Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
Agenda: 20 September 2023
Wednesday, 20 September 2023
13th Meeting, 2023
Full agenda and available meeting papers
1. Decision on taking business in private
The Committee will decide whether its consideration of its policy on written submissions should be taken in private at a future meeting.
2. Consideration of continued petitions
The Committee will consider the following continued petitions—
PE1856: Support the taxi trade;
PE1919: Ban the sale of high caffeine products to children for performance enhancement;
PE1966: Formally recognise and incorporate local knowledge in Scottish Government policy;
PE1976: Backdate council tax discounts for dementia to the date of GP certification;
PE1977: Require social services to inform biological fathers of concerns about their children; and
PE1982: Review funding arrangements for higher education to help ensure more funded places are available for Scottish ballet dancers at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Papers for this item:
Paper 2 - Petition PE1856 (178KB, pdf) posted 14 September 2023
Paper 3 - Petition PE1919 (280KB, pdf) posted 14 September 2023
Paper 4 - Petition PE1966 (165KB, pdf) posted 14 September 2023
Paper 5 - Petition PE1976 (211KB, pdf) posted 14 September 2023
Paper 6 - Petition PE1977 (261KB, pdf) posted 14 September 2023
Paper 7 - Petition PE1982 (210KB, pdf) posted 14 September 2023
1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item
3. Consideration of new petitions
The Committee will consider the following new petitions—
PE2028: Extend the concessionary bus travel scheme to include people seeking asylum in Scotland;
PE2029: Nationalise Clydeport to bring the ports and harbours on the river Clyde into public ownership;
PE2030: Review cultural funding arrangements to enable Scotland to contribute to the Venice Biennale in 2024; and
PE2031: Provide insulin pumps to all children with type 1 diabetes in Scotland.
Papers for this item:
Paper 1 - Petition PE2028 (209KB, pdf) posted 14 September 2023
Paper 2 - Petition PE2029 (278KB, pdf) posted 14 September 2023
Paper 3 - Petition PE2030 (302KB, pdf) posted 14 September 2023
Paper 4 - Petition PE2031 (226KB, pdf) posted 14 September 2023