Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
15th Meeting, 2023
The Committee will decide whether to take items 5, 6 and 7 in private.
The Committee will consider the following continued petitions—
PE1723: Essential tremor treatment in Scotland;
PE1871: Full review of mental health services;
PE1885: Make offering Community Shared Ownership mandatory for all windfarm development planning proposals;
PE1968: Restrict perpetrators of domestic abuse from using family court proceedings to continue tormenting their victims;
PE1981: Ensure perpetrators of domestic abuse, who have been excluded from the matrimonial home, cannot force the sale of the property; and
PE1990: Introduce a Scottish Parliament question session for young people.
Papers for this item:
Petition PE1723 (174KB, pdf) posted 19 October 2023
Petition PE1871 (247KB, pdf) posted 19 October 2023
Petition PE1885 (150KB, pdf) posted 19 October 2023
Petition PE1968 (410KB, pdf) posted 19 October 2023
Petition PE1981 (214KB, pdf) posted 19 October 2023
Petition PE1990 (190KB, pdf) posted 19 October 2023
1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item
The Committee will consider the following new petitions—
PE2035: Recognise legal control of generalist predators as a conservation act;
PE2037: Improving literacy standards in schools through research-informed reading instructions; and
PE2040: Increase funding to the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service to prevent serious cuts to the service provided to the public.
Papers for this item:
Petition PE2035 (219KB, pdf) posted 19 October 2023
Petition PE2037 (317KB, pdf) posted 19 October 2023
Petition PE2040 (195KB, pdf) posted 19 October 2023
The Committee will consider a review of policy on written submissions.
Papers for this item:
Written Submissions - Policy Review (156KB, pdf) posted 19 October 2023
The Committee will consider a draft letter to the Scottish Government.
Papers for this item:
1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item
The Committee will consider its policy on publication of “previous action” information in petitions.
Papers for this item:
1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item
The Committee will consider evidence heard to date, and its wider approach to this inquiry.
Papers for this item:
1 private paper will be discussed during this agenda item