref: CPPP/S6/24/5/8)
Petition PE2018 210KB pdf posted 14/03/2024 (Ref: CPPP/S6/24/5/9)
Petition PE1906 254KB pdf posted 14/03/2024 (Ref: CPPP/S6/24/5/10)
3 Consideration of new petitions
The Committee will consider the following new petitions—
PE2063: Increase funding for local authorities to enable better management and protection of conservation areas;
PE2067: Improve data on young people affected by conditions causing Sudden Cardiac Death;
PE2068: Review and cap public sector senior management salaries; and
PE2070: Stop same-day-only GP appointment systems.
Petition PE2063 242KB pdf posted 14/03/2024 (Ref: CPPP/S6/24/5/11)
Petition PE2067 403KB pdf posted 14/03/2024 (Ref: CPPP/S6/24/5/12)
Petition PE2068 282KB pdf posted 14/03/2024 (Ref: CPPP/S6/24/5/13)
Petition PE2070 194KB pdf posted 14/03/2024 (Ref: CPPP/S6/24/5/14)
4 Consideration of evidence
The Committee will consider the evidence it heard earlier under agenda item 2.
5 Work programme
The Committee will consider its work programme.
CPPP/S6/24/5/15(P) (Private Paper)