Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Agenda: 02 February 2022
Wednesday, 02 February 2022
2nd Meeting, 2022
Full agenda and available meeting papers
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 the following continued petitions—
PE1804: Halt Highlands & Islands Airports Ltd's Air Traffic Management Strategy;
PE1812: Protect Scotland's remaining ancient, native and semi-native woodlands and woodland floors;
PE1860: New legislation for Prescription and Limitation Act;
PE1862: Introduce community representation on boards of public organisations delivering lifeline services to island communities;
PE1864: Increase the ability of communities to influence planning decisions for onshore windfarms;
PE1865: Suspend all surgical mesh and fixation devices;
PE1867: Establish a new national qualification for British Sign Language (BSL);
PE1885: Make offering Community Shared Ownership mandatory for all windfarm development planning proposals;
PE1887: Create an Unborn Victims of Violence Act;
PE1892: Introduce a law that makes attacks by one dog on another dog a crime;
PE1895: Mandatory accountability for Nature Scotland's decision making procedures;
PE1897: Reform certain of the procedures for the collection of Council Tax; and
PE1898: Make entering someone’s home without their permission or warrant a crime.
Papers for this item:
Paper 2 - Petition PE1804 (147KB, pdf) posted 28 January 2022
Paper 3 - Petition PE1812 (174KB, pdf) posted 28 January 2022
Paper 4 - Petition PE1860 (154KB, pdf) posted 28 January 2022
Paper 5 - Petition PE1862 (130KB, pdf) posted 28 January 2022
Paper 6 - Petition PE1864 (144KB, pdf) posted 28 January 2022
Paper 7 - Petition PE1865 (184KB, pdf) posted 28 January 2022
Paper 8 - Petition PE1867 (116KB, pdf) posted 28 January 2022
Paper 9 - Petition PE1885 (135KB, pdf) posted 28 January 2022
Paper 10 - Petition PE1887 (140KB, pdf) posted 28 January 2022
Paper 11 - Petition PE1892 (127KB, pdf) posted 28 January 2022
Paper 12 - Petition PE1895 (154KB, pdf) posted 28 January 2022
Paper 13 - Petition PE1897 (106KB, pdf) posted 28 January 2022
Paper 14 - Petition PE1898 (107KB, pdf) posted 28 January 2022
1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item
3. Consideration of a new petition
The Committee will consider the following new petition—
PE1913: Fast-track future Adult Disability Payment applications for people undergoing cancer treatment.
Papers for this item:
Paper 1 - Petition PE1913 (236KB, pdf) posted 28 January 2022
4. Work programme
The Committee will consider its work programme.
Papers for this item:
1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item