Public Petitions Committee, 15 Sep 2004

Meeting date: Wednesday, September 15, 2004

Official Report 243KB pdf

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Public Petitions System (Promotion)

The clerks have circulated an approach paper on promoting the public petitions system, to which a report of the committee event that was held in Dundee on 14 June is appended. Given the positive feedback from attendees at that participation event, the committee is invited to consider holding similar events with the aim of covering each of the eight Scottish parliamentary regions in the current session.

Do members agree to that approach? If so, do they agree to submit to the conveners group a bid for funding for the event in Greenock? Do members agree to delegate authority to the clerks to develop the arrangements, which include timing of the event? It is now unlikely to take place on 29 November, because a suitable venue is not available. Do members also agree the report of the committee's Dundee event, and agree to publish that report on the committee's web page and circulate it to all attendees?

Yes, yes and yes—I think that you asked three questions, convener.

Will we go ahead with that?

Members indicated agreement.